Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Position Classification: Enrolled Nurse
Remuneration: $32.79 - $36.72 per hour plus superannuation
Hours Per Week: 30
Requisition ID: REQ576718
Location: Wollongong
Applications Close: 1 June 2025 - 11:59pm

About the opportunity

NSW Health Pathology have an exciting opportunity for an Enrolled Nurse to join our Wollongong Hospital team in a permanent part time capacity.

Being a part of NSW Health Pathology means you’re helping create better health and justice systems every day. We operate more than 60 laboratories and around 200 collection centres across NSW and conduct over 60 million tests per annum.

You will be working for the collection department of NSW Health Pathology located in Wollongong Public Hospital. The collection department also provides collection services to all inpatients at Shellharbour, Bulli and Coledale Public Hospitals. Our home collection department provides home collection service to the Illawarra region, from Helensburgh to Kiama. You will be working only morning shifts but will be required to participate in a seven-day rotating roster.

What we can offer you

• Generous salary packaging options and other fringe benefits
• Corporate wellbeing programs, including the Fitness Passport
• · Learning and development opportunities, including in-house training with RTO My Health Learning

What you'll be doing

Contribute to a customer-focused pathology collection service for inpatients and outpatients. Perform venepuncture and other duties pertaining to blood collecting and haematological investigations as required. Participation in all collection roles would be required

Interested in joining Australia’s largest public pathology service? Apply now by addressing the following questions:

1. Current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency as an Enrolled Nurse (Division 2) with a Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia approved qualification for administration of medication (including intravenous medication administration).
2. Customer focused approach displaying well-developed interpersonal skills and good oral and written communication skills including the ability to communicate effectively with customers, patients and clinical staff.
3. Previous venepuncture experience, familar with pathology terminology and requirements and the willingness to learn paediatric and nenoate blood collections.
4. Display initiative, problem solving and analytical skills including an ability to apply established principles in a pathology setting and investigate and resolve general and complex issues within the work environment.
5. Demonstrated knowledge and experience in the delivery of pathology services, including the use of Patient, Rostering and Quality systems.
6. Commitment to the principles of quality management and continuous quality improvement and to identify, develop and implement quality and service improvement activities.

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For role related queries or questions contact Griselda Nuesch on [email protected]

Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination Against Specified Infectious Diseases

This is a Category A position. All Category A applicants must read and understand NSW Health Policy Directive PD2024_015 Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination Against Specified Infectious Diseases. All recruits must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in this policy. All recruits must provide evidence against specified diseases and comply with the requirements of this policy at their own cost prior to appointment.

New to NSW Health Pathology?

The preferred candidate may be required to undergo a functional assessment prior to appointment.

Working Rights

This position is a permanent position. To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency. Please note: A person who is not an Australian citizen or a permanent resident is only eligible for temporary employment for a period not longer than the duration of their current visa.

Talent Pool

If the selection panel identifies more than one suitable candidate for the role, an eligibility list will be created for future permanent part time, temporary and casual vacancies.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

NSW Health Pathology is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive workplace. We seek to recruit from diverse applicants and create teams with skills, perspectives and experiences that complement each other at work. We welcome suitably qualified applicants regardless of age, ethnicity, socio-cultural background, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity.