Role Details

- Permanent Part‑Time opportunity – 60.00 hours per fortnight over 9 shifts
- Varied shifts across a rotating roster – Monday to Sunday
- Located at Wollongong Donor Centre, New South Wales and our Mobile Donor Unit
- Salary starting from $33.12 per hour + Penalties (if applicable) + Super + Salary Packaging and more

Discover life‑giving possibilities

Lifeblood is more than just a job or a career; it’s an opportunity to be part of something that matters. As an organisation, our purpose is simple – life‑giving donations for life‑changing outcomes. Together, we want to help you build a fulfilling career with Lifeblood.

About The Role

Step into a rewarding role as a Nursing Assistant where you will bring excellent customer‑facing skills and a genuine passion to deliver an exceptional service to our donors.

You will play a key role in supporting our donors through their donation process. Full training is provided, so along with the above, all you need is curiosity and motivation to learn the process of collecting blood and biological product.

A day in the centre could see you:

- Greet and interview potential donors to understand their eligibility and suitability to donate
- Create a donor experience they’ll love and want to come back; complete routine blood pressure and haemoglobin tests
- Set up machines and collections equipment
- Insert and remove needles safely to collect whole blood, plasma, and platelets
- Monitor donors post‑donation and assist them with rebooking their next donation
- Work collaboratively to achieve collection targets

Take our Virtual Tour to gain a better understanding of the role and work environment: Virtual‑tour‑recruitment‑DSNA





Your Skills In Action Will Include

- Apply your customer‑facing experience to create positive, welcoming interactions
- Be comfortable with needles and blood/biological materials
- Occasionally lift between 9–22.7 kg
- Support and foster a fantastic team culture
- Frequently stand, walk and bend to set up and pack down machines and blood products
- Be flexible to work wide-ranging shifts on a fortnightly rotating roster from Monday to Sunday, including weekends and afternoon shifts
- Be available to work shifts on our Donor Mobile Unit including overnight stays of up to 5 days

Benefits And Wellbeing

- Minimum 5 weeks annual leave (up to 6 weeks)
- Access to salary packaging with an option to package up to $15,900 for living expenses and $2,650 for meals and entertainment
- 14 weeks paid parental leave – no waiting period for either parent
- Our dedicated employee assistance program – Sonder, accessible 24/7 via an app on your phone
- Plus, many more!

Is Lifeblood yours? Apply now!

We’re proud to be a Circle Back Initiative Employer for 2026 and commit to respond to every applicant. You’ll hear from us once your application has been reviewed.

Have a question about the role or need support or adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process? Email Sami, our AI Careers Assistant, at . Sami can help with common questions, and if your question requires more support, it will be escalated to our Talent Acquisition team.

Please note: we can’t accept applications sent directly to this email address.

This vacancy is being managed directly by Lifeblood’s Talent Acquisition team. We won’t be accepting applications from external recruitment agencies for this role.

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