Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Registered Nurse
Remuneration: $81,748.17 - $114,771.98 per annum plus superannuation
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ687875
Location: John Hunter Hospital
Applications Close: 14 September 2026 - 11:59pm

About the opportunity

Join NSW Health Pathology as a Registered Nurse Blood Collector and play a vital role in delivering exceptional patient care. Primarily based at John Hunter Hospital, you will work across a diverse range of settings, including hospital wards, outpatient clinics, and community collection centres, contributing to timely and accurate diagnostic services.

What you'll be doing

- Contribute to a customer-focused pathology collection service for inpatients and outpatients
- Perform venepuncture on inpatients and outpatients as required
- Perform venesection and other Pathology tests on inpatients and outpatients as required

What we can offer you

Financial Benefits - Generous salary packaging options and other fringe benefits

Work-life Balance - Up to 12 additional days off per year in addition to Annual Leave (for full-time employees)

Professional Growth - Learning and development opportunities, including in-house training with RTO

Health & Wellbeing - Fitness Passport gym discounts and Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and families.

Interested in joining Australia's largest public pathology service? Apply now by addressing the following questions: * Registered Nurse with current registration through the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA)



and Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia approved qualification

- 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
- Previous venepuncture experience familiar with pathology terminology and requirements and the willingness to learn paediatric and neonate blood collection
- 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
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in the delivery of pathology services, including the use of Patient, Rostering and Quality systems, with an understanding of policies and requirements relevant to a clinical setting
- 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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Information for applicants

NSW Health Pathology is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace. We value, and welcome all suitably qualified applicants regardless of age, background, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity.

NSW Health Pathology is committed to providing accessibility and reasonable accommodations and ensuring our recruitment process is adaptable, inclusive, and free from barriers, promoting equal opportunities for all to succeed. Please reach out if you need adjustments.

NSW Health Pathology is committed to growing the Aboriginal workforce in public health. For Aboriginal candidates, support is available through the

You must have valid working rights in Australia for the duration of the appointment to be eligible to apply.

All workers must meet NSW Health's vaccination and screening requirements before starting employment. See for more detail. The preferred candidate may be required to undergo a functional assessment prior to appointment.

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We encourage applicants to submit responses that reflect their own experiences and perspectives. * This position requires a Working with Children Check (WWCC) issued by the Office of the Children's Guardian.

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📌 Registered Nurse - Blood Collector (Australia)
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