Clinical Trial Assistant – Phlebotomy/Laboratory
12-month fixed term with possibility of ongoing
Full Time or Part Time negotiable
Cabrini Malvern location
Cabrini offers:
1. Opportunity to increase your take-home pay with Salary Packaging up to $18,850 per year tax free
2. Access to a range of staff benefits including retail offers, discounted hospital services and savings on eligible private health fund services
3. Commitment to employee development and career growth
4. Excellent workplace culture in a mission based, values driven organisation
About the role
The Clinical Trial Assistant – Phlebotomy/Laboratory, will provide support to the Research Study Coordinators and Clinical Trials Team by performing standard of care and clinical trial specific participant assessments, biospecimen sample processing, inventory management, and administration activities as required by specific protocols and the Clinical Trials Team.
Key responsibilities include:
5. Collect blood samples via venepuncture and collect other specimens at specific time points.
6. Process blood samples as required per protocols, including operating centrifuge to prepare/separate blood samples.
7. Assist in tracking, storing, organising, and shipping biospecimen samples as required.
8. Perform various tests, including vital signs assessments, height, weight measurements, Holter and ECGs at specific time points per protocols.
9. Preparation and organisation of clinical trial kits and consumables, including associated administrative duties.
10. Work with internal departments and external vendors as required, including assisting with query resolutions, liaising with couriers and supporting the nursing team with various activities.
11. Regular communication with study coordinators to achieve timely scheduling of patients, collection of samples, and administration activities.
About you
The successful applicant will bring knowledge and relevant experience and to excel in this role supporting and promoting Cabrini Research.
You will have:
12. A Certificate III or IV in Pathology Specimen Collection is a requirement
13. Experience with venepuncture, ECG collection, blood sample processing preferred
14. Ability to work as part of an effective team
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Enquiries to: Cabrini Administration Officer – Research Operations, Gayle Pettigrew – 03 9508 3451
Closing date: 09/01/26
Please note: due to the Christmas period, candidates will likely not receive a response from our team until mid-January.
Does this sound like your new role? Bring your skills and enthusiasm to Cabrini Health and help optimise the patient experience and health outcomes for our community.
Cabrini Health acknowledges the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is core to our mission.
As part of our commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
Working for Cabrini
Cabrini Health is a Catholic, private, for-purpose health service located in Melbourne’s southeast. Inspired by the mission and ethic of care of the Cabrini Sisters, providing quality, compassionate care to our community for more than 75 years.
There is something special about Cabrini Health. Our highly skilled staff and specialists incorporate clinical research, innovative models of care and state-of-the-art technology to deliver the best possible care and outcomes for our patients. We demonstrate our mission to serve our community through outreach programs that support asylum seekers, provide healthcare in rural communities and in underdeveloped countries.
Our size, reputation and growth strategy ensure genuine opportunities for our people to learn, grow and realise potential.
Our values: Compassion - Integrity - Courage - Respect
MANDATORY FOR ALL NEW STAFF TO CABRINI
Employment with Cabrini Health will be based on satisfactory background checks such as professional references, National Police Check, vaccinations for annual Influenza plus a Working with Children Check (WWCC) may also be requested. Vaccination for COVID-19 is highly recommended.