Australian Red Cross Lifeblood

Nursing Assistant

Australian Red Cross Lifeblood
Posted 10/22/2026part-timeChatswood • AustraliaMid-LevelSenior💰 A$33 per hourWebsite
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Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong customer-facing skills and a passion for delivering an exceptional donor experience while ensuring safety and compliance during blood collection processes. Capable of collaborating effectively with a team to meet collection targets and adapt to varied shifts.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Customer-Facing ExperienceBlood Collection TechniquesSafety ProceduresTeam CollaborationFlexibility in Shift Work

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Greet and interview potential donors to assess eligibility and suitability to donate
  • Create a positive donor experience
  • Complete routine blood pressure and haemoglobin tests
  • Set up machines and collection equipment
  • Safely insert and remove needles to collect whole blood, plasma and platelets
  • Monitor donors post-donation
  • Assist donors with rebooking their next donation
  • Collaborate with the team to achieve collection targets
  • Participate in paid hands-on and online training

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Proven customer-facing experience
  • Passion for delivering an exceptional donor experience
  • Comfortable with needles and blood/biological materials
  • Ability to occasionally lift between 9–22.7 kg
  • Ability to frequently stand, walk and bend to set up and pack down machines and blood products
  • Flexibility to work varied shifts on a fortnightly rotating roster from Monday to Sunday, including weekends and afternoon shifts
  • Curiosity and motivation to learn the process of collecting blood and biological products
  • No previous blood collection experience required; full training provided

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • 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 for either parent
  • Dedicated employee assistance program, Sonder, accessible 24/7 from an app
  • Superannuation
  • Penalties
  • Paid training program combining hands-on practice with online learning
  • Circle Back Initiative commitment to respond to every applicant

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Hard Skills
Blood Pressure TestingHaemoglobin TestingNeedle InsertionBlood CollectionEquipment Setup
Soft Skills
Positive Donor ExperienceCuriosityMotivation to Learn
Tools & Technologies
Blood Collection MachinesCollection Equipment
Industry Keywords
Biological MaterialsDonor Eligibility AssessmentPost-Donation Monitoring