Full Time, PermanentRemuneration as per PSA Allied Health MECA guidelines designated positions B - C ScaleDo you love the challenge of working in a busy laboratory? Are you enthusiastic about leadership and development? If so then we would like to hear from you.We are seeking a New Zealand Registered Medical Laboratory Scientist who has extensive experience in Histology and would like to join a dynamic and progressive laboratory team by taking charge of our Cut-Up section.Middlemore Hospital is a 950 bed Hospital and is one of New Zealand's busiest and diverse teaching hospitals. The Histology department is IANZ accredited and situated on-site at the Middlemore campus and provides a comprehensive Histology and Non–Gynaecological Cytology service for Counties Manukau district. As a teaching hospital, we are involved in supporting BMLS students in their clinical placements and registrar pathologists in their ongoing regional training program.As Section Head of the Cut-up room you will be responsible for the day-to-day management and supervision of the Cut-Up area inclusive of the Registration/Accessioning, Dissection, Processing, Frozen Section and RTP/Disposal/Storage areas. The role will involve coordinating the delivery of high-quality work in accordance with departmental protocols and in compliance with the ISO 15189 standard.The position will require collaboration with pathologists, registrars, fellow scientists and technicians and other non-registered staff within the department and will be responsible for the coordination and training of new staff and students in the Cut-up area.This is a permanent full-time position working Monday to Friday however occasional flexibility may be required as the service demands change. You will work with an extremely supportive and friendly team, made up of the Charge Scientist, Histopathologists and the Scientific/Technical staff to deliver a gold standard laboratory service.The successful applicant will have had at least 5 years' experience in a large Histology department preferably in a senior dissection related position and have experience with Delphic AP and Leica Cerebro systems. The successful applicant must be a registered member of the Medical Sciences Council in New Zealand and have a current APC.Job Number CMH202414190Applications Close: 10 January 2025At Counties Manukau Health people and their lives matter to us. We are a values-based and inclusive organisation that is committed to delivering the best health outcomes for our community. To help us achieve this we need a workforce that reflects the population we serve. We strongly encourage applications from all backgrounds who share our values and have a passion to work in our community and would greatly value seeing applicants from our Maaori and Pacific communities. We are also committed to our Disability Strategy, which focuses on people with disabilities; they are our patients, whaanau, community and our staff - all carefully considered in our action plan. Together we will improve the accessibility needs for everyone who has a disability. Our values are Valuing Everyone- Whakawhanaungatanga, Kind –Manaakitanga, Together –Kotahitanga, Excellent- Rangatiratanga. If these are your values too, then join us today.
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