Section Head Cut up room, Histology Department

Full Time, Permanent 

Remuneration as per PSA Allied Health MECA guidelines designated positions B - C Scale

Do 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 co-ordinating 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 & friendly team, made up of the Charge Scientist, Histopathologists and the Scientific/Technical staff 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 be a registered member of the Medical Sciences Council in New Zealand and have a current APC.

Please apply online at www.countieshealthjobs.com. To view the position description, please click here. For more information, please email Ross Campbell on ross.campbell@middlemore.co.nz.

Job Number CMH202414190

Applications Close: 10 January 2025

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