Achieving the best health outcomes for our patients starts with expecting the best from ourselves, and right now Te Whatu Ora Te Tai Tokerau is looking for an exceptional person to join our self-motivated Laboratory team and support the Pathology Service.

In 2024 the department will move to a newly constructed purpose-built laboratory, still within the hospital grounds. This will see an expansion in laboratory size and the introduction of a fully designated molecular suite area. The department is expanding and modernising to meet the demands of a rapidly increasing population.

The primary function of this position is to:

• Provide a quality & safe pathology service that ensures timely, accurate results to pathology laboratory users.
• To Participate in the receipt, documentation, registration, processing and reporting of all specimens, including those referred to other laboratories, as required by authorized policies and protocols
• To perform other technical and operational duties normally expected of a Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS such as those involving quality and safety or the efficient and effective operations of the laboratory service).

This position is a permanent full-time 1.0 FTE role working 40 hours per week in Whangarei – Northland, New Zealand.