Clinical Scientist – Donor and Patient Testing

Opportunity to apply your experience in a scientific leadership role

Optimise national governance programme for laboratory testing

Work with highly motivated, multi-disciplinary team

About The New Zealand Blood Service

New Zealand Blood and Organ Service (NZBS) is dedicated to saving lives. Every year, tens of thousands of generous people donate their time, blood and plasma to us for free. In addition to our vein to vein service in transfusion we also provide national services in organ transplantation, cellular therapies and tissue banking. We exist to ensure the efficient delivery of safe blood and tissue products on a time critical basis throughout New Zealand and through the generosity of our donors, we are able to help save lives.

Our shared values are at the heart of our organisation's culture and guide our behaviour each and every day. These values inspire, motivate us and drive us to provide the very best service to the New Zealand public.

Watch this video to see what our people say about the NZBS values they admire the most.

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly experienced scientist to play a key role in implementing new policies, protocols and technologies across donor and patient testing pathways. In this senior role you will provide expert advice, guide scientific direction and implement system‑level improvements.

You will work collaboratively with stakeholders internally and externally and across multiple professional groups to support service delivery and access emerging science and technologies. Internally you will work closely with Medical Specialists, the Clinical Development team and Quality and Donation Accreditation colleagues. You will also represent NZBS in national and international scientific forums and working groups, providing you with the opportunity to ensure NZBS testing pathways reflect international best practice and consider new technologies.

About you

As an expert scientist in your current role, you will have previously played a key role in developing strategy and optimising testing and system performance and proven ability to interpret scientific evidence and technologies, applying them to an organisational context. You will be looking for a career progression opportunity, where you can apply your knowledge/experience to influence and lead the successful delivery of change in a clinical setting.

To be successful in this role you:

Can break complex scientific concepts and systems into clear requirements and communicate these to a range of different stakeholders along with the vision

Have successfully demonstrated an ability to consider multi-disciplinary perspectives, encouraging differing views with a solutions focused approach

Will be approachable, an active listener and generous in how you involve others that enable them to learn and grow

Will have previously contributed or supported research, business cases and procurement evaluations

If this sounds like the next step in your career, please apply now!