The New Zealand Institute of Medical Laboratory Science (INC)

• Work in New Zealand’s largest Department of Forensic Pathology
• IT and quality improvement focused position
• Excellent career development opportunity
• Do your life’s best work at Auckland DHB

The Forensic Pathology Department offers a comprehensive autopsy service for the Auckland District Health Board, Northern Forensic Pathology Service and Perinatal Services. The department works with the NZ police, Māori Health, Ministry of Justice, Coronial Services and Funeral Directors across the greater Auckland region. The department maintains quality systems to comply with international standards and operates within New Zealand regulatory requirements including the New Zealand Coroners Act.

This role has over-all responsibility for maintaining quality systems and documentation within the mortuary and ensuring compliance with relevant regulations. You’ll also assist with developing and implementing quality improvements within the department, liaising with other Auckland DHB services and external agencies to provide a quality service that meets the needs of the department and stakeholders. You will monitor the KPIs within the department and investigate non-conformances. You will be responsible for following up on any complaints and implementing quality improvements to prevent incident recurrences.

You will report to the Technical Head of Forensic Pathology and liaise with the Clinical Director to maintain the operation of the LabPLUS Quality System. You will also work closely with the LabPLUS Quality Manager and other departmental Quality officers within LabPLUS to standardise processes and systems across the organization.

In return, we offer opportunity to take ownership to develop the service as well as career development. You'll be supported by a strong highly motivated, enthusiastic and friendly team and be working with experienced and loyal team members, who enjoy doing great things for our community.

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To be successful in this role you will need to have a high level of interpersonal skills, be enthusiastic, have good written and troubleshooting skills, advanced IT skills and be people focused. You will need to be empathetic and have an understanding of providing a service in a multicultural environment.

Applicants must be registered Medical Laboratory Scientists with a knowledge of Quality Systems, relevant international standards and New Zealand regulations. You will also have advanced computer skills and working knowledge of computer based systems within the context of a Medical Laboratory.

For more information about this position, contact Erin Retter, Technical Head Forensic Pathology on 09 307 4949 Ext: 23056 or at ERetter@adhb.govt.nz or Santosh Parab, Recruitment Team Leader at SantoshP@adhb.govt.nz.

Health equity is a real priority for us so if you have a specific capability & knowledge in strategies to attract more candidates that identify as Māori or Pacific and provide a great candidate experience for them then we'd really value those skills.

If you are a self-starter, friendly, and have a strong attention to detail, we would love to hear from you.

To submit an application, visit our Careers website www.careers.adhb.govt.nz and quote job reference number AUC05058 to attach your CV and covering letter.

Auckland DHB is committed to the application of the Vulnerable Children Act 2014 and its intent to improve the safety of all children. This position is NOT a Children’s Worker as defined by the Act.

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• Continuous improvement and development opportunities
• Work in New Zealand’s leading laboratory
• Great team environment and diverse work culture
• Help shape our journey

About us:
LabPLUS is an IANZ accredited medical laboratory and is one of the New Zealand's premier laboratories. LabPLUS are part of the state-owned Auckland District Health Board. We offer a comprehensive pathology service for Auckland City Hospital, Starship Children’s Hospital, National Women's Health, and the Greenlane Clinical Centre. LabPLUS is also a major referral laboratory for specialised laboratory tests for New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. Visit our website www.labplus.co.nz for more information.

About the department:
A point of care Sectional Leader in Auckland DHB is expected to work with a team in a cooperative and respectful manner and to be responsible for planning, implementing, overseeing, and monitoring point of care tests and devices in the DHB to ensure practices of the highest quality, that help provide clinically relevant testing and reliable results.

About the position:
As the “face of the laboratory” outside of the laboratory, the POCT Section Leader is responsible for establishing rapport with POCT users and maintaining good professional lines of communication with all POCT users. In addition to be responsible for training, assessing competency and maintain competency of staff who use POCT tests.

Point of care testing is expanding in Auckland DHB and the point of care Section Leader is expected to be open to manage testing in all clinical disciplines of laboratory medicine and show initiative to learn.

The point of care Section Leader is responsible for troubleshooting problems as they arise in a timely manner. Also responsible for reviewing, writing, and organising controlled documents. Review external quality assurance programmes, identifying problems and addressing them in a timely manner.

Overall, the POCT Section Leader is expected to support provision of a service of the highest quality with the patients’ safety first and foremost in mind.
• Work in a team and report to the Technical Head of POCT
• Plan, implement, manage, monitor, and oversee point of care testing in the ADHB
• Evaluate, validate, and manage all equipment as part of the point of care testing team
• Design and implement internal quality control procedures to ensure POCT results are as clinically relevant as possible
• Prepare, review, and organise standard operating procedures and documents relevant to the point of care testing department
• Train and continuously educate staff who perform point of care testing including managing regular competency renewals
• To be responsive to users’ needs and address problems in a timely manner
• To work towards continuously improving the quality of the service
• Manage external quality control programmes including reviewing them, acting on undesirable results, and choosing relevant programmes using clinically relevant practices

This permanent full-time position works 40 hours per week; normal hours are Monday to Sunday rostered shift.
About you:

Our successful candidate must be registered as a Medical Laboratory Scientist with the Medical Sciences Council www.mscouncil.org.nz with a current annual practicing certificate. You will have relevant experience and skills required for the role, including excellent time management, interpersonal and computer skills. An understanding of process improvement is required in order to lead quality initiatives

For more information about this position, contact Pooja Rao, Acting Technical Head -Phlebotomy & Point of Care Services at poojab@adhb.govt.nz or Santosh Parab, Recruitment Team Leader at email SantoshP@adhb.govt.nz.

If you want to make contributions to improve the health of our communities and do your life’s best work, we would love to hear from you!

To submit an application, visit our Careers website www.careers.adhb.govt.nz and enter reference number GRA00013 to attach your CV and covering letter.

Auckland DHB is committed to the application of the Vulnerable Children Act 2014 and its intent to improve the safety of all children. This position is a Children’s Worker as defined by the Act.

For the largest health sector job board, visit www.kiwihealthjobs.com

Medical Laboratory Scientist (1.0FTE)

Northland DHB, Whangarei

NDHB Pathology Laboratory in Whangarei Hospital is seeking a Registered laboratory scientist for permanent vacancy 1FTE in our team.

Key attributes:

• To provide a quality & safe laboratory service that ensures timely, accurate results to laboratory users.
• To participate in the collection, 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 Laboratory Scientist, such as those involving quality and safety or the efficient and effective operations of the laboratory service.
• Confidence with computer based LIS systems
• Positive, adaptable, flexible and motivated
• Availability to work rostered shift duty to cover 24 hour laboratory service.

Full orientation and support will be provided for the successful applicants.

For further information please contact:
Johan Fourie
Josef.Fourie@northlanddhb.org.nz

Vacancy No: AH19-098         
Closes: 21 June 2019

Job Description and Official Application Form are available from our website, www.northlanddhb.org.nz/careers/vacancies.aspx or by contacting Recruitment Officer,
Tel: +64 9 430 4101 ext 60689, Email: jobs@northlanddhb.org.nz; Postal: c/o Northland District
Health Board, Private Bag 9742, Whangarei 0148, New Zealand

• Work in New Zealand’s leading laboratory
• Do your life’s best work at Auckland DHB
• Help shape our journey
• One year full-time fixed term position

About us:
LabPLUS is an IANZ accredited medical laboratory and is one of New Zealand's premier laboratories. LabPLUS are part of the state-owned Auckland District Health Board. We offer a comprehensive pathology service for Auckland City Hospital, Starship Children’s Hospital, National Women's Health, and the Greenlane Clinical Centre. LabPLUS is also a major referral laboratory for specialised laboratory tests for New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. Visit our website www.labplus.co.nz for more information.

About the department:
Our Clinical Microbiology Laboratory provides a wide range of services including sexual health screening, enteric pathogens, to multiple resistant organisms. We are also the national reference centre for Mycology, Anaerobes, and molecular typing of Mycobacteria.

Our Microbiologists provide advice about interpretation of microbiology results, treatment of infections and infection control issues. We also work in close liaison with the infectious disease clinicians and the Infection Control service at ADHB.

The General Microbiology section of LabPLUS uses molecular and culture techniques to identify a range of organisms, including, enteric pathogens, multi-resistant organisms, anaerobes and fastidious bacteria. The section comprises of a highly motivated and passionate team of 30 staff covering 24/7 shifts.

About the position:
This position is fixed term full-time until July 2020 in General Microbiology. The normal hours are 40 hours per week Monday to Sunday rostered shift. There will be a requirement to cover out-of-hours shifts and be available for call.

About you:
Our preferred candidate will have a background in a diagnostic general Microbiology and at least 2 years’ experience in a Microbiology laboratory is preferable.

You must be currently registered as a medical laboratory Scientist by the medical sciences council of New Zealand. For details, visit www.mscouncil.org.nz

We are a values based and inclusive organisation that is committed to deliver the best health outcomes for our total population. To do this we are working hard to develop a robust and capable workforce that reflects the population we serve. We strongly encourage applicants from all backgrounds with the necessary capability and who share our values to apply and would greatly value seeing more applicants from our Māori & Pacific communities. Our organisation values diversity, inclusivity and empathy. If you do too, apply now and join us to make a positive difference and to “do your life’s best work at Auckland DHB”.

For more information about this position, contact Santosh Parab, Recruitment Consultant at email SantoshP@adhb.govt.nz.

If you want to make contributions to improve the health of our communities and do your life’s best work, we would love to hear from you!

To submit an application, visit our Careers website www.careers.adhb.govt.nz and quote job reference number AUC05223 to attach your CV and covering letter.

Auckland DHB is committed to the application of the Vulnerable Children Act 2014 and its intent to improve the safety of all children. This position is NOT a Children’s Worker as defined by the Act.

For the largest health sector job board, visit www.kiwihealthjobs.com

• Work in New Zealand’s leading laboratory
• Excellent career development opportunity
• Do your life’s best work at Auckland DHB
• Help shape our journey

LabPlus is an IANZ accredited medical laboratory and is one of New Zealand's premier laboratories. We offer a comprehensive pathology service for Auckland City Hospital, Starship Children’s Hospital, National Women's Health, and the Greenlane Clinical Centre. LabPlus is also a major referral laboratory for specialised laboratory tests for New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. We are a busy teaching hospital and a referral centre for many specialised techniques. Visit our website www.labplus.co.nz for more information.

The Histopathology section of the Anatomical Pathology department at LabPlus is recruiting for a Scientist to join our award winning team. A minimum of two years’ experience is preferred. Our team is committed to improving our patient’s journey.

This position supports all aspects of routine Histology. It is extremely important for the successful candidate to have good people skills as we work together as a close team that encourages open conversation. Histology as a discipline has real potential for advancement and we are committed to training with an emphasis on quality.

A current annual practicing certificate and registration with the Medical Sciences Council of New Zealand is essential.

This is a permanent full-time position works 40 hours per week; normal hours are Monday to Sunday rostered shift.

We are a values based and inclusive organisation that is committed to deliver the best health outcomes for our total population. To do this we are working hard to develop a robust and capable workforce that reflects the population we serve. We strongly encourage applicants from all backgrounds with the necessary capability and who share our values to apply and would greatly value seeing more applicants from our Māori & Pacific communities. Our organisation values diversity, inclusivity and empathy. If you do too, apply now and join us to make a positive difference and to “do your life’s best work at Auckland DHB”.

For more information about this position, contact Dr Joe McDermott, Technical Head on 307 4949 ext 22094 or email JoeM@adhb.govt.nz or Santosh Parab, Recruitment Consultant at email SantoshP@adhb.govt.nz.

If you want to make contributions to improve the health of our communities and do your life’s best work, we would love to hear from you!

To submit an application, visit our Careers website www.careers.adhb.govt.nz and quote job reference number AUC05422 to attach your CV and covering letter.

Auckland DHB is committed to the application of the Vulnerable Children Act 2014 and its intent to improve the safety of all children. This position is NOT a Children’s Worker as defined by the Act.

For the largest health sector job board, visit www.kiwihealthjobs.com