What you’ll be doing

Cytol­o­gists per­form a range of oper­a­tional lab­o­ra­to­ry activ­i­ties includ­ing coor­di­nat­ing and pro­vid­ing sci­en­tif­ic and tech­ni­cal train­ing and the ongo­ing review, devel­op­ment and qual­i­ty man­age­ment of lab­o­ra­to­ry prac­tices to ensure com­pli­ance with oper­a­tional stan­dards and pro­ce­dures, qual­i­ty stan­dards and con­tin­u­al process improvement.

About you

You’ll have the fol­low­ing exper­tise and qualities:

1. Bach­e­lor degree or high­er degree in Science/Medical Lab­o­ra­to­ry Sci­ence or an equiv­a­lent qual­i­fi­ca­tion, with sub­jects rel­e­vant to pathol­o­gy from a recog­nised ter­tiary institution.
2. Knowl­edge of cytol­ogy with a com­mit­ment to ongo­ing train­ing and con­tin­u­ing edu­ca­tion in the advanc­ing area of cytol­ogy for both pro­cess­ing and report­ing of samples.
3. Able to work in a team and autonomous­ly to deliv­er results with­in spec­i­fied time­frames and con­tribute to a range of diag­nos­tic skills rel­e­vant to the laboratory.
4. Have ini­tia­tive, prob­lem solv­ing and ana­lyt­i­cal skills includ­ing an abil­i­ty to apply estab­lished prin­ci­ples in a pathol­o­gy lab­o­ra­to­ry and inves­ti­gate and resolve gen­er­al and com­plex issues with­in the lab­o­ra­to­ry environment.