Anatomical Pathologist, Community Anatomic Pathology Service (APS)

Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity
We are looking for an experienced Dermatopathologist to join our team based at Mt Wellington, Auckland. This is an excellent opportunity to work with NZ’s largest and highly specialised community based laboratory service.

In this role, you will be working between 40 and 50 hours per week. However, the actual hours of work will be negotiated with the Clinical Lead during the interview stage. You will work rostered hours to meet the requirements of the service as needed. On call may be required but is uncommon.
Anatomic Pathology Service (APS) in Mt Wellington provides services to approximately 4,000 private specialists, private surgical hospitals and general practitioners with up to 500 overall histology specimens received per day, and a further 15-20 for non-gynaecological cytology.

Of this overall volume, about 60% are skin cases and are preferentially routed to our team of dermatopathologists. The specimens cover both inflammatory and neoplastic dermatopathology, more weighted to community than inpatient case types. Certain cases naturally overlap with lymphoid, soft tissue and other areas of anatomic pathology. We regularly train other team members as future dermatopathologists, with excellent success rate thus far, in preparation for advanced certification including the European examination and the Australasian College.

For further details, please refer to the position description here.

Nga Pūkenga Motuhake | Important Skills

As the ideal candidate for this role you will be a trained Anatomical Pathologist with advanced qualification in Dermatopathology (Australasian, American or European) and will either have or be eligible for vocational registration with Medical Council of New Zealand. At present, vocational registration hurdles may prevent employing dermatologist-background dermatopathologists, but applications will be considered to the extent possible from candidates with primary registration as Dermatologist rather than Anatomical Pathologist.

Please note, if you are not currently registered in New Zealand and have overseas medical qualifications, you will be required to provide source verification of your qualifications for your registration application. For more information about the registration process and source verification of qualifications, please visit www.mcnz.org.nz

For more information, please contact Dr Michael Hitchcock on mhitchcock@adhb.govt.nz

Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation

APS serves the community general practice and private medical / surgical specialist anatomical pathology for about 1.8 million people. We are a component of Health New Zealand Te Toka Tumai Auckland. The greater organization provides health and disability services to more than half a million people living in central Auckland, regional services for Northland and greater Auckland, and specialist national services for the whole of New Zealand. Our main inpatient and outpatient sites are Auckland City Hospital, Greenlane Clinical Centre and Starship Children’s Hospital, located in central Auckland.

We are part of Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand, the overarching organisation for New Zealand’s national health service. Health New Zealand leads the day-to-day running of the public health system, with functions delivered at local, district, regional and national levels.

We are also an Accredited Employer with Immigration NZ (Please visit Immigration NZ Accredited Employer Work Visa for more information if you will be needing a Work Visa)

We are committed to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and providing culturally safe care. We value role modelling manaakitanga as demonstrated by Ngāti Whātua in the gifting of their whenua on which our hospitals stand. We aspire to having a workforce reflective of the communities we serve and achieving equitable outcomes for all.

He aha ngā painga o tēnei mahi mōu | Why you will enjoy working here

We recognise there is more to life than mahi | work, and we encourage and provide access to all our staff several services and benefits to support themselves whilst they are employed within Te Toka Tumai Auckland.

For more information on what we offer, please click here.

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply

Please submit your application online, outlining your experience and motivation to apply to this role.

If you have any queries about accessibility, or technical issues with the online process, or require information in an accessible format, please contact Aaron Chamberlain at aaron.chamberlain@tewhatuora.govt.nz, quoting ADHB22684 to discuss how we can best support your application.