Medical Scientist - Chemical Pathology

Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent
Classification: Health Professional Officer Level 2 (PN 28961)
Salary: $70,679 - $97,028 (Plus 11.5% Super)
Location: Canberra Hospital, Garran
Section: Chemical Pathology
Closing Date: 12 March 2024

• City living without the traffic - click here to see why you should live in Canberra.
• Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
• Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
• Flexible working conditions.
• 5% Superannuation.
• Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).

About the Role:

ACT Pathology is a division of the Canberra Hospital and Health Service offering a diagnostic Pathology service to the ACT and surrounding region.

The laboratory operates 24 hours, seven days a week, offering a wide range of testing procedures over two campuses. The main laboratory is located at the Canberra Hospital and branch laboratory is located at the North Canberra Hospital.

The successful applicant will primarily be based in the Routine Chemistry section, however, may also be rotated through the Endocrinology, Point of Care Testing, Special Chemistry, and the North Canberra Hospital laboratory as required. Under direction, the successful applicant will be required to perform instrument maintenance and troubleshooting, monitor Quality Control and provision of patient results for the Chemical Pathology laboratories at Canberra and North Canberra Hospitals.

The successful applicant will be required to work 24/7 shifts including nights and weekends.

For more information regarding the position of click here for the Position Description.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

• Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
• Provide confirmation of education.
• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
• Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.

To Apply:

Please submit a copy of your CV along with a 2x page response to the Selection Criteria listed in the position description. Only applications submitted online via the E-Recruitment system will be accepted.

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.

Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
OurRole: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

Canberra Hospital Expansion Project - CHS is constructing a new Critical Services Building called 'Building 5' which is a 44,000sqm nine storey building specifically designed to deliver state-of-the-art acute clinical services at the Canberra Hospital. Building 5 is the largest healthcare infrastructure project undertaken in the Territory's history and it represents the largest clinical and operational change program to ever be implemented by Canberra Health Services. Building 5 integrates with a number of existing buildings at the Campus including Building 1 and Building 2, to facilitate a seamless public thoroughfare, patient transportation and back-of-house logistics distribution.

North Canberra Hospital - As of 3 July 2023 Calvary Public Hospital Bruce transitioned to CHS and became North Canberra Hospital. The transition will deliver a health system networked under one provider and will provide increased workforce opportunities for staff at both CHS sites. The ACT Government will be building a new northside hospital on the existing hospital campus in Bruce to meet the growing health care needs of our community, with construction to commence mid-decade providing more beds, increased services, and increased career opportunities.

If you would like further information regarding this opportunity, please contact Catherine Woods at (02) 5214 2843