Senior Hospital Scientist (Haemostasis)

• Role Title: Senior Hospital Scientist (Haemostasis)
• Role Type: Permanent, Full-time
• Role Grade: HSCSA1-3
• Department and Location: Syd-Path, St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst
• Salary: $112,409 - $119,173 + Super + Salary Packaging

• Permanent full-time leadership role overseeing daily operations within the Haemostasis laboratory section at SydPath, including coordination of staff activities, workforce planning, rostering, and the recruitment of non-medical personnel to ensure effective service delivery.
• Ensure the supervision, maintenance, calibration, and quality control of Haemostasis laboratory instrumentation and methodologies. Oversee timely and accurate result reporting while providing expert advice on complex or unusual test requests and clinical result interpretation.
• Establish, monitor, and regularly review quality control and quality assurance systems, ensuring compliance with best practices and regulatory requirements. Contribute to continuous improvement by preparing, updating, and maintaining laboratory documentation and standard operating procedures.
• Lead training, education, and competency development for laboratory and pathology staff, while maintaining personal engagement in continuing education through internal/external scientific meetings, literature review, and delivery of presentations or demonstrations.
• Contribute to laboratory management through inventory oversight, supplier engagement, incident response, service improvement, and participation in divisional and organisational leadership forums. Promote safe work practices aligned with Work Health and Safety standards and demonstrate professional accountability in all activities.

• Bachelor or higher degree in Science or Medical Laboratory Science, with recent and relevant experience in Haemostasis and Special Haemostasis testing, showcasing your technical capability in specialised diagnostic procedures.
• Experience in platelet function testing and/or haemoglobinopathy testing is desirable but not essential.
• Proficient in using laboratory information systems, ensuring efficient test processing, accurate data management, and timely reporting of results within a digital workflow environment.
• You work well both autonomously and as part of a team. You show initiative, reliability, and adaptability, and you contribute positively to collaborative team environments while maintaining a high standard of professionalism.
• Committed to ongoing professional development and demonstrate strong written and verbal communication skills, supporting clear documentation, effective collaboration, and continuous learning.

• Join us on our mission to provide care to all, including the most at-risk people in our community
• Discounted access to many gyms for you and your family with Fitness Passport
• Access to discounted private health insurance with Medibank
• Access to a government salary sacrifice program. Make a proportion of your salary tax-free
• Committed to financial support for educational development, scholarship programs, paid study leave

• A busy inner-city hospital in a beautiful location
• Surrounded by great cafes, galleries and theatres, parks, nightlife, and nearby glorious beaches
• A place of expert clinical care for at-risk people
• Closely partnered with universities & affiliated research institutes, many of which are located on-campus
• Centres of excellence include heart & lung transplantation, bone marrow transplantation, cardiology, cancer care, AIDS/HIV, respiratory medicine, mental health, homeless health, drug & alcohol services, and correctional health

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