Specialist(s) NSW Health Pathology

Staff Specialist - Anatomical Pathology - Coffs Harbour Health Campus Job title: Staff Specialist - Anatomical Pathology - Coffs Harbour Health Campus Type of position: Specialist(s) Location Country: NSW - Australia Company name: NSW Health Pathology Discipline: Anatomical Pathology Job reference number: REQ Staff Specialist– Anatomical Pathology NSW Health Pathology – Coffs Harbour Health Campus Permanent Full Time (1.0 FTE) This position has been declared as Area of Need per NSW Health Policy Directive PD2021_007. What you'll be doing The Staff Specialist will provide high quality diagnostic, consultative, procedural and on‑call specialty services in Anatomical Pathology, and will participate in teaching, research, quality improvement and administrative activities commensurate with the Staff Specialists (State) Award. The Staff Specialist will ensure a high standard of professional performance and, where required, the encouragement of an academic environment which supports research and development. Working at NSWHP Coffs Harbour NSW health pathology Coffs Harbour invites you to join our team of experienced and supportive pathologists who are committed to providing an excellent service to the region. Come and enjoy the lifestyle benefits of living in a regional beachside town and discover why all of our pathologists enjoy working here. NSWHP on the Mid North Coast is based at the Coffs Harbour Health Campus (CHHC), with a second laboratory at Port Macquarie Hospital. CHHC is the major referral centre for residents of Coffs Harbour, Bellingen and Nambucca Valley local government areas, which contains a recently expanded, 357‑bed, level five teaching hospital for medicine, nursing, and allied health. It is a hub for health research in the region and hosts the UNSW rural medical school. Our anatomical pathology department has undergone rapid growth in the last five years. Three years ago we acquired a large space in the hospital for the AP laboratory and our pathologists moved into spacious new offices. Four pathologists are based at Coffs Harbour and one at Port Macquarie. We have an enthusiastic AP team, including several scientists who are trained in complex specimen dissection, and two AP trainees. We run an efficient laboratory with a reputation for excellent turnaround times. We provide a service to public and private hospitals, GPs, surgeons and local radiology practices on the mid north coast. A significant proportion of specimens are from private referrals. We are also the BreastScreen NSW pathology provider for the north coast from Port Macquarie to the Queensland border. Our pathologists provide rapid onsite screening for fine needle aspiration biopsies performed by interventional radiologists. All frozen sections are performed onsite in the Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie laboratories. Our pathologists have expertise and experience in a variety of subspecialties and have created a supportive work environment for each other and for our AP trainees. NSWHP at John Hunter Hospital provide excellent support as our primary referral hospital for external opinions and additional immunohistochemical tests. We have well‑established and efficient referral pathways for molecular pathology tests. Our pathologists participate in multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings, all via MS Teams. Pathologists teach and assess UNSW students and supervise their research projects. Medical students from Charles Sturt University visit our department for short rotations. We take pride in providing sufficient opportunity for AP trainees to develop knowledge and skills in microscopic examination. Our competent scientific staff facilitate this by contributing to complex specimen dissection. So, join us at NSWP Coffs Harbour and become part of a collaborative team which provides an excellent service to the mid north coast and is highly valued by our colleagues in other medical specialties. All applications must be supported by responses to the Selection Criteria and submitted via the eCredential system. Click the URL below for more information. #J-18808-Ljbffr