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Wellington SCL is part of Southern Community Laboratories, a division of APHG that has provided doctors and patients in New Zealand with pathology services since 1960. Asia Pacific Healthcare Group (APHG) is the largest provider of Pathology services in New Zealand, with laboratories throughout the country.

This position is based at our modern laboratory in Wellington Regional Hospital, servicing a population of 500,000 (public hospital and community referrals). The Anatomical Pathology department processes over 39,000 surgical and 6,000 Cytology cases each year, and has an active Registrar/Resident Teaching Programme. The department regularly receives out-of-region diagnostic referrals.

As an Anatomical Pathologist at Wellington SCL you will be part of a larger team of seventeen Pathologists (including our branch at Lower Hutt) providing clinical delivery and service excellence through high quality diagnostic services to our clients and patients across all sites.

We are seeking an experienced Anatomical Pathologist with a special interest in Dermatopathology and/or Gastrointestinal pathology. Teaching of Registrars/Residents is an expectation of this role, as is active participation in Multi Disciplinary Meetings.

Living in New Zealand provides an exceptional way of life; currently New Zealand offers a favourable tax environment with lower marginal tax rates, no capital gains tax, excellent schooling and liveable cities. Take the opportunity to live and work in Wellington, the city voted Lonely Planet’s “coolest little capital in the world”, and New Zealand’s cultural capital.

For more information about Wellington SCL visit our website www.wellingtonscl.co.nz

Applications close 5 June 2022 and will be considered individually on receipt. To apply go to www.aphgcareers.co.nz

You will need to hold the Fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia or a similar recognised overseas postgraduate qualification; and be eligible for, or working towards, vocational registration as a Specialist Pathologist by the Medical Council of New Zealand within a reasonable timeframe.