Medical Laboratory Scientist

Expand your knowledge in Medical Laboratory Science
- Add value in a role where what you do really does make a positive difference to the wider NZ Community
- Full time permanent (40 hours per week)
- Christchurch based.

About New Zealand Blood and Organ Service
New Zealand Blood and Organ Service (NZBS) is dedicated to saving lives. Every year, tens of thousands of generous people donate their time, blood and plasma to us for free. In addition to our vein to vein service in transfusion we also provide national services in organ transplantation, cellular therapies and tissue banking. We exist to ensure the efficient delivery of safe blood and tissue products on a time critical basis throughout New Zealand and through the generosity of our donors, we are able to help save lives.
Our shared values are at the heart of our organisation's culture and guide our behaviour each and every day. These values inspire, motivate us and drive us to provide the very best service to the New Zealand public.
Watch this video to see what our people say about the NZBS values they admire the most.
About the role
This is an exciting opportunity to expand your skillset with a world class, progressive organisation using advanced science to consistently support providing better health outcomes for New Zealanders.
Medical Laboratory Scientists within the Component Processing team are responsible for a range of duties including processing of blood and blood products and quality control. You will be trained to:

- Manufacture pooled platelets from buffy coats
- Manufacture cryoprecipitate from plasma
- Manufacture resuspended red cell, buffy coats and plasma from whole blood
- Undertake Tissue Banking (Bone and Skin)
- Undertake Cryogenic processing of peripheral blood stem cells and bone marrow for transplantation
- Perform quality control testing on the products we manufacture such as bacterial testing
- Dispense medicine to patients

About you

**To be successful in this role you will**:

- Be a Registered Medical Laboratory Scientist
- Demonstrate excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills
- Have the ability to achieve the targets and objectives of the service
- Have a self-motivated and positive attitude and are keen to learn new skills
- Have the flexibility to fully participate in our roster that also includes evening, weekend and on-call work as required

What we can offer you
- Job security knowing that you are part of a growing essential service organisation
- Being part of a unique organisation, saving lives and making a positive difference to the health and wellbeing of New Zealanders
- A strong team culture working together to support safe provision of blood, blood products, tissue and organ services

If you are registered as a Medical Laboratory Scientist with the Medical Sciences Council of NZ or meet the requirements for registration and are looking for a technically challenging but rewarding role, then this role could be for you.
Join us and make a difference with NZBS