• Full time, permanent
• Auckland location (with the option to be based in one of our Regional Blood Centres)
• Deliver a high-quality transfusion medicine service to the NZBS Centre and the regional hospitals

About the role

This is an exciting and rare opportunity to join the New Zealand Blood Service (NZBS) as a Transfusion Medicine Specialist (TMS).  You will join our highly regarded team of experienced specialists who provide transfusion advice and support for clinical teams across the country.  This role will be based in our largest blood centre in Auckland (although a base in one of our Regional Blood Centres in Hamilton, Palmerston North, Wellington, Christchurch or Dunedin may also be an option).   You will be encouraged to develop expertise that will enable you to offer clinical leadership to one of our specialist services.  

As part of the Clinical Services team, led by the Chief Medical Officer, you will deliver a high-quality transfusion medicine service to the NZBS Centre and the regional hospitals.  The Auckland region includes  three large hospitals, one of which is New Zealand’s largest teaching hospital, which provide a full range of tertiary services and as well as opportunities to contribute to clinical education and research.  You will be part of the local TMS team, support supervision of the rotating haematology registrars and work closely with our Transfusion Nurse Specialists and blood bank teams.  

About You

To be successful in securing this position, you will have a qualification which will enable you to become vocationally registered with the New Zealand Medical Council. The successful candidate will have relevant experience in haematology or transfusion medicine.

The Location

The NZBS Auckland Centre provides blood and plasma processing, testing and specialist services for the North Island as well as being one of our largest donation centres. The service includes an active clinical apheresis unit, stem-cell processing and a therapeutic venesection programme.  NZBS national services based in Auckland include, Organ Donation New Zealand, the New Zealand Transplantation and Immunogenetics Laboratory, the national Transfusion Reference Laboratory and the New Zealand Bone Marrow Donor Registry.

New Zealand (or 'Aotearoa' - Maori for "Land of the long white cloud") is continuously ranked highly for its quality of life and work-life balance and has the benefits of a world-class health system and a fantastic lifestyle to offer.

Our Regional Blood Centres are located in hubs around the country and provide all the benefits of easy access to cities, surrounded by stunning natural landscapes. In most cities and towns you are within a few hours drive of beautiful beaches, mountains, farmland, vineyards, and regional parks where you can explore this land of hidden treasures and beauty.

New Zealand's multi-cultural urban centres have the variety and convenience you would expect - fabulous food, arts and culture, sports, museums and everything in between.

And when you have finished exploring all that New Zealand has to offer, you are just a few hours flight away from being able to discover the myriad of beautiful South Pacific Island nations and our cousin Australia.

Without doubt, New Zealand is an amazing place to live and work.

About New Zealand Blood 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.

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