**Employment Type**: Temporary Full Time up to June 2026
**Position Classification**: Senior Hospital Scientist I/C Lab >200
**Remuneration**: $139,867.79 - $147,542.73 per annum plus superannuation
**Hours Per Week**: 38
**Requisition ID**: REQ587426
**Location**:Westmead
**Applications Close**: 20 July 2025 - 11:59pm
**About the opportunity**
Westmead BTCT Laboratory is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Scientist to lead the national and internationally accredited Cellular Therapy laboratory that performs graft manipulations and cryopreservation of bone marrow, blood stem cells, cord blood and a variety of other cellular therapies. Join this dedicated team of highly specialized scientists performing cutting edge procedures.
**What we can offer you**
- Accrued Days Off in addition to Annual Leave
- Generous salary packaging options and other fringe benefits
- Corporate wellbeing programs, including the Fitness Passport- Learning and development opportunities, including in-house training with RTO My Health Learning
**What you'll be doing**
Responsible for managing the laboratory to provide an effective and effective service across operational management, compliance management, financial planning and reporting, department performance monitoring and reporting, corporate risk management, human resources management and strategic planning.
- Proven leadership and operational management skills and experience including budget management, staff and resource management and maintenance of professional standards and accreditation within organisational funding and performance frameworks
- Demonstrated experience with the implementation of quality improvement and risk management including an understanding of the relevant legislative and regulatory requirements in healthcare
- Demonstrated experience in change management and use of financial, statistical, human resources and management data to proactively improve laboratory efficiency and effectiveness
- Demonstrated strategic thinking and professional networks in a specialty of pathology relevant to the laboratory, and understanding of the role and function of public laboratories within the Australian and NSW health systems
- Demonstrated commitment to excellent customer service with a high level of interpersonal, communication, negotiation and influencing skills and the ability to develop and maintain strong collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders and interact professionally with a diverse range of people at all levels.
**Need more information?**
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This is a Category A position. All Category A applicants must read and understand NSW Health Policy Directive PD2024_015 Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination Against Specified Diseases. All recruits must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in this policy. All recruits must provide evidence against specified diseases and comply with the requirements of this policy at their own cost prior to appointment.
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NSW Health Pathology is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive workplace. We seek to recruit from diverse applicants and create teams with skills, perspectives and experiences that complement each other at work. We welcome suitably qualified applicants regardless of age, ethnicity, socio-cultural background, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity.
📌 Laboratory Manager - Cellular Therapies
🏢 Nsw Health Pathology
📍 Sydney