Consultant Pathologist, Anatomical Pathology Service, APS Mt Wellington at Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland, Auckland

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

• Full-time permanent role
• Based at our Mt Wellington site

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.

About the Role

We are seeking one full time permanent Anatomical Pathologists to join our Anatomic Pathology team based at Mt Wellington, Auckland, New Zealand, with start date to be negotiated. This is an opportunity to work with NZs largest, highly specialised, community anatomic laboratory service serving the family physicians and specialists working in private practice in the greater Auckland region.

In this role, you will be working up to 40 hours per week. However, the actual hours of work will be negotiated with the Clinical Lead during the interview stage. You will also work on-call and rostered hours to meet the requirements of the service when needed. APS receives a large volume of skin, gastrointestinal, breast, genitourinary and other cases. Lower volume, high complexity cases such as brain biopsies are also received. Urologic, lymphoma and breast pathology interest would be an advantage. This role does not involve autopsies.

Salary is negotiable, with primary reference to established baselines, but then subject adjustment based on applicant skills and departmental needs.

For more information, please contact Dr Mike Hitchcock at Michael.Hitchcock@TeWhatuOra.govt.nz

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About the Team/Service/ Location

Our Anatomic Pathology Service (APS) in Mt Wellington provides services to approximately 600 private specialists and 2,000 general practitioners with up to 450 histology cases per day, and a further 15-20 non-gynaecological cytology cases. The cases cover a wide range of subspecialties including dermatologic, gastroenterological, gynaecological, breast, head and neck, respiratory and urological pathology. This service also provides the cervical screening programme for the northern third of the country- currently transitioning to HPV primary screening. We support specialisation with work confined to a combination of organ systems.

We are the regional community laboratory specifically operated by Te Toka Tumai / Auckland City Hospital. We provide anatomical pathology services for approximately 30% of the population when they seek care from their general practitioners or specialists in private surgical practice. (Patients attending the public hospitals obtain their anatomical pathology from the three public hospital laboratories, also operated by Health New Zealand).

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About you

As the ideal candidate for one of these positions you will be a trained Anatomical Pathologist and will either have, or be eligible, for vocational registration with Medical Council of New Zealand.

Please note, if you are not currently registered in New Zealand and have overseas medical qualifications, you will be required to provide source verification of your qualifications for your registration application. For more information about the registration process and source verification of qualifications, please visit www.mcnz.org.nz

Working at Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

How to Apply

To apply please click apply now. All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal by 29 March 2026. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Aaron Chamberlain at Aaron.Chamberlain@tewhatuora.govt.nz

We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.