Occupation Description

Skill Level: -
The entry requirement for this occupation is a bachelor degree or higher qualification, one year's hospital-based training, and at least 5 years specialist study and training. Registration or licensing is required.

Tasks Include: -

• studies the nature, cause, development and clinical management of diseases in people, and the structural and functional changes caused by them
• prepares, or supervises the preparation of, tissue sections from surgical and diagnostic cases and autopsies
• examines bodily fluids and tissues for the presence and measurement of chemical substances, microbiological organisms, and chemical and other biological responses to disease processes
• examines tissues using scientific techniques and equipment to determine the nature, cause and progress of disease
• performs autopsies to determine causes of death, the nature and extent of disease and injury, and the effect of treatment
• supervises and coordinates the work of technical officers and technicians
• writes reports of findings for use by other medical practitioners and corners
• may direct the activities of pathology departments in hospitals, private clinics or laboratories, or other locations

Specialisations: -
Clinical Cytopathologist
Forensic Pathologist
Haematologist
Immunologist