Universitätsspital Zürich
Zürich
BMA/BMLD as Education Officer in Haematological Diagnostics 80-100%
- 12 October 2026
- 80 – 100%
- Permanent position
- 8091 Zürich
About the job
As an education officer, you actively shape the quality of training in haematological diagnostics and enable trainers as well as students to develop their potential to the fullest. In doing so, you not only strengthen the professional development of individual persons but also make a sustainable contribution to the success of the entire laboratory team.
The University Hospital Zurich is one of the largest hospitals in Switzerland. Our over 8,600 employees and around 700 trainees are committed daily to the well-being of our patients.
The University Hospital Zurich is one of the largest hospitals in Switzerland. Our over 8,600 employees and around 700 trainees are committed daily to the well-being of our patients.
BMA/BMLD as Education Officer in Haematological Diagnostics 80-100%
by arrangement
What you can achieve
The role includes a 30% workload as an education officer. The remaining 50-70% you work in the haematology laboratory.
Your tasks as an education officer
Your tasks in the specialist area of haematology/haemostasis:
Your tasks as an education officer
- You design and coordinate the practical training of our students, combining education, expertise and everyday laboratory work
- You contribute to the further development of educational concepts and take responsibility for their coordination and implementation in haematological diagnostics
- You train, support and coach the trainers in the specialist areas of haematology/haemostasis and immunohaematology/transfusion medicine/stem cell laboratory in pedagogical matters
- You work closely with trainers, the specialist department and management
- You ensure the quality of training as well as compliance with relevant requirements and educational standards
- You collaborate in the HF admission procedure together with the education officers of other clinics and institutes
Your tasks in the specialist area of haematology/haemostasis:
- You actively participate in the haematology laboratory and contribute your professional expertise to everyday laboratory work
- Perform a wide range of routine and specialised analyses
- Morphological assessment of blood counts, punctates and bone marrow
- Possibly work in late, weekend and night shifts
What you bring with you
- You are a certified biomedical analyst HF or biomedical laboratory diagnostician FH and have a solid pedagogical education (FA trainer), or are willing to complete it
- You have experience as a trainer, know the Swiss education system well and bring practical experience in haematology/haemostasis
- You enjoy supporting students in their professional development and actively shaping educational processes
- You appreciate the expertise of specialists and trainers and actively involve them in the design of training
- You understand that you are employed both as an education officer and as a member of the routine laboratory team and can consciously combine both roles
- You communicate clearly and reliably, take a position and can justify decisions comprehensibly. Thanks to your good relationship and conflict skills, you understand how to absorb, moderate and bring together different perspectives
- You have a high degree of self-motivation and innovative ability
Our benefits
Good training is a shared responsibility for us. As an education officer, you therefore work closely with trainers, specialists, management and the overarching education responsibility. For your role, we create clear framework conditions with a defined mandate, clarified roles and competencies as well as fixed contact persons in education, specialist areas and management. You can count on visible support, an open and direct communication culture and an environment where different professional and pedagogical perspectives are valued and sustainable solutions are developed together. In addition, you benefit from a state-of-the-art infrastructure with the latest technologies for research and diagnostics, flexible working hours with flexitime and only one weekend shift per month. We give you the opportunity to carefully familiarise yourself with the role and to further develop it together with us.
Do you enjoy connecting people, expertise and education and want to actively help shape the training of future biomedical analysts and biomedical laboratory diagnosticians? Then we look forward to your application.
Do you enjoy connecting people, expertise and education and want to actively help shape the training of future biomedical analysts and biomedical laboratory diagnosticians? Then we look forward to your application.
University Hospital Zurich
8091 Zurich
8091 Zurich
