診斷服務主管 (獸醫病理學)的主要職責包括：(a)執行診斷病理學職務，以調查/監察陸生及水生動物疾病；(b)就與動物及公共衛生、診斷及控制/預防疾病相關的事宜提供科學及技術意見；(c)向見習病理學家提供獸醫解剖病理學及組織病理學培訓，並督導見習病理學家；(d)維持化驗所運作，以便隨時調查大型地方性疾病、新發現/再發現疾病、動物傳染病及外來疾病個案；(e)就化驗所品質管理計劃給予意見；(f)在有需要時提供其他與化驗所相關的技術意見；及(g)協助處理化驗所的相關行政事宜。
(註：需要在位於新界的化驗所工作。及偶爾可能需要不定時工作，包括晚間、週末、週日和公眾假期。)

Head of Diagnostic Services (Veterinary Pathology) is mainly deployed on (a) performing diagnostic pathology for investigation and monitoring/surveillance of terrestrial and aquatic animal diseases; (b) providing scientific and technical advice on issues pertinent to animal and public health, disease diagnosis and control/prevention; (c) providing veterinary anatomical pathology and histopathology training to and supervising trainee pathologists; (d) maintaining laboratory preparedness to investigate major endemic, emerging/re-emerging, zoonotic and exotic disease incidents; (e) providing input into the laboratory quality management system; (f) providing other laboratory related technical advice as needed; (g) assisting in managing relevant administrative activities of the laboratory.
(Note: Required to work in laboratory located in the New Territories. Also may need to work irregular hours including evenings, weekends, Sundays and public holidays on occasion.)