Histology Associate Practitioner
- NHS
- Full Time
- Stoke-on-Trent
- 26530.00 - 29114.00 a year
Job Description
Job summary
Histology Associate Practitioner
Band 4
Royal Stoke Cellular Pathology department
Working pattern - 7 day service with 3 shift patterns Monday through Friday. Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays run a 1 shift system.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be required to perform a range of routine and non-routine tasks within Histology following Laboratory Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), including the Pathology Quality Policy, to provide clerical and technical support to Biomedical Scientists in order to ensure a high quality service in all areas Histology. The tasks will include; sample receipt and preparation, undertakes physiological measurement testing, operation and maintenance of laboratory equipment and updating of information systems. These duties will be performed under the indirect supervision/direction of a suitably qualified practitioner, under the direction of the responsible healthcare scientist practitioner, but usually as part of a team with practice appropriate for statutory regulation.
- To work within the written Policies and Procedures of the Department especially in relation to Health and Safety and Quality.
- Maintains clinical records in relation to activities carried out and may input/ interrogate test results of others.
- May be required to supervise, organise and allocate work and/ or train less experienced staff in own area.
- To be an efficient and flexible member of the laboratory team assisting in the delivery of the service.
About us
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further details or please us for an informal discussion.
Person Specification
Communications & Relationship Skills
Essential
- Provides and receives routine information orally to inform work colleagues or external contacts/exchanges routine information where tact and persuasive skills are required, barriers to understanding.
Knowledge, Training & Experience
Essential
- NVQ Level 3/ in a scientific related field or equivalent level or applied training in specific discipline to diploma equivalent level.
- Therotetical knowledge and practice in a range of routine and non-routine scientific work procedures acquired through education, training and/or experience.
- Microsoft applications literate or attained ECDL.
Analytical & Judgemental Skills
Essential
- Judgements involving facts or situations, some requiring analysis/range of facts or situations requiring analysis, comparison of options.
- Decisions in own area eg: identifying correct applications or procedures, whether to report a problem/deciding which procedures to use following initial analysis eg: carrying out fuller tests.
Planning & Organisational Skills
Essential
- Plans straightforward tasks, some ongoing. Plans activity workload for self and/or others.
Physical Skills
Essential
- Highly developed physical skills where accuracy important for manipulation of fine tools, materials.
- Hand eye co-ordination for eg: preparing and manipulating specimens, use of microscope, etc
Responsibility for Policy/Service Development
Essential
- Follows policies, may comment/proposes changes for own area.
Desirable
- Follows policies and procedures for own work area, may be asked to comment on proposed changes/proposes changes for work area.
Responsibility for Patient/Client Care
Essential
- Provides clinical technical services. Undertakes non-routine tests eg: undertakes pathology, physiological, equipment measurement tests, initial screening.
Responsibility for Human Resources
Essential
- Direct day to day supervision, clinical supervision, practical training.
Desirable
- Supervises junior staff; provides clinical supervision; trains less experienced staff.
Responsibility for Financial & Physical Resources
Essential
- Safe use of equipment, maintains stock control, security.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust
Address
Royal Stoke University Hospital
Newcastle Road
Stoke on Trent
ST4 6QG
