The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
Job Summary
An opportunity has arisen for a suitably qualified or trainee candidate to join the Cellular Pathology Team as a band 4 Healthcare Science Associate Practitioner.
For trainee role you are required to undertake and complete the IBMS certificate of achievement parts 1 and 2 within 12 months. The trainee role will be salaried at AXU 75% of Band 4 until qualified.
Experience of working in a hospital laboratory is essential. Previous experience of working in a Cellular Pathology laboratory, undertaking basic microtomy, embedding and non gynae preparation and working in front of house mortuary is desirable but not essential.
Applicants for this position must be enthusiastic, self-motivated, highly reliable, and trustworthy and be able to work to tight deadlines under pressure. You must be a team worker as well as able to work on your own.
Good verbal and written communication skills are essential along with fast, accurate keyboard skills. An ability to follow instructions and demonstrate good manual dexterity will be an advantage.
Hours of Work: 37.5 Monday to Friday between 08:00 and17:00 hrs.
NOTE: These positions are support roles and as such, there will be no opportunity to undertake the IBMS certificate of competence or achieve HCPC registration.
Interviews will be in person and not available remotely.
Main duties of the job
The right candidate will have an interest in biological sciences and in working within a large team of healthcare scientists.
The associate practitioners work alongside the MLAs and assist biomedical scientists, expert Practitioners, Mortuary Staff and consultant Pathologists with their work.
Associate Practitioners perform a range of technical and clerical duties, including:
- To support qualified staff in the processing of samples.
- To carry out preliminary inspection and preparation of samples.
- To follow at all times the instructions set out in Standard Operating Procedures
- To undertake routine laboratory cleaning duties as required.
- To support laboratory staff in a range of analytical and post analytical processes within and outside the laboratory
- Comply with good work practices in accordance with the standards of Clinical Pathology Accreditation.
- Participate in the maintenance of the quality system by participating in internal QC and EQA schemes.
- Undertake audits in keeping with the requirements for pathology accreditation.
- Maintain a flexible approach to the post in order to manage changes in workload, patterns and requirements.
- Undertake Microtomy and embedding of tissue Blocks.
- Undertake Front of house Body store duties
- To deal with foetus specimens (NVFs) and maintain NVF database
About us
We provide care and support to over a million people in Wakefield and Kirklees in their homes, community settings and across our three hospital sites at Pontefract, Dewsbury and Pinderfields (Wakefield).
Always striving for excellence, we are at the forefront of innovation and research, and we invest in teaching and the development of our workforce.
We live by our values of caring, improving, being respectful and maintaining high standards. We listen and learn because we aim to make Mid Yorkshire the best place to work and receive care.
We value diversity and welcome talent and enthusiasm irrespective of age, disability, neurodivergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances including providing unpaid carers support to someone with a health and care need. As ethnic minority groups, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and people with a disability/neurodivergence are currently under-represented across the organisation, we encourage applications from members of these groups. We have policies and procedures to ensure all applicants are treated fairly and consistently.
We are proud of our staff networks – who offer valuable guidance and feedback from those with lived experience.
We have a clear vision and you could be part of this! If you share our values and you want to make a difference to the lives of our patients and their families and carers, we would love to hear from you.
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