Community Specialist Practitioner - Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom - Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Description

Base - Surrey Histology Hub in Guildford (with occasional travel to other sites across Surrey)

We have recently extended our service and are looking for more people now to join our fantastic team.

Please note for Band 6 post we will require at least 3 years post-registration, UK histology experiences with in depth knowledge of histology processes.

We will train you to undertake dissection to category B and C in a sub-specialised manner, under the guidance of our Advanced Practitioner in Histological Dissection.

We have a dedicated Histology Training Officer with extensive and recent experience of IBMS Specialist Portfolio completion.

There are opportunities to study for online MSc modules via BioMed Online once trained to the appropriate level and as funding is released.

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust.

Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care.

Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.

We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than 45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years.

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The post holder will be a HCPC registered Biomedical Scientist with well-developed specialist knowledge and skills appropriate to their Pathology service.

They will be required to work unsupervised (including on shift or on-call systems where appropriate and necessary), either as part of a team or independently, receiving, analysing and reporting specimens for Pathological investigations.

The post holder will be required to perform a complex range of tests using dedicated scientific equipment on all samples received, including high-risk specimens, i.e., They will be required to interpret and report results in accordance with agreed service protocols to clinicians and nursing staff in primary and secondary care.

They will also be required to ensure their appropriate continual professional development and evidence such, in accordance with the requirements of the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC), and train and supervise less experienced staff as directed by their line manager.

IBMS accredited BSc biomedical Science.
IBMS Specialist Portfolio in Cellular Pathology, or equivalent laboratory experience

Internal Quality assurance of H& E, Immunocytochemistry, and special stance

Experience of specimen dissection to category C
Experience of participating in the training and supervision of less experienced staff
Knowledge of quality management systems

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
Royal Surrey Hospital