Associate Practitioner, Pathology - Larbert, United Kingdom - NHS Forth Valley
Description
Applications are invited for this post based in the Pathology Department at Forth Valley Royal Hospital. The successful applicant will provide a supporting role to the professional clinical laboratory service.
The appointee would be expected to carry out (under the supervision of qualified laboratory staff) a wide range of routine laboratory and administrative tasks, which do not require the skill and training of a HCPC registered Biomedical Scientist, including the following:
· Processing a range of laboratory diagnostic specimens on patient samples following departmental SOPs.
· Operation of complex equipment
· Providing technical support to scientific staff in the Pathology laboratory
· Mentoring less experienced support workers and trainee staff.
· Specimen reception, acceptance, and registration processes.
· Providing support during tissue dissection
· Specimen processing including sample processing, tissue embedding, Tissue sectioning (microtomy), and routine staining.
· Participation in Patient Consultations at Andrology clinics
· General laboratory housekeeping, manual handling, and patient consultation during infertility clinics.
You will require good keyboard skills, the ability to work accurately under pressure and a flexible approach to work. Experience of working in an NHS Pathology laboratory is desirable. Applicants should have or can demonstrate that they are working towards a minimum of a HND (or equivalent) in life sciences.
Weekend working on a rotational basis or shift system might be required.
Working patterns will be to the needs of the service and will be between 08.30 and 17:00 Monday-Friday.
For