Job summary
- Main area
- Pathology
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 384-JH-EMF16969-B6
- Employer
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Surrey Hospital
- Town
- Guildford
- Salary
- £39,205 - £47,084 per annum - includes high cost area supplements (HCAS)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
BMS 1 – Specialist Practitioner
Band 6
Job overview
BIOMEDICAL SCIENTISTS - HISTOPATHOLOGY
Base - Surrey Histology Hub in Guildford (with occasional travel to other sites across Surrey)
37.5 hours per week - flexible working options considered
Kindly note that interviews are preferred in person.
We have recently extended our service and are looking for more people now to join our fantastic team. Are you a HCPC registered? Do have 3-4 years post –registration NHS histology experience? Are you looking for a new opportunities to expand your knowledge and skills? You will receive a Royal Surrey welcome when you come and join us and start your induction.
We have a modern and spacious laboratory and of course, you’ll be joining our friendly and supportive team.
What we can offer:
• We will support in ensuring you can progress by supporting you in completing the IBMS Specialist Diploma and completion of the specialist portfolio.
• 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
Main duties of the job
The post will be largely based at the RSCH in Guildford, with occasional rotation to one of the other BSPS Surrey Histopathology sites. 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.
Working for our organisation
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. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
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.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. 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. There has never been a better time to join us.
Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To contribute to the delivery and evolution of the Histopathology service to all BSPS sites.
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., those from HIV and hepatitis B positive patients. 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.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- IBMS accredited BSc biomedical Science.
- IBMS Specialist Portfolio in Cellular Pathology, or equivalent laboratory experience
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Wide experience (3+ years post registration) of traditional and modern histopathological techniques including embedding, microtomy, special staining, frozen sections and IHC.
- Experience of a busy histology laboratory
- Experience of troubleshoot histology analyzer e.g. cassette printer, tissue process, H&E staining machine, IHC machine
- Internal Quality assurance of H&E, Immunocytochemistry, and special stain
Desirable criteria
- Experience of participating in the training and supervision of less experienced staff
- Knowledge of quality management systems
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tareq Ansari
- Job title
- Appointing Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
For more information regarding this advert, or to arrange an informal visit the laboratory, contact Tareq Ansari, Deputy Lead BMS on Ext4837 or Olive Geling (Deputy Lead BMS/Advanced Practitioner) on Ext. 4263 or email at [email protected]
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Royal Surrey Foundation Trust
- Telephone
- 01483 571122 Ext 2478
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