Main area Cellular Pathology Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours
* Part time
* Flexible working
18.5 hours per week (up to 18.5 hours per week) Job ref 372-FSS2709
Employer: Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Cellular Pathology Calderdale Royal Hospital
Town: Halifax
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum, pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 16/02/2025 23:59
Interview date: 26/02/2025
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics.
We are committed to recruiting to our values. Leading One Culture of Care underpins our values by creating an environment, tone and behaviours across all parts of the Trust that are fundamentally rooted in compassionate care.
We are open to considering a wide range of flexible working arrangements. There are opportunities to flex the days of the week, hours and times of work and place of work including: part-time, job-share, flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home when appropriate.
Job overview
To act in a scientific role and to carry out all routine investigations within the department, following such training as may be necessary, ensuring the quality of the service.
To assist in the provision of the cellular pathology and mortuary service for the trusts hospitals and CCGs by providing specialist knowledge and technical skills to process, analyse, understand and interpret results of diagnostic tests. Rotate on a regular basis through the different sections of the department and take part in the extended working rota.
To ensure health and safety is maintained, train junior members of staff, and be involved with quality and service development through laboratory and clinical audit. Continuous professional development will be essential for this post and further study will be encouraged.
Main duties of the job
* Specialist techniques; including microtomy, embedding, frozen sections, immunohistochemistry, andrology, non-gynae cytology, block-checking, digital slide QC, troubleshooting, liaising with seniors and support staff, involvement with quality management systems, audits.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* Providing confidential, specialist advice over the telephone to users of the service.
* To act as primary point of contact for the laboratory when working alone outside normal working hours.
* Liaising with other members of staff within the department on a routine basis to ensure safe and efficient daily operation.
* To be able to train and supervise other members of staff.
* To be a point of reference for junior staff and participate in the duty band 6 rota.
* The post requires an ability to implement new policies and changes to practice in their own area.
* Provide advice and guidance to other staff members working in that area.
* To coordinate work and staff within their area.
* To take receipt of clinical samples from wards, clinics, theatres and GP’s checking the integrity of the sample.
* To unpack the samples with reference to health and safety procedures and the minimum data set requirements for labelling the sample and request form.
* To label the sample with a laboratory number and input patient and sample information into the laboratory computer system.
* To input request form details and simple diagnostic test results.
* To retrieve information from the IT system if required to do so.
* To undertake with reference to departmental Standard Operating Procedures, the initial processing of all clinical samples, including: urine, sputum, fluids and fine needle aspirates.
* To undertake with reference to departmental Standard Operating Procedures routine examination and reporting of seminal fluid for infertility and post vasectomy investigations.
* To participate in surgical sperm retrieval procedures.
* To undertake, with reference to departmental Standard Operating Procedures, small biopsy transfer.
* To assist consultant pathologists’ dissection including digital photography and decalcifying techniques.
* To be able to perform emergency frozen sections.
* Be proficient in embedding techniques.
* Be competent in microtomy and routine H&E staining.
* To carry out immunocytochemistry and immunofluorescent techniques, to understand the results and be able to recognise and solve problems.
* Be proficient in the special staining techniques of the department and be able to recognise and solve problems.
* To be fully trained in the maintenance and use of all equipment in the department.
* Understand, perform and document daily quality checks on equipment.
* Perform basic fault-finding and problem solving of faulty system processes.
* To understand where different histology tests are performed and direct samples to appropriate laboratory.
* To have knowledge of where other non-histology tests are performed and direct samples to the appropriate laboratory.
* To make an assessment of the sample on receipt in conjunction with the clinical details to ensure that appropriate tests are carried out on the sample.
* To be able to solve day to day problems with samples received such as unlabelled and leaking specimens.
* To ensure the patients samples follow the clinical pathways as defined in the SOP’s.
* To perform external QA tests.
* To take part in and co-ordinate internal QA testing.
* To participate in Continuing Professional Development and continually update skills.
* To have a good working knowledge of the pathology computer system.
* To ensure the validity of test results by ensuring good quality QA processes.
* To be able to plan your own work and that of the work area and prioritise urgent samples.
* To co-ordinate the work within a section in conjunction with other biomedical scientists and the section leader.
* Must have good hand eye coordination when handling potentially infectious material and when using equipment such as microtomes, microscopes and pipettes.
* To ensure patient confidentiality.
* Implement(s) changes to practice within own work area.
* Provide advice and guidance to other staff members working in that area.
* To maintain adequate levels of laboratory kits and reagents in the department.
* To undertake staff training and competency testing.
* To carry out staff appraisals.
* To participate in clinical trials and audits.
* To act independently within occupational guidelines and make the judgement when it is necessary to refer to their manager.
* To deal sensitively with products of conception samples and mortuary-related issues.
* To undertake supervisory duties throughout the cellular pathology and mortuary department.
* To assist in the quality work of the department, maintaining UKAS accreditation and HTA compliance.
* To perform health and safety duties in the department.
* To assist in the implementation of new projects and techniques such as genomics and digital pathology.
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING
* State registration with the HCPC
* Degree in Biomedical Science
* IBMS Specialist postgraduate portfolio in cellular pathology, MSc in cellular pathology or equivalence
* Post graduate qualifications related to cellular pathology
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
* Significant recent post registration experience in cellular pathology
* Supervision and training of MLA, associate practitioners, trainee BMS, and BMS staff
* Experience of laboratory and clinical audit
* Experience of UKAS accreditation and HTA
* Knowledge of all areas of the cellular pathology department
* Must be organised and have excellent time management skills
* Andrology experience
* Non-gynae cytology experienced
* Experience leading a team
* Specialist cellular pathology training/ experience provided by reference laboratory/ external courses/ examination
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
* Ability to work under pressure and plan and manage workload
Our vision is to provide One Culture of Care for one another in order that we can provide compassionate care for the people who use our services. We are passionate about creating a workplace where we work together to get results, encouraging colleagues to have their say, in order to co-create the change we want to see. We take pride in the diversity of our workforce that’s why we encourage applications from all. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants.
Please ensure your application is submitted with referees who can verify your employment/education history over the last three years and include valid email addresses for them. We will request electronic Factual Employment References from your previous employers. These references will be requested before you are issued with an unconditional offer of employment letter.
If you are appointed to a post, information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records system. The Inter-Authority Transfer (IAT) process is a critical and beneficial component of ESR and following interview your previous NHS employment data, if applicable will be transferred from your current / most recent employer.
You may be required to undertake a DBS. The Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £54.40, Standard £26.40 or Basic £26.40) from your salary when you commence in post (including Internal staff). You will also be required to participate in the DBS Update Service and pay the £16 cost per year. This is a condition of your employment.
CHFT is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.
If you have any questions please contact ask.recruitment@cht.nhs.uk for assistance.
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