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Healthcare Science Associate Practitioner

3 months ago


Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

The Cellular Pathology department within the Royal Victoria Infirmary has an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our team as a Healthcare Science Associate Practitioner (HCSAP).

The department provides Histopathology, Cytopathology and Mortuary services housed within a purpose built facility in a prime city-centre location. The laboratory is one of the largest services in the country and handles around 80,000 histology requests per annum.

We receive a broad range of specimens from within the Trust, General Practitioners and as a specialist referral centre handles cases regionally, nationally and from overseas.

We also work in collaboration with the Regional Genetics service.

Informal enquiries are welcomed.
Interview Date: 7 July 202- 37 hours 30 minutes/week


The post involves the reception and preparation of tissue samples for microscopic analysis including microtomy, embedding, staining, equipment maintenance and preparation for genetic analysis.

Applicants should be enthusiastic, well motivated individuals who have experience in histological techniques.

They should have a good knowledge and understanding of the role of Cellular Pathology in the diagnosis and treatment of disease.

Applicants should enjoy working as part of a team, possess keyboard skills, excellent communication skills and be flexible to service needs.

Full training will be provided, this is also an excellent opportunity for experienced HCSAP's to build and expand on current skill set.


Shift patterns are 7.5 hours Monday to Friday between the laboratory opening hours of 7am - 6pm, with some rotation on a Saturday rota.

Flexibility is strongly encouraged to support staff and service needs.

We offer training opportunities to all grades of staff in a supportive and modern environment.

The post is primarily to support Registered and Specialist Biomedical Scientists in the Immunohistochemistry section of the department, opportunities to rotate into other areas may be possible.


Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 18,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.


Rated 'Outstanding' by the CQC for the second consecutive time in 2019, we have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country.

This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
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  • A Healthcare Science Associate Practitioner is part of a clinical support team whose purpose is to provide timely and accurate high quality scientific information that will assist service users from the hospital and community, in the establishment of a clinical diagnosis and monitoring of patient treatment.
  • The Healthcare Science Associate will use practical skills to carry out tasks associated with the preanalytical preparation of specimens within the Histopathology Department. The tasks undertaken are more advanced than those of an HSA.
  • Specimen reception: To deal with the reception, sorting and labelling of patient specimens, identifying inadequate and mislabelled specimens and ensuring urgent samples are prioritised.
  • Recording specimen dissection descriptions, data entry including macroscopic descriptions onto APEX, preparing specimens for analysis, including booking in patient and specimen details, storing, retrieving and disposing of specimens. Assessing xrays to determine end part of decalcification.
  • Carefully prepare samples for diagnostic testing or storage. This may involve delicate procedures to manually handle category A samples, describe samples and place into labelled cassette matching necessary paperwork and documentation.
  • As directed, undertake basic testing under supervision of BMS staff, record and enter results onto laboratory computer systems e.g. macroscopic descriptions of category A specimens.
  • Assist in the training of new members of staff in the standard operational procedures required of them.
  • As directed by BMS in technical charge of section, assist in the induction, basic training and competency assessment (as appropriate) of new or less experienced staff by demonstrating duties and providing advice and guidance.
  • Loading/unloading tissue processors and initiating processing programmes.
  • To carry out, under supervision, laboratory procedures:
  • Embedding. Morphological alignment of surgical biopsies within molten wax
  • Microtomy. Cutting 4 micron sections of tissue
  • Special stains; Undertake staining procedures to identify specific tissue
structures or organisms

  • Antigen retrieval procedur