Associate Practitioner Histology

2 weeks ago


Durham, United Kingdom County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Please see the attached job description and personal specification for full details. This Associate Practitioner (AP) role involves working closely with Pathologists, Biomedical Scientists, Associate Practitioners and Medical Laboratory Assistants. They follow the laboratory Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and complete the relevant quality documentation as required. Upon completion of training and gaining competency, they will rotate throughout the specialist areas of the laboratory.

They performing duties in accordance to local policy to a high degree of standards whilst conforming to health and safety requirements. This includes small specimen transfer, manual tissue embedding, microtomy, cytology, quality control and IHC. They used a variety of specialist laboratory equipment to perform tasks and are responsible for the maintenance of equipment and completing maintenance documentation. This also includes temperature, xylene and formalin monitoring.

The role requires handling of body fluids and human tissue samples which can be of a sensitive nature. Stock is managed by all laboratory staff. This includes monitoring stock levels of consumables, signing for deliveries, receipting goods delivered, unpacking, verifying if appropriate and ensuring paperwork is complete before placing in appropriate storage area in an orderly organised manner. Generally the AP staff assist the Biomedical Scientists with tasks in the laboratory in which they have been trained and are within their scope of practice.

They provide supervision, training and leadership to junior staff. In addition, they may be asked to deputise for the section head of a given area so some supervisory experience is beneficial. In order to perform their daily tasks effectively, an AP requires the ability to focus for long periods of time, have great attention to detail and possess the ability to organise tasks in priority order. An AP also requires computer literacy skills as they are expected to use spreadsheets, access LIMS, write SOPs and perform audits as needed.



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