Biomedical Support Worker
4 weeks ago
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) brings together staff and services from the former Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge. Together, we’ve a wealth of skills and resources to share and tap into and, a wide range of career paths for you to develop and explore. If you want to join a team of around 20,000 NHS experts in delivering high-quality, local care across Salford, Oldham, Bury and Rochdale and beyond
- **come and take your place with us.**
**Job overview**:
The Royal Oldham Hospital Cellular Pathology Department provides comprehensive Histology and Cytology Services to the care orgs within the Northern care Alliance and the surrounding Clinical Commissioning Groups.
Working under indirect supervision the post holder will receive and prepare for analysis samples received by the department, enter relevant data on the laboratory computer system and perform routine tests using established protocols and procedures
We are looking for enthusiastic, well motivated individuals who work well with in a team environment but also can work on their own.
**Main duties of the job**:
- Helping with the preparation of formalin fixed tissue samples.
- Filing wax blocks and slides
- Preparing slides for MDT discussion
- Receive and prepare samples for analysis, enter relevant data on the laboratory computer system and carry out technical investigations using established protocols and procedures.
- Support the Biomedical Scientist in the Cellular Pathology Department
**Working for our organisation**:
**Diagnostics & Pharmacy Group**
The Diagnostics and Pharmacy Group is part of the Northern Care Alliance (NCA), one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. A place of science, innovation and transformational thinking, the Diagnostic and Pharmacy Group unites Radiology, Pathology and Pharmacy services across the NCA to create a cooperative group committed to delivering safe, consistent, and high-quality care.
**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
**Person specification**:
**Essential Qualifications**:
**Essential criteria**:
- Good standard of general education. NVQ, GCSE (5 or more at Grade C or above) / GCE
**Desirable criteria**:
- Have satisfactorily completed the department’s programme of training and competence (usually 12 - 18 months training required).
**Knowledge, Skills and Experience**:
**Essential criteria**:
- Able to follow SOPs / protocols
- IT skills
- Ability to multitask
- Awareness of confidentiality
- Awareness of health and safety issues
- Ability to acquire the theoretical knowledge required to undertake laboratory tasks
**Desirable criteria**:
- Ability to work under demanding circumstances and to deadlines
- Experience within a health care/laboratory environment
**Personal Qualities**:
**Essential criteria**:
- Willingness to undergo training
- Flexible approach to working patterns
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