Associate Practitioner Cellular Pathology/molecular

2 weeks ago


Liverpool, United Kingdom Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

The directorate receives in excess of 65,000 cases per year and is the largest provider of specialist Cellular Pathology services within Cheshire and Merseyside. The department consists of over 100 members of staff, including Medical Laboratory Assistants, Associate Practitioners, Biomedical Scientists, Consultant Pathologists, pathology trainees and administrative and managerial staff working together to deliver the specialist Cellular Pathology service at LCL for Cheshire and Merseyside.

The Cellular Pathology service at Liverpool Clinical Laboratories consists of multiple departments, including Histopathology, Immunocytochemistry, Molecular Pathology, Cytopathology, Ophthalmic Pathology, mortuary and bereavement services, medical examiners service and forensic pathology.

The department’s operating hours are 07:00 to 19:00 Monday to Friday and 08:00 to 16:00 Weekends and Bank Holidays.

The successful incumbent will be responsible for participating in all routine activities associated with a Cellular Pathology Associate Practitioner, including:
Participating in the routine work of the Molecular Pathology laboratory in accordance with departmental protocols, including:

- Receiving and accessioning samples ensuring correct patient identification.- Preparation of genomics-friendly material for PCR (polymerase chain reaction) and/or NGS (next generation sequencing) analyses.
- Undertaking manual and automated DNA extraction procedures.
- Operation and maintenance of equipment in the Molecular Pathology laboratory.
- Operation and maintenance of automated immunocytochemistry (ICC) staining platforms.
- Basic quality control procedures.
- Preparation of solutions and reagents.
- Safe disposal of a range of hazardous and non-hazardous laboratory waste.
- Monitoring and receipt of consumables and reagents.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

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Job Summary

**Liaises with**:
Medical, scientific and clerical staff in the directorate. Other hospital staff and staff from other hospitals/primary care. To participate in the activities of the department. Primarily providing the technical support of the diagnostic service to the Trust and other users, in accordance with departmental protocols and under appropriate supervision.

KEY TASKS

1. Services - Technical procedures
2. People - Health and Safety, appraisal
3. Information - Information technology, meetings
4. Professional -Training/development
5. Equipment

Key responsibilities

1.1 To participate in the routine work of the main histology laboratory in accordance with departmental protocols.
- Receive specimens into the department ensuring correct patient identification and accessioning.
- Assist the pathologist and BMS staff during cut-up
- Store specimens safely and appropriately prior to and after processing.
- To embed processed surgical and post mortem material ensuring correct orientation.
- Microtomy - simple sectioning of large blocks, sectioning levels from biopsy material, serial sectioning of material and macroscopic quality control of sections produced.
- Haematoxylin & Eosin (H&E) staining - manual and automated methodologies
- Initial quality control checks
- Preparation of staining solutions and reagents
- Safe disposal of a range of hazardous and non-hazardous laboratory waste i.e. paper, chemicals, glass, human tissues
- To take delivery of consumables as required
- To safely store and monitor levels of consumables reporting low stocks to senior members of staff

1.2 To participate in some of the specialised areas of the department when required
- Special staining techniques including primary quality control of stains.
- Freezing of material for frozen sections, immunofluorescence and lipid stains
- Cryotomy
- Immuofluorescent techniques.
- Preparation of non-gynaecological fresh samples

1.3 To participate in flexible working arrangements

**1.4 Undertake tasks required for CPA accreditation e.g.**: reviewing SOPs.

2.1 All employees have a duty to take reasonable care to avoid injury to themselves or to others and to co-operate with the Trust in m



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