Senior Pathology Support Worker

Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 26 December 2024

Job summary

The Virology ISO:15189 accredited Hub laboratory at St Peter's Hospital, Chertsey (Berkshire Surrey Pathology Services (BSPS), has a vacancy for a Senior Pathology Support Worker to work in the laboratory.

BSPS is a successful, progressive pathology network formed as a contractual joint venture between 5 trusts providing services to acute Trusts, primary and community care and private healthcare. The laboratory is also currently implementing a new state of the art automation tender which will be replacing some of this equipment. The laboratory opening hours are 7am - 7pm Monday - Friday, 9am - 1pm on Saturdays.

We are looking for an energetic, enthusiastic and well-motivated candidate with appropriate qualifications and/or relevant experience to join the team of the Virology department for Berkshire and Surrey Pathology Services (BSPS). We are looking for a candidate who has experience in specimen reception and laboratory skills for the accurate and safe use of laboratory equipment and reagents.

Main duties of the job

This post involves routine laboratory duties to support the department including the receipt of samples from specimen reception and tracking, disposal of samples/reagents, responsibility for the referral of samples to other laboratories and entry of results into the laboratory computer information system (LIMS). The senior pathology support workers answer telephone/email queries and perform maintenance of equipment. In addition you will also receive full training to use and maintain automated equipment in the department to perform assays, rotating through sections of each laboratory under the supervision of biomedical scientists.

We are looking for candidates who have some general laboratory skills for the accurate and safe use of laboratory equipment and reagents but Virology experience is not necessary. To be successful the candidate, as well as being friendly and reliable, will need a flexible attitude towards work with good organisational skills, attention to detail and communication. They must have the ability to work under pressure and work well within a team.

About us

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.

Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.

We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.

This is an exciting time to join our Trust, as we work on the expansion of our theatres at Ashford Hospital and move towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures; with care delivered by dedicated, specialist teams in a modern and well-equipped environment.

We hope to use this centre to create an environment of learning and to facilitate training of the next generation of our skilled NHS workforce. Our plans are ambitious - why not, come and be a part of our journey.

Adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

Date posted

12 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£25,329 to £26,958 a year PA inc. HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

323-ACS4993-ED

Job locations

St Peter's Hospital

Guildford Road

Chertsey

KT16 0PZ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main responsibilities include accepting a wide range of clinical samples into the Virology department, performing analysis of potentially infectious samples using sophisticated automated equipment, maintaining laboratory equipment, work in cooperation with BMS staff to ensure workload is processed in a timely and efficient manner and perform a range of administrative tasks in all sections of the laboratory as required.

For further details, please see attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further details, please see attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Further Training

Essential

Good basic education to include GCSE, O-Levels/A-Levels or NVQ level 3 or IBMS Certificate of Achievement (Part 1)
Willing to undergo relevant training

Desirable

ECDL
Basic educational qualification in mathematics

Experience

Essential

Ability to work as part of a team
Understands need to work to deadlines
Understanding of need for service quality
Able to understand and follow standard operating procedures

Attidtue, Behaviours and Values

Essential

Supports learning and development of self and others
Supports and promotes equality and diversity

Skills

Essential

Observant of detail, ability to make judgement decisions
You are able to communicate effectively to ensure high standards of care, treatment, service or support as appropriate to your role

Person Specification

Qualifications and Further Training

Essential

Good basic education to include GCSE, O-Levels/A-Levels or NVQ level 3 or IBMS Certificate of Achievement (Part 1)
Willing to undergo relevant training

Desirable

ECDL
Basic educational qualification in mathematics

Experience

Essential

Ability to work as part of a team
Understands need to work to deadlines
Understanding of need for service quality
Able to understand and follow standard operating procedures

Attidtue, Behaviours and Values

Essential

Supports learning and development of self and others
Supports and promotes equality and diversity

Skills

Essential

Observant of detail, ability to make judgement decisions
You are able to communicate effectively to ensure high standards of care, treatment, service or support as appropriate to your role

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.