Molecular Histopathology Section Lead (Senior Biomedical Scientist)

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To daily supervise and monitor staff in the performance of routine and specialised diagnostic services on patient samples, including tissue and cytology specimens, containing potentially infectious material, using complex and highly specialised techniques to exacting medical and scientific standards according to standard operating procedures. To perform such diagnostic tests as required.
• To review the range and frequency of use of diagnostic tests provided by the Discipline and determine if tests could be completed more cost effectively at a larger laboratory.
• Assist with and plan rotas, allocate and reallocate work schedules for themselves and the team and determine work priorities to meet service needs.
• Support the Discipline Manager in the planning, development, co-ordination and evaluation of the Molecular service.
• Record, and validate results. Report and technically authorise individual reports from the team in electronic form and / or verbally to persons authorised to receive them e.g. Medical, nursing and non-medical staff.
• Be proficient in the use of the Quality Management system, ensuring the effective development and/or management of all controlled documentation, non-conformities and audit reports within the system. This is done in conjunction with the discipline quality lead.
• Co-ordinate external and internal quality assurance schemes and supervise compliance with the departmental audit schedules, review findings, and implement service improvements in collaboration with the quality lead.
• Ensure the delivery of services in line with the principles of ISO/CPA standards, HTA regulations, HSE requirements and any other applicable statutory regulations within Cellular Pathology.
• Undertake research and development projects as instructed, support clinical trials, undertake audits and encourage innovation amongst all staff.
• Organise and monitor maintenance on routine and complex equipment to ensure accuracy and precision of results. Provide specialist support for staff to troubleshoot faults and take appropriate action to maintain service delivery.
• Meet KPIs (key performance indicators) including prioritising work to achieve turnaround times.
• Propose, oversee and develop the implementation of new techniques, equipment and methods of working; to be undertaken in collaboration with the discipline development lead. This includes supporting any management of change processes documentation.
• Collect, interpret and collate in an agreed format, information when required for presentation e.g. for departmental Operational Board reports and quality meetings.
• Assist in preparing for UKAS inspections including preparing, reviewing and updating standard operating procedures.
• Provide and receive specialist knowledge in immunohistochemistry to staff and service users.
• Responsible for working with teams, ordering and maintaining stocks of materials, reagents, consumables and equipment, ensuring the most economical use of non-pay resources, whilst identifying areas of cost improvements.
• Deal with difficult and complicated telephone enquiries, such as complaints; accurately record information and complete follow up reports when necessary.
• To work towards expanding the service to improve patient quality and turnaround.
• To improve the skill set of BMSs within the team and develop the service.

For further details of the role please see the attached job description.

Person specification

Qualifications

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Experience

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Knowledge

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Skills

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Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

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To ensure that we provide world-class patient care, UHCW recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust's Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.
Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust's Values and Behaviours which can be accessed on the right side of this page under the job description.
The Supporting Information Section in your application should therefore reflect your understanding of the Trust's Values and associated Behaviours. You will be expected to provide us with examples from work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviour.

The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities within the workplace. All vacancies will be considered for Job Share unless otherwise stated. All applicants who have a disability and who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be interviewed. Where a post has an overwhelming response, this Trust may use random selection in order to reduce numbers to interview, any disabled applicants will automatically be guaranteed an interview and will be exempt from this process.

In submitting an application form, you authorise University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust to confirm from your previous or current NHS employer and other prior employers; previous NHS service details and personal data held about you, including Occupational Health data (inoculations and screening tests). This data will be transferred using NHS Electronic Staff Record and third-party systems via an automated process and only used for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining accurate employment records, should you be appointed to the post.

UHCW NHS Trust, by virtue of its Green Plan, is committed to ensuring that the way we provide services minimises the impact on the environment and the future health of the public e.g. zero waste to landfill, reducing our carbon footprint and increasing our recycling and reuse percentages.

If you are successful at interview you will receive a conditional offer of employment and we'll ask you for information so that we can carry out pre-employment checks. You must successfully complete all pre-employment checks to progress to a final unconditional offer.

We must confirm the identity of our staff and their right to work in the United Kingdom. We will ask you to submit proof of your identity and right to work documents via a secure digital platform approved by the Home Office, named TrustID. Alternatively, you may be asked to attend our office with original documents.

Depending on you level of exposure with patients you may be required to undertake a Standard or Enhanced DBS. The cost of this check will be charged to you and will be deducted from your salary over the first 3 months of employment at the current rate.

All correspondence will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk/SPAM folders

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Application numbers

Please be advised that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.
Documents to download

• Job Description and Personal Specification (PDF, 560.3KB)
• Welcoming Candidates with Disability (PDF, 98.9KB)
• Candidate Information (PDF, 291.8KB)
• How to complete an application form & Values Fact Sheet (DOCX, 874.6KB)