About the role
Salary: £27106.00 to £28850.00
The post holder will
- To safely process samples with a potential risk of infection using a microbiological safety cabinet whilst wearing personal protective equipment
- To work with potentially hazardous laboratory chemicals appropriately and safely in accordance with laboratory procedures, COSHH and the BSPS Health & Safety Policy
- Performs a variety of manual laboratory procedures, under indirect supervision from Registered Biomedical Scientist staff. Procedures include the operation of pre-analytical sample preparation equipment.
- To participate in the preparation and staining of non-gynaecological specimens for microscopic examination, and maintain their competencies for all aspects of this area of practice
- To comply with the BSPS health and safety procedures and laboratory codes of practise at all times and adhere to Trust and departmental policies and procedures
- To use and maintain Cytology laboratory equipment within the department according to BSPS, Trust and departmental policies
- To ensure the maintenance and cleanliness of the specimen preparation laboratories including the correct use of disinfectants and detergents according to COSHH regulations and laboratory protocol.
- To participate in the reception, checking and labelling of all types of Non Gynae specimens processed by the Cytology department
- To liaise with users regarding errors in patient and specimen identification, returning of samples to the sender when appropriate, and recording errors
- To safely process samples with a potential risk of infection using a microbiological safety cabinet whilst wearing personal protective equipment
- To work with potentially hazardous laboratory chemicals appropriately and safely in accordance with laboratory procedures, COSHH and the BSPS Health & Safety Policy
- Performs a variety of manual laboratory procedures, under indirect supervision from Registered Biomedical Scientist staff. Procedures include the operation of pre-analytical sample preparation equipment.
- To participate in the preparation and staining of non-gynaecological specimens for microscopic examination, and maintain their competencies for all aspects of this area of practice
- To follow standard operating procedures (SOPs) and to be proactive in the development of these by suggesting improvements, and piloting revision
- To comply with the BSPS health and safety procedures and laboratory codes of practise at all times and adhere to Trust and departmental policies and procedures
- To use and maintain Cytology laboratory equipment within the department according to BSPS, Trust and departmental policies
- To ensure the maintenance and cleanliness of the specimen preparation laboratories including the correct use of disinfectants and detergents according to COSHH regulations and laboratory protocols
- To ensure that other routine laboratory tasks, such as slide filing are kept up to date and to assist in archived material retrieval
- To answer telephone enquiries in accordance with laboratory protocol in order to provide an effective and user friendly service