Associate Practitioner | Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 31 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £25,147 - £27,596 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 June 2024 |
| Location: | Nottingham, NG7 2UH |
| Company: | Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6344621/164-6344621 |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Associate Practitioner (AP) due to multiple internal promotions within service, who will support our registered Biomedical Scientists within the Cellular Pathology department. The post holder is invited to join our friendly forward thinking team within a busy and continually developing department.
The post carries responsibility for supporting the full range of services and therefore opportunity to rotate and work in a number of areas within Cellular Pathology. Please note that this does not include the mortuary.
This large, busy department provides a full diagnostic Cellular Pathology service to the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust processing on average 75000 requests , 8000 non-gynae cytology and 2000 postmortem cases per annum.
In addition to technical aptitude the post holder must be able to commit to the Trust Values and Behaviours.
In addition to the below summary, you need to familiarise yourself with full job description and person specification documents attached to the advert
Attached you will find the person specification document which provides additional detail about the essential and desirable skills/experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application.
You will find a comprehensive job description attached. This will give you a detailed description for the expectation of your role. Please note, this job description should be regarded as a guide to the duties required and is not definitive or restrictive in any way. The duties of the post may be varied from time to time in response to changing circumstances. This job description does not form part of the contract of employment.
With over 20,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
This varied role involves rotation within all routine areas of Cellular Pathology, including Embedding, Microtomy, Special Stains, Dissection, Specimen Reception and Immunohistochemistry, so previous knowledge of these areas would be advantageous. Keyboard skills are a requirement for this post, as is the ability to perform tasks requiring manual dexterity. The ability to work well in a team and be able to communicate effectively with others is of paramount importance. In this support role there is also a requirement for a limited amount of manual handling.
This advert closes on Thursday 6 Jun 2024