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Biomedical Support Worker
| Posting date: | 12 February 2025 |
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| Salary: | £24,071.00 to £25,674.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £24071.00 - £25674.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 February 2025 |
| Location: | Swindon, SN3 6BB |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9249-25-0054 |
Summary
7. Preparation of case for discussion at multi-disciplinary team meetings (MDTs). This includes identification of the appropriate cases, retrieval of slides from archive, data entry onto Excel spreadsheets, recording of audit data on completion of the meeting, and filing completed MDT lists. 8. Sorting of cases to be sent to other hospitals for further testing/expert opinion/review. Logging all material sent and returned, to ensure a full audit trail is available for every specimen. 9. Archive filing of all blocks, slides and other material, including preparation of blocks/slides for off-site storage and maintenance of records of material stored off-site. 10. Retrieval of archived reports from current and previous laboratory IT systems. 11. Maintenance and cleaning of automated staining machine, including the correct disposal of solvent waste in accordance with national and local regulations. This may involve some heavy lifting. 12. Set up, use and maintenance of the automated coverslipper in accordance with departmental protocols. 13. Quality control procedures, including slide labelling, matching slides with request forms, matching blocks to labelled slides, etc. 14. If required by department, the post-holder may be trained in microtomy. 15. Collect and dispose of solvents and flammable liquids to and from the flammable store in accordance with Health and Safety Regulations. 16. Prepare and maintain stocks of stains, solutions and kits e.g. preparation of fine needle aspirate kits, preparation of decalcification fluid, filling the formalin reservoir, etc. 17. Trouble-shoot processes within the scope of practice of the post-holder. This requires an awareness of processes outside their scope of practice, and referral of these issues to an appropriate member of staff. 18. Suggest amendments/updates to departmental processes, including review of standard operating procedures where appropriate. 19. Full participation in the departmental Quality Management system. This involves following and reviewing standard operating procedures, risk assessments, etc, error logging, carry out audits, etc. The Quality Management system is recorded and managed via Qpulse software. Full training will be given on the use of QPulse. 20. Participate in departmental stock control, including identification of stock requirements and receipt and booking-in of stock deliveries. 21. Undertake general house-keeping duties; all staff must keep their own work area clean and tidy. 22. Participate in a departmental rota of tasks and start/finish times, and manage own time effectively to ensure all required tasks are completed in an appropriate timescale. 23. The post holder may be required to participate in departmental admin tasks including data entry onto the pathology IT system, posting of pathology reports, filing request forms, etc.