Senior Pathology Support Worker

Posting date:	15 April 2025
Salary:	£25,883.00 to £26,958.00 per year
Additional salary information:	£25883.00 - £26958.00 a year
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	22 April 2025
Location:	Surrey, KT16 0PZ
Company:	NHS Jobs
Job type:	Contract
Job reference:	C9151-25-0547

Summary

The main duties of the role are listed below. For other duties please refer to the job description Service Delivery/Quality Accepts a wide range of clinical samples into the department from hospital staff, clinic staff and transport services. Assesses samples for urgency and sorts by section / work area. Ensures sample detail matches request form detail and assigns unique laboratory number to sample and form, requiring complete accuracy and attention to detail. Ensures that samples meet acceptance criteria, dealing with any non-compliance in accordance with departmental protocols. Ensures sample is appropriate type for all tests. Is fully conversant with relevant departmental policies and Standard Operating Procedures, ensuring that personal performance complies with Accreditation standards. Analyses potentially infectious samples using sophisticated automated equipment to produce results of a quality consistent with excellent patient care. Works in cooperation with BMS staff to ensure workload is processed in a timely and efficient manner. Performs a range of administrative tasks in all sections of the laboratory as required. This includes archiving and retrieval of specimens and data, maintenance of archived material and audit trails. Financial Ensures efficient use of resources and is aware of stock levels and rotation, storage conditions, batch numbers and expiry dates, thus ensuring the viability of reagents and/or blood products used. Ensures appropriate stock levels are maintained in own area of operation, this may include issuing stock to external departments and GP surgeries, and ordering stock from external suppliers under supervision. Ensures accurate stock records are maintained. Personnel/Training Performs a variety of manual laboratory procedures, which are under indirect supervision from Registered BMS staff. Procedures include the setting up of tests and pre-analytical sample preparation. Works to achieve competencies across the repertoire of the department as appropriate to grade. Participates in the Trust Personal Development Programme and works towards identified development needs. Attend and complete all mandatory training courses as appropriate Provides training support and assistance to newly staff as appropriate (including the demonstration of procedures to less experienced staff) To maintain good standards of discipline, dress, timekeeping and behaviour. Health & Safety and Risk Maintains a clean and safe working environment through good laboratory practice. This may include disposal of clinical waste, autoclaving, decontamination processes. Aware of Clinical Governance, Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) and local Health and Safety policies, reporting problems, errors or breaches to the Senior BMS staff. Despatches biological samples to referral and ensures that sample despatch complies with current guidelines. To ensure incidents are reported in a timely fashion using the Pathology Risk Policy procedures. General To participate fully in all aspects of the service including both the routine and non core hours. To work across BSPS sites as required. To perform such other reasonable duties as may be required by senior staff In conjunction with Biomedical Scientist (BMS) staff, ensures the validity of automated results by the use of appropriate control materials. Carries out appropriate maintenance, checks and fault finding procedures on sophisticated automated equipment. Performs telephone duties that include making and receiving calls from and to the laboratory, verbally transmitting confidential results and conveying sensitive information and advice to healthcare professionals. Communicates effectively with other staff groups both internal and external, including healthcare professionals, transport and portering staff, patients and their representatives and commercial suppliers. Provides and receives sensitive information from patients and their representatives where empathic skills are required. Displays and maintains an appropriate level of IT skills. Is able to input patient and request data, maintain and amend patient records, interrogate the laboratory and hospital databases and perform basic word processing and spreadsheet work. Demonstrates excellent personal communication and team working skills. Complies with the requirement to practice within information governance, data protection and confidentiality guidelines. Works as part of a team to ensure that departmental performance targets are met by continually assessing priority of work. Attends and participates in departmental and Trust-wide staff meetings as appropriate and demonstrates a positive attitude to these