Biomedical Scientist - Histopathology
| Posting date: | 24 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £29,970.00 to £36,483.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £29970.00 - £36483.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 August 2025 |
| Location: | Norwich, NR4 7UB |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9234-25-0435 |
Summary
Communicates routine clinical technical service-related information to colleagues, managers, consultants, nurses, other health care colleagues and patient carers. Participates in departmental meetings and contributes to effective communication within the department. Answers telephone inquiries from pathology users and patient carers and provides routine information about methodologies and service requirements. Manages own work under the supervision of experienced BMS staff, will refer to more senior staff for support. Communicate any difficulties, problems, accidents or incidents affecting the department to a section leader/manager promptly. Responsible for processing immediate, urgent and non-urgent work to maintain turnaround times in line with Trust and Service polices. To work in the dissecting room and categorise specimens according to clinical details, and assign a specimen code as appropriate. Participate in the reception, sorting and processing of samples through the dissection room. To ensure correct patient ID on both matching request forms and specimen,s and follow appropriate quality and error logging procedures in the event of incidents. To carry out histological techniques including the fixation and processing of body tissues. This includes recognisable body parts, products of conception containing fetal parts, fetal and post mortem tissue, which may cause distress. To also perform precision orientation and embedding of tissue, cutting of paraffin wax sections and staining methods. To assist pathologists during specimen dissection, and clean working areas of tissue, faeces, mucus and blood. To carry out the selection and macroscopic description of biopsy samples at cut-up, as defined by Royal College of Pathologists guidelines and departmental SOPs, including CU P11. Please refer to the Job Description for the full specification of responsibilities and requirements for this post. We will also welcome applications from graduates who have completed an IBMS-accredited biomedical sciences degree. You would then complete the IBMS registration portfolio and complete HCPC registration before moving to a registered BMS role.