Associate Practitioner
| Posting date: | 30 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 January 2026 |
| Location: | London, SE1 7EH |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | U9206-25-0095 |
Summary
At Synnovis, we are shaping the future of pathology services by creating a world-leading Hub and Spoke pathology network with our NHS partners. A large part of this modernisation will involve moving 70% of our services to a purpose built, state of the art Hub laboratory in the heart of London. The job you are applying for will be based at our Blackfriars Hub site or at one of our hospital sites. April 2024 saw the first of our people and services move into our Hub laboratory in Blackfriars, Southwark, SE1. There is some work remaining in 2025 to refurbish some of our essential services laboratories across our hospital network, focusing on the rapid turnover of urgent tests. Please do ask your recruiting manager if you wish to find out more. Main duties and responsibilities You will hold a variety of accountabilities in the laboratory environment. These will include, but are not limited to: Deliver work autonomously, within all regulations and legislative requirements. Handle and manage samples, in line with standard operating procedures (SOPs) and assessed competencies. Perform tasks, operate and troubleshoot laboratory equipment within all safety standards and according to local SOPs relevant to your area. Prepare solutions, reagents etc, and utilise a variety of laboratory equipment to carry out investigations. Rotate around the laboratory to ensure a broad range of understanding and knowledge is cultivated. Day-to-day supervision of MLAs and new members of the laboratory where necessary. Use cost effective methods in your practice and maintain levels of consumable goods and supplies in your area, and report shortages accordingly. Provide administrative support to all areas of the laboratory, as appropriate and dependent on experience and training. This post may involve working a combination of shifts to include day, evening, night and weekend working. Rotation across a number of sites may be required in accordance with service needs. Synnovis is a pathology partnership between SYNLAB UK and Ireland, and the NHS, including sites: Guys & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust and Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, to deliver and transform pathology services across South East London. The partnership provides services to 1.7 million people living in South East London, as well as to hundreds of thousands of patients from outside the region who use local healthcare services. The partnership provides diagnostics, testing and digital pathology for hospital trusts, GP services and other healthcare providers. Guys and St Thomas Hospital Foundation Trust is a major emergency and specialist teaching Trust which has all the specialties associated with a fascinating and career defining case load including: Womens Services, Foetal Medicine, Haematology, Oncology, Transplantation, and is also home to the Evelina Childrens Hospital and the Cancer Centre on the Guys site. You will be close to the vibrant Borough Market and the South Bank, which are exceptional London locations; perfect places to work and relax next to such iconic venues as Big Ben, The London Eye and The Shard!