Job summary
- Main area
- Histopathology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 423-6885573
- Employer
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Airedale General Hospital
- Town
- Steeton
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Biomedical Scientist Histopathology (Band 5)
NHS AfC: Band 5
Be part of our future landscape
At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.ÌýÌý
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale.Ìý We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030.Ìý By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
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Job overview
Integrated Pathology Solutions LLP is an innovative joint-venture pathology service between Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust. This partnership delivers a high-quality pathology service through collaboration between three Trusts for the benefit of patient and service users.
The Department of Histopathology is looking to appoint an enthusiastic, and motivated individual to join the team as a Band 5. Ìý
It would be advantageous for the successful candidate to have previous experience of working within an NHS Histology Laboratory.
The successful candidate would be expected to participate in all areas of the lab including Cut Up, Main Laboratory and Further Work (Immuno and Special Stains) and should be able to discuss in detail the role that a Band 5 will play in the key areas of a Histology lab.
Main duties of the job
The candidate would also be expected to participate and help facilitate other areas of the laboratory including training and audits. This would be in addition to working with the senior team to ensure all aspects of UKAS accreditation are continuallyÌý fulfilled.
The candidate should be able to help identify improvements and be able to collaborate with colleagues to implement changes across both Airedale and Bradford.
The post holder must be willing to rotate to Airedale and Bradford Hospitals.
The Department of Histology is ISO15189:2012 accredited and is also a recognized HCPC / IBMS training laboratory.
Working for our organisation
We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:
- Cycle to Work
- Travel Scheme
- Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
- Onsite Nursery
- Buying and Selling Annual Leave
- Car Leasing
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee Health and Wellbeing
- Extensive Reward Scheme
- Counselling Service
- Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
- Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.
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Our values:
We understand that it’s down to the hard work, effort and dedication of our staff that makes a difference for our patients. Our people really do make our Airedale experience – we take pride in fostering a friendly, effective and caring work environment. Our values are part of our DNA, which are:
- Committed to Quality of Care
- Compassion
- Working together for patients
- Improving Lives
- Everyone Counts
- Respect and Dignity
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Got questions before you apply, please contact the recruiting manager to find out more.Ìý
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of this job vacancy, please see attached full job description and person specification.Ìý
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Holds HCPC State Registration
- BSc Biomedical Science or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Membership of profession body such as IBMS
Experience
Essential criteria
- Discipline specific experience and knowledge
- Evidence of Continuous Profession Development
- Experience of Pathology IT systems
- Experience of Pathology Quality management systems
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a NHS Histopathology laboratory
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Alison Boyle
- Job title
- Cross Site Lead, Histopathology
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01535 29 3457
- Additional information
For further information please contact Alison Boyle or a member of the Senior Team onÌý 01535 293457
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