Associate Healthcare Scientist and MDM Co-ordinator
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
This is an exciting opportunity to join the team within Cellular Pathology at EKHUFT and to help shape future strategy and services for our local population. The specific role requirement is to assist in the organisation and prioritisation of the cellular pathology team's workload, primarily in support of the multidisciplinary team meetings (MDM). The role will support and work with the team in order to provide a comprehensive medical secretarial and/or secretarial service, ensuring the delivery of a coordinated and consistent operational management service.
Cellular pathology is known for its strong team spirit and open friendly culture. There is great emphasis on cross communication between the technical and diagnostic teams. The role of cellular pathology in the MDM directly influences patient treatment.
Kent and Medway Pathology Network (KMPN) is a formal partnership of seven laboratories across three pathology services in four acute Trusts. Our 1000 colleagues provide services across the health and care sector to a population of nearly 2 million.
Main duties of the job There are 22+ multidisciplinary team meetings (MDM's) a week, and ahead of each meeting the diagnostic material (slides and reports) from all the histology and cytology cases due to be discussed at the meeting need to be assembled for review by the pathologist presenting to the MDT. This is a full-time activity and while other support staff are rotated through the activity, the band 4 AHCS co-ordinates all MDM activity.
This role also provides additional support to the Pathway Coordinator position to ensure timely identification and prioritisation of Histology cases of patients on urgent diagnostic pathways that have not been identified as such by the requesting clinicians.
KMPN are at an exciting point of our network development with a recommendation to form a joint venture across the four Trusts leading transformation. Our projects include single IT solutions, procurement and digital projects, to ensure our services are able to meet growing demand for our service users, patients and communities.
You will have a fantastic opportunity to grow your career in KMPN. We are developing a network academy, a platform for all network education and training from apprenticeships to advanced clinical and scientific qualifications with a single faculty making best use of our talented educators and trainers. You will not be expected to work at sites outside of EKHUFT. However, there will be opportunities for collaborative working within the network.
About us We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
Job responsibilities Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in 'supporting documents.
If you have further queries please don't hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Person Specification Qualifications and training
NVQ 4 or A Level in a Science subject eg Biology
BTEC first certificate or similar in science. Foundation degree in science
2 Advanced levels such as Biology and chemistry
Clinical skills and experience
A minimum of 2 years Previous Laboratory experience at Band 3 level
Competent at routine section cutting and embedding
Excellent communication skills, including the ability to communicate with individuals at all levels.
Attention to detail, quality of presentation and accuracy.
Able to cut 35 routine paraffin wax sections per hour
Able to embed 60 routine paraffin wax blocks per hour
Assist at specimen cut up
2 years previous laboratory experience in a cellular pathology laboratory
Personal/professional attributes
Knowledge of the NHS/Public Sector would be an advantage Knowledge of medical terminology.
Good knowledge of different types of samples received in the department and specimen acceptance criteria.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
Head Biomedical Scientist Cellular Pathology
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Cellular pathology is known for its strong team spirit and open friendly culture. There is great emphasis on cross communication between the technical and diagnostic teams. The role of cellular pathology in the MDM directly influences patient treatment.
Kent and Medway Pathology Network (KMPN) is a formal partnership of seven laboratories across three pathology services in four acute Trusts. Our 1000 colleagues provide services across the health and care sector to a population of nearly 2 million.
Main duties of the job There are 22+ multidisciplinary team meetings (MDM's) a week, and ahead of each meeting the diagnostic material (slides and reports) from all the histology and cytology cases due to be discussed at the meeting need to be assembled for review by the pathologist presenting to the MDT. This is a full-time activity and while other support staff are rotated through the activity, the band 4 AHCS co-ordinates all MDM activity.
This role also provides additional support to the Pathway Coordinator position to ensure timely identification and prioritisation of Histology cases of patients on urgent diagnostic pathways that have not been identified as such by the requesting clinicians.
KMPN are at an exciting point of our network development with a recommendation to form a joint venture across the four Trusts leading transformation. Our projects include single IT solutions, procurement and digital projects, to ensure our services are able to meet growing demand for our service users, patients and communities.
You will have a fantastic opportunity to grow your career in KMPN. We are developing a network academy, a platform for all network education and training from apprenticeships to advanced clinical and scientific qualifications with a single faculty making best use of our talented educators and trainers. You will not be expected to work at sites outside of EKHUFT. However, there will be opportunities for collaborative working within the network.
About us We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
Job responsibilities Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in 'supporting documents.
If you have further queries please don't hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Person Specification Qualifications and training
NVQ 4 or A Level in a Science subject eg Biology
BTEC first certificate or similar in science. Foundation degree in science
2 Advanced levels such as Biology and chemistry
Clinical skills and experience
A minimum of 2 years Previous Laboratory experience at Band 3 level
Competent at routine section cutting and embedding
Excellent communication skills, including the ability to communicate with individuals at all levels.
Attention to detail, quality of presentation and accuracy.
Able to cut 35 routine paraffin wax sections per hour
Able to embed 60 routine paraffin wax blocks per hour
Assist at specimen cut up
2 years previous laboratory experience in a cellular pathology laboratory
Personal/professional attributes
Knowledge of the NHS/Public Sector would be an advantage Knowledge of medical terminology.
Good knowledge of different types of samples received in the department and specimen acceptance criteria.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
Head Biomedical Scientist Cellular Pathology
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