Applications are invited for a full-time, permanent Associate Practitioner post; we are looking for an individual to join our team, working in a busy department at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, which provides a full range of diagnostic pathology services to NHS Tayside.
We are a progressive, expanding teaching hospital department with an annual workload of approx 47,000 surgical pathology specimen and 2,000 diagnostic cytology cases.
Dundee is known as the ‘City of Discovery’ for its culture, which includes the spectacular new V&A design museum on Dundee’s Riverside.
The successful applicant will be required to carry out routine laboratory duties including computer data entry, chemical preparation, assisting with specimen dissection, paraffin wax embedding and microtomy.
Candidates should have completed a relevant HNC/SVQ 3 (SCQF 7) or have proven equivalent Laboratory experience and competencies, and should have good interpersonal skills, a professional attitude and be able to work as part of a team.
The successful candidate will also be expected to undertake extensive training and completion of competence-based assessments.
The Department is a UKAS accredited medical laboratory No. 8682.
Informal visits are actively encouraged: enquiries to: Nicky Robson, Quality Manager, tel; 01382 740084 email; [email protected], Andy Munro, Clinical Laboratory Manager, tel; 01382 632666 email; [email protected] or Suzanne Jones, Training manager on tel 01382 496799 or email: [email protected]
Hours of work are: 36 per week
You will be required to comply with the Code of Conduct for Healthcare Support Workers in Scotland throughout your employment.
Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.
