Trainee Cut-up Practitioner

The post holder will hold and maintain professional registration with the Health Professions Council (HCPC) as a Biomedical Scientist (BMS). They will fulfil their dissection duties in accordance with RCPath guidelines and will be required to perform dissection of histological tissue samples, under the supervision of a Consultant Pathologist. Because they will be learning to undertake dissection duties under local agreement, it is essential the post holder develops and maintains continuing competence through a system of ongoing review overseen by Consultant Histopathologists., 1. The post holder will be required to perform dissection of histological tissue samples, under the supervision of a Consultant Pathologist, which will include specimens of varying complexity most of which require a high degree knowledge, skill and experience.
2. Provides backfill cover for Consultant Histopathologists in specimen dissection activities as necessary and appropriate. Recommends additional tests, where required, to expedite the diagnostic process and provides clinically relevant scientific advice.
3. The post holder will exercise autonomy within professional and managerial boundaries and will be required to verify and validate completed work.

MTW is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England.

We provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in west Kent and East Sussex. We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre.

In the 2024 NHS staff survey, our employees ranked MTW among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and the second-best Trust to work for in the South East.

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