Apprentice Associate Genetic Technologist

We have an exciting opportunity for an apprentice to join our team based at Southmead Hospital, who deliver centralised genomic testing for patients with cancer and rare disease. We are a large, well-equipped, and friendly lab that values the experience new team members can bring to the role.

What you'll do at work

• Receive and process samples
• Accurately prepare, maintain, and document adequate supplies of reagents, consumables, and plasticware
• Prepare, extract, and store DNA and RNA from blood or other tissues
• Participate in specimen reception/booking in and sample send away duties, including assisting with associated administrative and clerical duties in the laboratory
• Prepare and process samples for cell culture
• Process samples for FISH and G banding analysis

Where you'll work

• Southmead Hospital
• Westbury on Trym
• Bristol
• Bristol
• BS10 5NB

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

CSR SCIENTIFIC TRAINING LIMITED

Training course

Healthcare science associate (level 4)

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What you'll learn

Course contents

• Act in line with legislation, standard operating procedures, codes of conduct, and ways of working that apply to own role.
• Work within the scope of the role, the limits of own knowledge and skills, and support others to do the same.
• Act in line with probity requirements and support others to do the same.
• Promote mental health, wellbeing, and resilience in the workplace.
• Provide technical healthcare-science-based services relevant to own role.
• Recognise problems and seek technical solutions to them and support others to do the same.
• Perform a range of equipment management activities appropriate to own role including fault-finding, preventative maintenance, calibration, or repair.
• Contribute to the drafting or revising of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Support decisions made to initiate, continue, modify, or cease using techniques or procedures.
• Analyse, interpret, record, and present healthcare science technical data.
• Provide or support the provision of person-centred care.
• Take responsibility for any care provided by yourself and your team members, including adhering to duty of care and safeguarding requirements.
• Apply policy and protocols that relate to informed consent.
• Protect the dignity, rights, privacy, and confidentiality of individuals and support others to do the same.
• Deliver or support the delivery of high-quality technical clinical procedures in the investigation or management of individuals.
• Convey information using appropriate techniques.
• Give and receive feedback that informs your own practice and that of others in the team.
• Use techniques to reduce communication barriers and support others to do the same.
• Keep accurate, confidential records and produce reliable data, inputting and retrieving information within required governance processes and checking that others do the same.
• Share information correctly as part of the healthcare science team and the multi-professional team.
• Use technology to present information.
• Follow protocols for dealing with or reporting difficult situations and complaints.
• Work as part of the healthcare science team and the wider healthcare team to provide healthcare science services.
• Plan, review, and report on the work of a team and individuals within it.
• Follow delegation, reporting, and escalation protocols appropriate to own role.
• Demonstrate leadership skills appropriate to own role and work in partnership with the healthcare science and wider healthcare team.
• Help create the conditions that assist the team in providing a supportive environment for colleagues.
• Maintain and check that others maintain a safe and healthy working environment.
• Participate in the management of risk, supporting others to do the same.
• Take appropriate action in response to incidents or emergencies, reporting or escalating as required by the situation.
• Move and transport items safely, for example, individuals or equipment and items.
• Adhere to protocols for infection prevention and control and support others to do the same.
• Follow guidelines and procedures for handling hazardous materials and substances.
• Demonstrate relevant health, safety, or security practices to others in the team.
• Take part in quality management technical audit processes relevant to own role.
• Participate in audit or service improvement programmes.
• Share the outcome of audit or service improvement with others.
• Support the improvement of healthcare science practice by taking part in innovation or research or service improvement activities.
• Undertake audit, research, or other activities which support quality improvement, innovation, and sustainability in healthcare science.
• Critically reflect on your technical and non-technical practice and how it impacts on the quality and safety of patient care.
• Work within the limits of your personal competence, keeping up-to-date by engaging in continuing personal and professional development.
• Take part in mentoring processes with colleagues and students.
• Respond to appraisal or performance review and feedback in relation to your own development and action plans.
• Supervise and demonstrate practical skills to others.