Location: | London |
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Salary: | £37,332 to £42,099 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Permanent |
Placed On: | 23rd August 2024 |
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Closes: | 19th September 2024 |
Job Ref: | 094766 |
About us
The Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine (FoLSM)’s dissecting room has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Technician (Education) to join the Centre for Education. The post holder will have a great opportunity to be part of a team helping to deliver world class practical education and enhancing the student experience. FoLSM is an ambitious and forward-thinking Faculty, with an outstanding reputation across a range of disciplines in Life Sciences and Medicine.
About the role
The purpose of this post is to assist with leading the team in preparing and caring for donor bodies in accordance with the law including embalming, dissecting, keeping accurate records and making funeral preparations.
Planning, preparing and assisting with classes, projects and courses including liaising with internal and external users, making expert dissections, maintaining equipment, assisting with demonstrating anatomy, supporting users of the rooms and assisting in supervising and training junior staff.
This is a full time post (35 Hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract.
About you
As the successful candidate for this post, you are expected to have worked in a similar setting – working in a dissection room or mortuary, using technical dissections skills, and/or laboratory technical and practical skills. You will have extensive knowledge of topographical human anatomy.
The dissecting room is very highly regulated environment, where full compliance with regulations is essential, along with treating the donors with due respect. As a consequence, having a systematic approach to work, following well-established protocols, is an essential attribute for the post. Being proactive in relation o process improvement is also important to ensure that processes remain efficient and fit-for-purpose.
As it can be an emotionally challenging environment for some users, it is essential that the post holder has a strong sense of empathy and be an effective communicator.
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