Senior Technician (Education)

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. 

Essential Criteria

• Extensive technical experience and knowledge of topographical human anatomy. Proficiency in dissection or similar fine motor skills and an ability to work with human remains in a respectful manner 
• Evidence of an active commitment to career development including professional registration, such as RSci, or working towards CSci and clear progression in increasingly demanding jobs.
• Clear and empathetic spoken and written communication skills, with proficient computer use and strong interpersonal and influencing/behavioural skills.
• Proactive and responsive to contacts in the immediate area, across the wider organisation and externally (e.g., suppliers) to build relationships and networks.
• Solutions-focused self-starter, with excellent planning and analytical skills, able to manage competing priorities and work with minimal supervision. Experience in accurate record keeping/attention to detail
• Good working knowledge of regulations and best practice governing areas of work, including Health & Safety and environmental sustainability and the Human Tissue Act 2004.
• A reasonable level of physical fitness is needed for this role

Desirable criteria:

• Experience in using audio/visual and other technological equipment
• Experience or knowledge of basic surgical instrumentation & infection control
• Experience of supervising/advising junior team members, giving feedback on performance levels and training/coaching where necessary.
• Experience of risk assessment and use of standard operating procedures

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