Specialist Cytoscreener

Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Chertsey; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Chertsey is seeking a Specialist Cytoscreener to support their Cytopathology service. The role involves preparing, screening, and reporting cervical cytology in alignment with NHSCSP guidelines, ensuring a high standard of patient care. Applicants must have relevant qualifications and experience in the field. Benefits include a comprehensive NHS pension scheme and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Excellent pension scheme

On-site Nurseries

On-site staff cafes

On-site parking

Salary Sacrifice schemes

Qualifications

• Evidence of screening experience for the Hologic thin prep system.
• Record of consistently acceptable screening sensitivity figures.
• Experience in screening HPV positive Hologic thin prep slides.

Responsibilities

• Primary and rapid screen cervical smears complying with NHSCSP accuracy requirements.
• Responsible for assessing and reporting negative and unsuitable cervical cytology specimens.
• Participate in departmental IQA and EQA schemes.

Skills

Cervical Cytology screening

Experience with Hologic thin prep system

Attention to detail

Use of LIMS (Winpath Enterprise)

Education

NHSCSP City and Guilds level 3 diploma in Cervical Cytology or equivalent

4 GCSEs (or equivalent) at grade C or above, including Math's and English

Job description

Specialist Cytoscreener

The closing date is 07 December 2025

Fulfil the role of an experienced Specialist Cytoscreener to support the provision of a comprehensive Cytopathology service.

Perform the preparation, screening and reporting of cervical cytology in accordance with NHSCSP guidelines i.e. individual screeners are currently required to screen a minimum of 3,000 cytology slides per annum.

Undertake essential 3 yearly update training + continuing personal and professional development.

Use specialist knowledge, complex equipment and IT in order to deliver a safe and effective Cytology service to users.

Main duties of the job

Support the provision of Gynaecologic diagnostic cytopathology service by screening and performing rapid review or cervical cytology cases.

Maintain professional competency in cervical cytology by complying with the requirements of the NHSCSP, including EQA participation and attending 3 yearly update courses.

To undertake training in and perform semen analysis for fertility (including National EQA samples and internal QA) and post vasectomy analysis.

About us

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.

Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.

We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.

We are expanding our theatres at Ashford Hospital and moving towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures.

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• On-site Nurseries
• On-site staff cafes
• On-site parking
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including wage stream, lease cars, Cycle to Work schemes and home electronics

Adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

For more information about a career at ASPH please visit:www.asph-careers.org

Job responsibilities

To have the qualifications, specialist knowledge and experience required to Primary and rapid screen cervical smears and comply with NHSCSP accuracy requirements for all staff screening cervical cytology i.e. 90% sensitivity for all grades of abnormals and 95% for high grades.

Undertake an appropriate update course in Cervical Cytology every three years..

To comply with NHSCSP requirements for all staff screening cervical cytology. Individual screeners are currently required to screen a minimum of 3,000 cytology slides per annum.

Responsible for the assessment and reporting of negative and technically unsuitable cervical cytology specimens, recording their own work and that of colleagues as appropriate.

Perform rapid review of primary screened negative and inadequate cervical cytology.

Identification of potential abnormalities within cervical cytology specimens for subsequent interpretation by a designated checker.

To identify and retrieve appropriate histories on patients to enable appropriate management of the samples in line with the appropriate NHSCSP Screening protocol algorithms.

Participate in departmental IQA and EQA schemes (including the mandatory NHSCSP Screening EQA scheme) and to review slides from relevant cases for teaching IQC and clinical governance

Person Specification

• NHSCSP City and Guilds level 3 diploma in Cervical Cytology or equivalent)
• 4 GCSEs (or equivalent) at grade C or above to include Math's and English.
• Evidence of screening experience for the Hologic thin prep system.
• Experience in screening HPV positive Hologic thin prep slides
• Experience of routine Cytology specimen processing techniques
• Evidence of H&S, COSHH, Information governance and manual handling training.
• Record of consistently acceptable screening sensitivity figures.
• Use of LIMS e.g. Winpath Enterprise to include accessing patient results and data entry.
• Evidence of successful participation in the NHSCSP cervical screening EQA scheme.
• Evidence of CPD through attendance of regular update courses and participation in laboratory based activities.
• Experience and evidence of continuing professional development equivalent to degree level in this specialized field.
• Competent in infertility and post vasectomy techniques.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Peter's Hospital, Cytology Department

£32,602 to £39,686 a yearper annum inc. HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

323-HS7219-ED-A

Job locations

St Peter's Hospital, Cytology Department