Pathology

Generic Job Families

Specialist Areas

Functional Requirements

Details/Health and Safety Indicators

Pathology

All specialist pathology areas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good hand eye coordination

Good vision

 

Use of fine and gross motor skills

 

Repetitive upper limb movements with wrists in awkward and hyperextend positions

 

 

Ability to sustain concentration and posture for prolonged periods

 

 

 

 

 

Looking down microscopes

 

 

 

 

May present problems for doctors with visual acuity problems

 

May present difficulty for doctors with advanced/arthritic bone conditions of the hands which limits manual dexterity and over use

 

 

 

 

May present problems for doctors suffering from psychological conditions such as depression and anxiety

 

 

 

 

 

May present difficulties for doctors with underlying musculoskeletal limitations i.e. low back and neck pain.

 

Pathology Specific protection

Adherence to Department of Health guidance

Green book guide for immunisation

All staff should be up to date with their routine immunisations, e.g. tetanus, diphtheria, polio and MMR

 

In addition to routine vaccination, staff regularly handling faecal/blood specimens who are likely to be exposed should have Hepatitis B and a booster with a polio-containing vaccine every ten years

 

Individuals who may be exposed to diphtheria in microbiology laboratories and clinical infectious disease units should be tested and, if necessary, given a booster dose of a diphtheria-containing vaccine

 

Post mortem work

Manual handling cadavers

 

 

Ability to wear appropriate personal protective equipment gloves, eye protection, masks and gowns (protection against high risk infectious cases e.g. TB, Hepatitis, HIV and CJD)

 

Emotional resilience

May present problems for doctors with musculoskeletal conditions especially neck and lower back. Risk of TB.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May present problems for doctors suffering from psychological conditions such as depression and anxiety

 

 

Microbiology

 

Protection against infectious diseases

Adherence to Department of Health guidance

Green book guide for immunisation e.g. TB and typhoid

 

Histopathology

 

Protection against infectious diseases

Adherence to Department of Health guidance

Green book guide for immunisation

 

 

Virology

Protection against infectious diseases

 

Adherence to Department of Health guidance

Green book guide for immunisation

 

All appropriate immunisations depending on risk assessment e.g.

  • Hepatitis A
  • Japanese encephalitis
  • cholera
  • meningococcal ACW135Y
  • smallpox
  • tick-borne encephalitis
  • typhoid
  • yellow fever
  • influenza
  • varicella