Patrick Mccormack Email & Phone Number

Hucknall, GB

Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

• Leading a team of Quality Leads across all disciplines of Pathology to maintain UKAS accreditation to ISO 15189
• Troubleshooting quality management issues working towards successful resolutions
• Lead for the quality management system, providing direction, troubleshooting, support, knowledge and training on all elements of the QMS
• Working with key stakeholders, both Trust Wide and Community Wide, including CCG's and specific GP surgeries to improve the patient pathway from the sample inception to the report production
• Chairing Pathology Quality Meetings, delivering actions and liaising with quality leads to ensure completion of outstanding actions.
• Working with UKAS assessment manager and their team to deliver successful pathology accreditation in all disciplines

Derby, England, United Kingdom

• Providing Line and Service Management to the Histology Laboratory, deputising and reporting to the Cellular Pathology Service Manager. Duties and responsibilities are summarised below.Line Management
• Responsible for rotation of 40 staff ensuring critical areas are adequately staffed and training of new starters is maintained
• Annual appraisals – including target setting including quality objectives. Ensuring staff skills are utilised and areas of development are supported and successfully improved.HR
• Stage 1 and 2 formal monitoring meetings for sickness absence; including target setting and adhering to Trust sickness and absence monitoring policies
• Recruitment and retention of staff including writing of job descriptions for Agenda for Change panel review, interviewing and skill test settingQuality
• Review of validation and verification reports for the whole department, including staining validation, processor equipment validation and fixation e-ray validation. Ensuring all meet the requirements for.

Mansfield, England, United Kingdom

I was employed in the Histology department at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Trust as a Band 7 Biomedical Team Leader. As Training Officer I was responsible for leading on all training aspects for the histology department. This includes the development of new competency documentation for all staff including MLA, BMS, Administration and Clerical and Mortuary.

Mansfield, England, United Kingdom

The post involved routine histological techniques including section cutting, paraffin wax embedding, quality control of routine haematoxylin and eosin stained sections, performing specialist stains and dissection of specimens. As a Specialist Biomedical Scientist the post also included troubleshooting day to day performance of the laboratory such as.

Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

I was previously employed within the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme, Eastern Hub as the Laboratory Lead. This post involved the day to day line management of the laboratory section of the screening programme. This post involved, monitoring laboratory performance including positive checks and individual performance, attending operational management and.

Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

• Paraffin wax section cutting
• Embedding of processed tissue in paraffin wax including biopsies and critical orientation
• Special staining
• Immunohistochemistry, including hand staining and automated staining
• Scribing for consultants giving complex descriptions of tissue specimens
• Small biopsy dissection, including handling and provision of descriptions

Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

• Paraffin wax section cutting
• Embedding of processed tissue in paraffin wax including biopsies and critical orientation
• Special staining
• Immunohistochemistry, including hand staining and automated staining
• Scribing for consultants giving complex descriptions of tissue specimens
• Small biopsy dissection, including handling and provision of descriptions

Stafford, England, United Kingdom

• Paraffin wax section cutting
• Embedding of processed tissue in paraffin wax including biopsies and critical orientation
• Special staining
• Immunohistochemistry, including hand staining and automated staining
• Scribing for consultants giving complex descriptions of tissue specimens
• Small biopsy dissection, including handling and provision of descriptions

Master Of Science - Ms, Biomedical Sciences, General, Merit

Master'S Degree, Biomedical Sciences, General

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biomedical Sciences, General