Hey guys, application's are due to open soon. So I thought I'd open a discussion for Clinical Biochemistry applicants should you want to use it.
A bit about me:
So this is my 3rd application to the STP programme and so far I've not managed to pass the aptitude tests- even after paying for jobpreptests last year.
I am a former practitioner training programme student in blood sciences and graduated from MMU in 2017 with a 1:1 and I've since been working as a HCPC registered Biomedical scientist so around 3/3.5 years. Working in this position means that I work quite closely with Clinical Scientists and though they are fairly new to my hospital ~2 years they sure have helped shake things up and for the better. I also jumped on the opportunity to shaddow them so that I could learn a little more in depth about what they do. Having been on the PTP I'm also quite familiar with the structure of the programme and working within the difficult time constraints integrating studying alongside learning and doing DOP's, CBD's and OCE's. I'm also working on my specialist portfolio to gain more Biochemistry specific knowledge however Clinical Scientist is the goal. Gosh this is getting long so I'll wrap it up, let me know about yourselves and let's help to support each other through this process!