Job summary
- Main area
- Haematology and Blood Transfusion
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Participating in full shift service)
- Job ref
- 225-BCPS-7326640
- Employer
- The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Russells Hall Hospital/ Haematology & Blood Transfusion Laboratory
- Town
- Dudley
- Salary
- £27,485 - £30,162 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Associate Practitioner
Band 4
Job overview
Haematology and Blood Transfusion Team at Dudley are seeking a highly motivated team colleague with a positive attitude and patient focused mindset.
The post holder is expected to work as part of a team within the Haematology/Transfusion Laboratory, utilising their knowledge and skill base to provide specialist/technical support to the Biomedical Scientist team.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the job can be seen in the attached Job Description.
The post is based at Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley.
The post holder will be expected to work along the other Associate Practitioners to provide extended support to the BMS team, as part of the overall 24/7 service provision for Haematology and Blood Transfusion.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.
We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.
The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description/Person Specification for a full detail of role and main responsibilities
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Vocational NVQ level 3 plus training, experience and knowledge to Diploma or equivalent experience
- Must have a good general education and must be numerate and literate with good command of spoken and written English
Experience
Essential criteria
- Working as a member of a team
- Experience and good understanding of laboratory techniques/able to perform some complex tests under supervision
Desirable criteria
- Experience and good understanding of Haematology/BT techniques/able to perform some complex tests under supervision
- Basic understanding of Quality control/assurance
- Understands laboratory Health and Safety regulations
Flexibility
Essential criteria
- Participation in full shift rota.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Stacey Graham
- Job title
- Senior Biomedical Scientist, Blood Transfusion
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01384 244091
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