Job summary
- Main area
- POCT
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent: n/a
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 229-CS-8296993
- Employer
- Wye Valley NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hereford County Hospital
- Town
- Hereford
- Salary
- £49,387 - £56,515 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/10/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Point of Care Testing Co-ordinator
Band 7
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen at Wye Valley NHS Trust (WVT) for a suitably qualified and experienced Multidisciplinary POCT Co-ordinator to join our Point of Care Testing department.
We are looking for a keen, enthusiastic , and experiences Specialist Biomedical Scientist with experience in Blood Sciences and Microbiology, and an interest in developing services to help us continue to deliver exceptional, high-quality integrated care to our patients. WVT is an excellent place to train and develop new skills, and further study will be supported.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide operational, scientific and strategic advice on decisions for POCT as a member of the POCT department Management Team. This will include day to day management of POCT making efficient use of available resources to maintain a cost efficient and high standard of service in conjunction with the POCT Manager.
They post holder will be responsible for the implementation and adherence to policies to meet the requirements of ISO 15189, reporting on a regular basis to the POCT Manager and departmental Governance meetings.
The post holder will be required to deputise for the POCT Manager in periods of absence and may be required to provide support outside of routine hours.
Working for our organisation
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we’d want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust – they tell us it’s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”
Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time…all the time.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Completed Specialist BMS portfolio
- MSc or FIBMS
Desirable criteria
- Anticoagulation experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Proven experience as a Specialist BMS with excellent working knowledge of Haematology
- Evidence of experience of quality management systems, audits and document control
- Proven experience as a Specialist BMS with excellent working knowledge of Chemistry
- Proven experience as a Specialist BMS with excellent working knowledge of Microbiology
Desirable criteria
- Experience with UKAS
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to prioritise and manage own time and to direct the time of subordinate staff efficiently
- Ability to produce reports, protocols and documentation to a high level.
- Advanced practical analytical skills associated with diagnostic pathology work
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kath Meadowcroft
- Job title
- POCT Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01432 364447
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