Job summary
Employer heading
Point of Care Testing Assistant Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 4
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust cares for the population in Harrogate and the local area as well as across North Yorkshire and Leeds. We also provide children’s services in the North East in County Durham, Darlington, Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees, Gateshead and Sunderland.
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust is one of only two trusts in Yorkshire and Humber to be awarded HSJ’s Top 100 Best Places to Work. We believe that You Matter Most, and this is reflected in what we value: Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality. So if you’re looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients’ lives, Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust is the place for you.
Job overview
Would you like to work in the Point of Care Testing (POCT) section of Pathology? The POCT team support HDFT clinical staff working in both the hospital and community. The work is varied and entails maintaining stock for POCT equipment, monitoring and troubleshooting instruments, training POCT users and monitoring competency, participating in all aspects of quality assurance including internal quality control and external quality assessment, conducting audits and use of various IT systems etc. The work would suit an enthusiastic person eager to learn. Some health care knowledge and/or experience is essential and further training will be given plus there are opportunities for development in the role. |
Main duties of the job
This job will involve supporting the POCT Manager with all POCT tasks. This includes;
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Working for our organisation
The team is small and consists of the POCT Manager (job-share), 1 other part time assistant practitioners and this position. The field of POCT is growing and our Pathology department is one of a small number of NHS organisations to have achieved UKAS accreditation for their POCT services. |
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification. If you have any questions regarding the role, please contact Nicky Hollowood on [email protected] or 01423 555858
Person specification
Criteria
Essential criteria
- • Level 3 diploma in one of the following areas: Healthcare science, Administration / academic study or Information Technology or able to demonstrate equivalent level or relevant experience
- • Good standard of general education to GCSE level (GCSE grade C / 4 or above in English, Maths) or equivalent
- • Experience of working in a healthcare / laboratory setting
- • Experience of audit
- • Competent user of computer software packages including Microsoft Word and Excel
- • Full UK driving license and ability to work at off site locations as required.
Desirable criteria
- • IBMS level 1 Biomedical Science Support Staff certificate of achievement
- • Previous experience of Pathology or Point of Care Testing.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nicky Hollowood
- Job title
- POCT Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01423 555858
- Additional information
Nicky Hollowood - [email protected]
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