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Job summary

Main area
Blood Sciences
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 4
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 23.75 hours per week
Job ref
190-0522-DIR
Employer
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Sheffield Children's Hospital
Town
Sheffield
Salary
£26,530 - £29,114 pa/pro rata for part time staff
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
09/07/2025 23:59
Interview date
18/07/2025

Employer heading

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Biomedical Science Associate Practitioner

NHS AfC: Band 4

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Job overview

Are you looking for an exciting new challenge in a place to take your career to the next level? Would you like to join a friendly, progressive, innovative team and play a part in the transformation of pathology services across South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw? Do you want to work in a fully UKAS-accredited, modern laboratory environment where you can make a difference? 

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Associate Practitioner based in Point of Care Testing and Acute Reception at Sheffield Children's Hospital.

The successful candidate will be required to undertake roles in specimen processing in the main laboratory, as well as a range of duties for Point of Care Testing (POCT) which would include computer data entry, troubleshooting instrumentation, and assisting the Point of Care Testing Co-ordinator with training activities.

Shift Pattern: 09:00 until 13:42, Monday to Friday - although a slightly different start/ finish time can be negotiated.

Main duties of the job

  • To deliver scientific/ technical procedures under the direction of the responsible healthcare scientist practitioner.
  • Assist in maintaining high scientific and technical standards.
  • Promote and maintain a high standard of relevant education and training.
  • Maintains clinical records in relation to activities carried out and may input/ interrogate test results of others.
  • Ensure all procedures are performed efficiently within the assigned time and in accordance with established protocols to the required standards.
  • Ability to prioritise work to ensure correct workflow through the laboratory and ensure urgent tests are processed according to SOP.
  • Assist in monitoring quality standards and perform audit as required.
  • To undertake appropriate ‘in service’ training over an extended period and complete training logs in all relevant areas of the department.

Working for our organisation

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

STHFT operates with a budget of £1.2 bn, has a workforce of over 18,500 employees, covers five hospital sites, provides care from over forty community settings, and has an excellent reputation for research.

As an organisation we value and respect our staff and the community we serve. We provide excellent staff benefits; this includes commitment to professional development but also many initiatives to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Level 4 qualification e.g. NVQ, HNC, BTEC, Apprenticeship or IBMS Certificate of Achievement (Part II) plus extensive laboratory experience Or Foundation Level Degree
Desirable criteria
  • Other relevant courses with regards H&S, supervision, quality or training

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience with a range of laboratory techniques
Desirable criteria
  • Discipline specific NHS laboratory experience

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria
  • Ability to plan and prioritise allocated work

Skills & Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Keyboard and basic IT skills
  • Have an awareness of Health & Safety issues
  • Effective Communication skills, written and oral

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - SilverMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStonewall Gold 2022Step into health

Applicant requirements

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Georgina Howson
Job title
Point of Care Co-ordinator
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0114 2717134
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