Job summary
- Main area
- Point of Care Testing, Pathology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 15 hours per week
- Job ref
- 361-6383967
- Employer
- East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Lister Hospital
- Town
- Stevenage
- Salary
- £22,816 - £24,336 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 14/08/2024
Employer heading
Point of Care Testing Assistant-Pathology
NHS AfC: Band 3
Here at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust,
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service
Job overview
We are recruiting for a Point of Care Testing Assistant who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
The Pathology Laboratory is looking for an efficient, well organised and proactive Assistant to join the Point of Care Team at East and North Herts Trust, Lister Hospital.
Duties for this role include organising and delivering training for POCT equipment, liaising with technical/medical staff, and working closely with the Point of care Co-Ordinator, who leads the team. In addition, the post holder would be involved with audits within and assisting with documentation for external quality reviews.
The Trust supports professional and personal development through experiential learning and both internal and external courses and learning opportunities.
Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
Main duties of the job
Point of Care Testing (POCT) refers to the in vitro testing of clinical samples outside the Laboratory (i.e., at the point of care), usually by clinical staff who are not qualified in laboratory medicine.
Results produced by POCT may lead to immediate changes in treatment or management of the patient.
POCT at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust includes, but is not limited to glucose and ketone meters, blood gases, urinalysis and pregnancy testing, full blood count, and a variety of coagulation analyses.
The post holder will be proficient in the use of these devices, ensuring that standard operating procedures (SOPs) are followed, quality assurance is performed, and the training of users as appropriate.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Appropriate NVQ 3/diploma or equivalent
- Additional theoretical or applied training to diploma equivalent level
Desirable criteria
- Working towards a foundation degree or equivalent
Experience
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrable knowledge of a range of routine and non-routine healthcare science duties.
- Practical experience of working in a laboratory or healthcare setting
- Previous relevant experience of working in the NHS
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable knowledge of a range of routine and non-routine healthcare science duties
Desirable criteria
- Awareness of Point of Care Testing devices
- Experience in performing audit
Other Skills/Attributes
Essential criteria
- Willingness to undertake cross training to extend skill set to deliver role
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to organise and supervise less experienced staff
- Proficient in use of standard computer packages
- HIgh level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Ability to work under pressure
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Julia Dowsett
- Job title
- Point of Care Testing Co-ordinator
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01438 288018
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