Job summary
- Main area
- Haematology
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 110-ACS423-1224
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Glamorgan Hospital
- Town
- Ynysmaerdy
- Salary
- £26,928 - £29,551 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Associate Practitioner, Haematology
Band 4
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.
Job overview
We are seeking a motivated and detail-orientated Band 4 Associate Practitioner to join our Haematology Team.
You will play a key role in the delivery of a high -quality Haematology Service, and the role will largely involve the management of the Medical Laboratory Assistants within Specimen Reception.
This post will be based at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital.
The post holder will be expected to be flexible and open to changes, to identify opportunities for improvement and to play an active role in developing, implementing and sustaining improvements to working practices.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will prepare patient samples received in the Blood Science Department for analysis. These duties will include entering patient and associated testing details into the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)
The post holder will also assist in the analysis of patient samples, routine analyser maintenance procedures, quality control and stock managment.
The post holder will manage the workload allocation within the support staff team providing day-to-day management of band 3 staff.
The post holder will maintain person development and competency to meet the changing demands of the job, participate in appropriate training activities, and assist with the development and training of other staff.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply
Working for our organisation
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Level 4 Science qualification (e.g. HNC/HND in a science area) or equivalent knowledge and experience
Desirable criteria
- Suitable Qualifications in Information Technology
- Suitable Qualifications in Health and Safety
- First Aid Training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Scientific background
- Experience working in a busy environment
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a laboratory
- Experience working with computerised data management systems
- Previous experience using TrakCare (WLIMS)
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lisa-Marie Hall
- Job title
- Senior Biomedical Scientist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01443443443
- Additional information
Extension 75023
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