North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Associate Practitioner, Blood Sciences, Band 4, Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle.
Support biomedical scientists in the day-to-day activities of the laboratory, including performing laboratory tests according to protocol, interpreting routine results, and acting accordingly within agreed protocols, supervising and training support staff.
Main Duties of the Job
Provision of a comprehensive Blood Sciences service to North Cumbria Hospitals and primary care. The departments offer core analyses on a frequent basis, processing urgent requests and a variety of specialised tests. The Blood Sciences service is provided on a 24/7 basis with out of hours cover delivered via shift patterns according to the urgency and volume of the work.
1. Receive samples into the laboratory, ensuring compliance with minimum acceptance criteria, and dealing with discrepancies where appropriate.
2. Prepare samples for analysis e.g. specimen handling, centrifugation.
3. Perform daily analyser start-up procedures, including accurate pipetting.
4. Load and operate general laboratory equipment as required under supervision, following standard operating procedures.
About Us
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding hospital and health services to half a million people. Established on 1st October 2019, the Trust is creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout north Cumbria and beyond. We're responsible for delivering over 70 services across 15 main locations and we employ more than 6,500 members of staff.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high-quality care every time':
* Being a clinically led organisation
* Quality and safety at the heart
* A positive patient experience every time
* A great place to work
* Managing our money well
As an organisation, we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Job Responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
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Person Specification
Qualifications
* NVQ 3 in laboratory practice or equivalent.
* Foundation degree in laboratory practices, or equivalent.
Experience
* Pathology duties
* Supervision and training.
* Technical audit.
* Use of specialist laboratory instruments including microscopes, analysers, sample processors, centrifuges.
Skills and Aptitudes
* Practical laboratory skills e.g. specimen handling and processing, analysis and interpretation.
* Able to use initiative appropriately within a team.
* Ability to analyse work to determine compliance with standards.
* Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
* Good organisational skills.
* Ability to plan work to meet deadlines.
* Good hand/eye coordination.
* Ability to analyse and interpret laboratory results in accordance with protocol.
Personal Circumstances
* Meticulous.
* Motivation.
Knowledge
* Underpinning theory of pathology techniques.
* Laboratory health and safety, COSHH, and risk assessment.
* Equality issues.
Other Requirements
* Flexibility in working hours.
* Able to work extended hours, weekends or 24-hour shift pattern.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
£26,530 to £29,114 a year. Per annum, Agenda for Change Unsocial Hours payments apply.
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