Associate Practitioner - Point of Care Team | Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 28 March 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £25,147 - £27,596 p.a. pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 April 2024 |
| Location: | Cambridge, CB2 0QQ |
| Company: | Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6181935/180-B-244098 |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Associate Practitioner to join our friendly, multi-disciplinary, multi-site Point of Care Testing Team, supporting the Biomedical Scientists in the team. If you want to expand your knowledge and understand how the Point of Care Team work outside the laboratory environment, helping the staff working closer to patients- this could be the job for you. We are looking for a keen, dynamic, forward thinking individual prepared to work shifts to help us deliver the services we undertake.
Please note - this role does not require professional registration and is not a Biomedical Scientist position.
An on-site practical will be undertaken as part of the interview process so attendance on site is required.
To support the Point of Care Team in maintaining and quality assuring medical devices used to test patient samples at the point of care, according to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). To maintain POCT data bases of staff training, test and quality data to enable production of reports for distribution.
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 12000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
This advert will close at midnight on the 8th April 2024
Interviews are due to be held week commencing 22nd April 2024
Benefits to you
We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse, day nurseries and access to a great transport system with easy access to airports and rail travel.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
This advert closes on Monday 8 Apr 2024