Associate Practitioner | Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 12 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £26,405 - £28,976 Per Annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 May 2024 |
| Location: | Camberley, GU16 7UJ |
| Company: | Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6219609/151-SL0238 |
Summary
We are looking for a full-time Associate Practitioner (AP) - Band 4 position with a desire to work as part of the largest NHS led Pathology Services in the UK. You will be based at Frimley Park Hospital. We are looking for an energetic, enthusiastic and well-motivated individual with good scientific background to complement our existing AP team. The post holder will liaise with line manager as part of a team delivering high quality protocol based technical service under the supervision of HCPC Registered Biomedical Scientist staff and is required to act as supervisor for support grade staff members as agreed with the laboratory management team, and will be expected to train, support and advise less experienced staff, such as trainees, students and MLA’s. In addition, you should be a reliable individual who is able to demonstrate good practical skills and work as part of the AP team. You will be expected to work according to our working time compliant shift system.
To participate in the provision of a comprehensive range of scientific and diagnostic services for bacteriology. The diagnostic work of the bacteriology department includes the appropriate processing and handling of body fluids and materials including high risk specimens. The post holder will liaise with line manager as part of a team delivering high quality protocol based technical service under the supervision of HCPC Registered Biomedical Scientist staff. The post holder will be required to communicate with hospital clinicians, general practitioners, other healthcare professionals, patients and their representatives and commercial suppliers. The post holder will be required to operate sophisticated, automated laboratory equipment and perform scientific techniques under supervision and to report results in accordance with departmental SOPs and as appropriate to grade. The post holder is required to act as supervisor for support grade staff members as agreed with the laboratory management team, and will be expected to train, support and advise less experienced staff, such as trainees, students and MLA’s. The post holder will be required to manage laboratory stock within the department and provide details of stock management to the Lead BMS or General Manager as required.
There’s never been a more exciting time to build your career at Frimley Health, one of the country’s largest and most respected hospital trusts - We have three main hospitals: Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area. We also run outpatient clinics and diagnostic services from Aldershot, Farnham, Fleet, Windsor, Maidenhead, Bracknell and Chalfont St Peter.
Our projects include new state-of-the-art Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park and a newly planned care hospital in Ascot. Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other.
So whether you use our services or are just visiting you can expect us to be Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future. If you have a passion for clinical excellence, patient care and your own career development, you’ll feel at home at Frimley Health. Whether you want to broaden your expertise, strengthen your skills or make the move into management. It’s one of the reasons our staff consistently rate us among the best places to work in the NHS.
• Be able to effectively deal with simple day to day situations and problems, referring to Senior Biomedical Scientist staff when appropriate • Effectively maintain stock control, place orders and take appropriate action as required • To be responsible for own work which will include all aspects of the technical work, equipment and quality system • To be able to work within department with the minimum of supervision as directed by Senior Biomedical Scientist staff • Communicates effectively with other staff groups both internal and external, including healthcare professionals, transport and courier staff, patients and their representatives and commercial suppliers • Provides supervision, training support and assistance to newly staff as appropriate (including the demonstration of procedures to less experienced staff) Refer to attached JD & PS for further details
This advert closes on Sunday 21 Apr 2024
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