Associate Practitioners in Clinical Chemistry
| Posting date: | 15 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £25,147 - £27,596 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 May 2024 |
| Location: | North Shields, NE29 8NH |
| Company: | Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6137158/319-6137158JA |
Summary
A Vacancy at Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
The Clinical Chemistry department is looking to appoint enthusiastic, confident, motivated and hardworking individuals to work as Associate Practitioners (Band 4) within our Clinical Chemistry Laboratory at North Tyneside, Wansbeck or The Northumbria Hospitals.
You will work as part of a team in the provision of an efficient and smooth running clinical chemistry service. The post holder will be required to perform a range of diagnostic tests and support functions across all sites within the Trust.
The role involves supporting the Biomedical Scientists processing patient samples on Beckman-Coulter AU, Roche Cobas 801, Tosoh G11 analysers including others.
The successful candidates will be given full 'in-house' training.
The Clinical Chemistry department currently operates 24/7 at Northumbria Emergency Specialist Care Hospital but the successful candidate would be required to work 08:30 - 17:00, 12:00 - 20:00 or 14:00 – 22:00 (alternating). There may be a requirement to work at any of the 3 sites in the Trust with Pathology services - these include NTGH, WGH and NSECH. Weekend working may also be necessary.
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
• To work as part of a team in the provision of an efficient and smooth running clinical chemistry service.
• The post holder will be required to perform a range of diagnostic tests and support functions across all sites within the Trust.
• The post holder will be expected to perform a variety of clerical, technical and administrative tasks within the Clinical Chemistry Department.
• The work requires consistent maintenance of professional standards including: adhering to departmental policies and procedures; maintaining strict patient confidentiality; treating all patient samples as potential biological hazards; adhering to health and safety regulations, maintaining effective working relationships with staff at all levels.
This advert closes on Monday 29 Apr 2024
The Clinical Chemistry department is looking to appoint enthusiastic, confident, motivated and hardworking individuals to work as Associate Practitioners (Band 4) within our Clinical Chemistry Laboratory at North Tyneside, Wansbeck or The Northumbria Hospitals.
You will work as part of a team in the provision of an efficient and smooth running clinical chemistry service. The post holder will be required to perform a range of diagnostic tests and support functions across all sites within the Trust.
The role involves supporting the Biomedical Scientists processing patient samples on Beckman-Coulter AU, Roche Cobas 801, Tosoh G11 analysers including others.
The successful candidates will be given full 'in-house' training.
The Clinical Chemistry department currently operates 24/7 at Northumbria Emergency Specialist Care Hospital but the successful candidate would be required to work 08:30 - 17:00, 12:00 - 20:00 or 14:00 – 22:00 (alternating). There may be a requirement to work at any of the 3 sites in the Trust with Pathology services - these include NTGH, WGH and NSECH. Weekend working may also be necessary.
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
• To work as part of a team in the provision of an efficient and smooth running clinical chemistry service.
• The post holder will be required to perform a range of diagnostic tests and support functions across all sites within the Trust.
• The post holder will be expected to perform a variety of clerical, technical and administrative tasks within the Clinical Chemistry Department.
• The work requires consistent maintenance of professional standards including: adhering to departmental policies and procedures; maintaining strict patient confidentiality; treating all patient samples as potential biological hazards; adhering to health and safety regulations, maintaining effective working relationships with staff at all levels.
This advert closes on Monday 29 Apr 2024
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