Associate Practitioner Blood Transfusion
| Posting date: | 28 November 2025 |
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| Salary: | £27,485.00 to £30,162.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £27485.00 - £30162.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 December 2025 |
| Location: | Plymouth, PL6 8DH |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9216-25-1594 |
Summary
1. Work with colleagues to ensure timely processing of all blood transfusion samples and test requests. 2. Plan, prioritise, and carry out own work efficiently and accurately, following departmental procedures and SOPs. 3. Ensure stock levels of reagents, consumables, and stationery are maintained and reorder/alert appropriate members of staff to supply issues as necessary. 4. Assist in receipt, sorting, barcoding, processing, and storage of all samples received in the section. 5. Be aware of pre-analytical variables, sample acceptance criteria, and handle discrepancies according to SOPs. Using professional judgment to identify courses of action having taken into account analysis and a range of options. 6. Book test requests into the laboratory computer system (LIMS) and enter patient/test information, checking for previous results to optimise processing. 7. Prepare samples for analysis, including centrifugation, separation, aliquoting, attaching barcode labels, and completing documentation for special tests dispatched to reference labs following postal regulations. 8. Support Biomedical Scientists in preparation, running, maintenance, and decontamination of analysers and other equipment. 9. Operate analytical and other laboratory equipment safely and competently, including start-up, shutdown, scheduled maintenance, and running internal quality controls. 10. Answer telephone enquiries and provide advice on test requests, sample types, emergency requests, and results, adhering to telephone SOPs. For further details please see attached JD&PS.