Apprentice Healthcare Science Assistant

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Tees Valley is offering a Healthcare Science Apprenticeship in Pathology. This apprenticeship includes on-the-job training and classroom learning, focusing on clinical care and sample handling. Successful candidates will be required to work a flexible schedule within a 24/7 shift system. Join us to make a difference while kickstarting your career in healthcare.

Benefits

Health and well-being initiatives

Opportunities for personal and professional development

Staff recognition programs

Qualifications

• Self-motivated and hardworking individual.
• Ability to cope with work and study commitments.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality care within a clinical setting.
• Perform sample reception duties.
• Load samples onto preparation equipment.
• Support in manual pre-analytical sample processing.
• Distribute specimens to relevant laboratories.

Job description

Please note this post will be closed early once a sufficient amount of applications have been received.

Overview

Are you a self-motivated, hardworking and enthusiastic individual looking to take your first step into a Healthcare Science Career? Why not earn, learn and make a difference with a Healthcare Science Apprenticeship with a NHS Pathology Service. Our apprenticeships offer routes into scientific careers within the Pathology Service, through a mix of on-the-job training and classroom learning.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a professional, motivated and innovative individual to join the Pathology Laboratory at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust working in Pathology Reception as an apprentice Healthcare Science Support Worker. The department has full UKAS accreditation and IBMS training approval. CPD is actively encouraged.

This post is mainly based at the University Hospital of North Tees site, but cross site working may be required. The department operates a 24 hour, 7 days per week shift system and the successful candidate is expected to be fully flexible and work the full range of shifts.

Main Duties

• Work under supervision to provide high quality care within a clinical setting
• Perform sample reception duties including receiving, sorting, labelling, barcoding and racking of samples on arrival including aliquoting urine samples
• Load samples onto centrifuges, pre-analytical automation, tracking systems or other preparation equipment
• Support in manual pre-analytical sample processing
• Distribute specimens to relevant laboratories, fast tracking urgent samples as appropriate. This may include packaging of samples for referral to external and internal agencies

About the Apprenticeship

About There has never been a better time to start an NHS apprenticeship but often there's a lot of competition for a place. This means your application and interview are crucial. Some things to think about:

• show that you are committed
• make sure you are aware of your responsibilities
• demonstrate that you are able to cope with work and study

At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones.

We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.

We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.

We actively encourage staff involvement with staff networking events and staff survey. Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool

Applying for a Healthcare Science apprenticeship

There has never been a better time to start an NHS apprenticeship but often there's a lot of competition for a place. This means your application and interview are crucial. Some things to think about:

• demonstrate you are committed
• demonstrate that you are aware of your responsibilities
• demonstrate that you are able to cope with work and study

See attached Job Description for details of the role, for the full details of the positions roles and responsibilities.

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