Associate Practitioner - Acute Services Laboratory

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Scarborough; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Scarborough is seeking a dedicated individual to assist in the Blood Sciences and Molecular Testing service. Your role will involve performing complex scientific procedures, managing communications with healthcare professionals, and ensuring high-quality results. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical and judgment skills, be capable of performing complex tasks, and be open to maintaining proficiency through ongoing training. This position offers a range of benefits including competitive holiday entitlement and access to an NHS pension scheme.

Benefits

Access to the NHS Pension Scheme

27 days holiday rising to 33

Employee Assistance Programme

Learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in laboratory settings.
• Ability to perform complex manual techniques.
• Strong communication abilities for interacting with healthcare professionals.

Responsibilities

• Assist in technical and scientific operations in the laboratory.
• Manage telephone enquiries and provide results to healthcare professionals.
• Ensure compliance with departmental health and safety procedures.

Skills

Analytical skills

Judgment skills

Equipment maintenance

Communication skills

Job description

The post holder will assist in the provision of an efficient, high quality Blood Sciences and Molecular Testing service within our Scarborough Acute Services Laboratory through participation in technical and scientific operations.

The Molecular Testing aspect of this role will require the post holder to perform a limited range of complex tasks including scientific procedures and result interpretation on biological samples that contribute to the diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of diseases. The post holder will manage telephone enquiries and give results to other healthcare professionals. The post holder will use their individual judgment to make decisions that will have an impact on the provision of accurate and timely reports within available resources. You will also perform some reception, Medical Laboratory Assistant and clerical duties as needed.

The Blood Sciences aspect of the role will require the post holder to support BMS' with equipment maintenance and QC. Key duties include providing a high quality and timely service and maintaining clear communication with users of the service. The post holder will be expected to work in a cost effective manner, follow departmental health and safety procedures and ensure any identified problems are reported to the manager. The post holder must ensure that personal proficiency and competencies are maintained and are willing to take part in any training required to maintain an up to date knowledge of equipment and techniques.

• To carry out a broad range of scientific and technical work within the Acute Services Laboratory at Scarborough.
• To identify and resolve problems within the areas that they are working and / or report them to their manager as appropriate.
• To carry out a range of routine technical tasks using analytical skills. The range of tasks will be dependent on the area in which they are working.
• To carry out routine and emergency maintenance and calibration of equipment as appropriate and to identify problems associated with equipment used to your managers.
• Perform manual, semi-automated and fully automated laboratory investigations according to the laboratory SOP and using specifically defined interpretative and judgmental skills when-
• Preparing and examining samples and issuing results
• Performing complex manual techniques requiring a high level of concentration and dexterity for long periods of time.
• Using automated equipment when analysing patient samples
• Ensuring the continued supply of reagents and that these are stored and used according to manufacturer guidelines.
• Responsible for first line troubleshooting of some analytical equipment.
  

Our Benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers
  
  

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

Trust Information Pack: https://yorkhospitals.pagetiger.com/hdjgxd

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Angela Too Job title: Chief Biomedical Scientist, Pathology Scarborough Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01723 385431

Contact name: Susan North

Contact job title: Specimen Reception Manager

Contact telephone number: 01723 342625

Contact email address: [e-mail]