Associate Practitioner - Haematology & Blood Transfusion

NHS; Wigan; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as an Associate Practitioner in Haematology & Blood Transfusion. You will assist biomedical scientists in a fast-paced lab, ensuring high-quality service while rotating between two hospital sites. This role offers opportunities for growth and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Competitive benefits package

Annual leave allowance

Protected hours for health and wellbeing activities

Qualifications

• Experience of working in one or more Pathology disciplines.
• Knowledge of medical terminology.

Responsibilities

• To perform pre-analytical and basic analytical tasks with BMS supervision.
• To supervise and allocate work for less experienced staff.
• To maintain clinical & laboratory records.

Skills

Communication

Time Management

Basic Computer Literacy

Education

Foundation Degree in Science based subject

IBMS Certificate of Achievement Part II

Job description

Go back Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Associate Practitioner - Haematology & Blood Transfusion

The closing date is 21 May 2025

Applications are invited from motivated, dynamic and conscientious individuals who want to work in a fast paced laboratory delivering a wide range of diagnostic tests.

You must be able to work accurately and communicate well, have excellent time management skills and a strong commitment to a high quality service.

You will provide skilled assistance to biomedical and clinical scientists, rotating throughout all sections of the department while participating in the out of hours rota.

You will need to be willing to work at both the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary and Wrightington Hospital as this role rotates between the two different sites.

Main duties of the job

• To perform pre-analytical and basic analytical tasks with BMS supervision
• To supervise, organise, allocate work for less experienced staff in own area
• To maintain clinical & laboratory records in relation to activities carried out and input/interrogate tests results of others
• To develop own skills and knowledge and undertake additional in-house training to be able to fulfil the role of an Associate Practitioner
• To participate in Out of Hours Rota as required

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential tomake a differenceand we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care,appreciateandinspire- to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Foundation Degree in Science based subject
• IBMS Certificate of Achievement Part II

Knowledge, Training & Experience

• Theoretical knowledge to enable processing of patient samples under basic analytical processes
• Requires knowledge of specimen types and understanding of information on request forms
• Experience of working in one or more Pathology disciplines
• Knowledge of non-routine health care duties obtained through experience and study
• Knowledge of medical terminology
• Haematology or Blood Transfusion Experience

Skills & Abilities

• Basic computer literacy

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust