Associate Practitioner Point of Care | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Sutton-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An NHS healthcare provider in Sutton-in-Ashfield is seeking a full-time Associate Practitioner for their point of care team. The role involves supporting clinical staff with point of care testing services across various Trust sites. Candidates should be enthusiastic and professional, with flexible working hours primarily Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. You will work collaboratively with a dynamic team to ensure the highest quality patient care.

Responsibilities

• Support the provision of patient care through point of care testing (POCT) services.
• Work across all Trust sites and community/commercial settings for POCT service provision.
• Collaborate with a team of Associate Practitioners.

Job description

Overview

Are you enthusiastic, professional, highly motivated with good communication skills? If so, we have an exceptional opportunity for you to join our Point of care team at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust!

The Department

The point of care department at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is responsible for the care and maintenance of all point of care equipment held within the Trust and associated contracts. They co-ordinate and deliver all training related to the equipment.

Role and Responsibilities

• The successful applicant will be part of a team of Associate Practitioners supporting the provision of the highest quality patient care by providing point of care testing (POCT) service for the use of the clinical staff at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and associated contracts held by Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
• We are currently seeking a full-time candidate to join our dynamic team. The core hours are Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm but this is flexible depending on the needs of the service.
• In this role, you will be expected to work across all Trust sites and community/commercial settings that contract with the Trust for POCT service provision.

Contacts and Further Information

If you have further questions or would like to arrange an informal visit please contact Francesca Meakin, POCT lead ([e-mail]).

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

About the Trust

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. We expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

Visa Sponsorship

Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK

Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

This advert closes on Tuesday 4 Nov 2025