Associate Practitioner - Point of Care Team

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Associate Practitioner to join the Point of Care Testing team. The role involves supporting Biomedical Scientists, working across sites, and helping staff deliver patient-facing testing outside the lab environment.

The post requires a proactive, dynamic individual to work shifts and maintain SOP-compliant testing and quality assurance. You will also manage POCT training records and data for reporting purposes to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Support the Point of Care Testing (POCT) team and Biomedical Scientists in delivering patient-facing testing services.
• Maintain and quality assure medical devices used for point-of-care testing in line with SOPs.
• Manage POCT training records and data to enable production of reports and audits.

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Associate Practitioner to join our friendly, multi-disciplinary, multi-site Point of Care Testing Team, supporting the Biomedical Scientists in the team. If you want to expand your knowledge and understand how the Point of Care Team work outside the laboratory environment, helping the staff working closer to patients- this could be the job for you. We are looking for a keen, dynamic, forward thinking individual prepared to work shifts to help us deliver the services we undertake., To support the Point of Care Team in maintaining and quality assuring medical devices used to test patient samples at the point of care, according to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). To maintain POCT data bases of staff training, test and quality data to enable production of reports for distribution.

Our Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people - patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing 'outstanding' care to our patients and rated 'Good' overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH's values - Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent - are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people's age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.