Biomedical Science Assistant – Higher Level (POCT)

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal Hallamshire and Northern General Hospitals, part of Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, invite applications for a fixed-term Band 3 Biomedical Science Assistant - Higher Level (HBSA) for 6 months. The role involves supporting flu POCT operations, with 37.5 hours per week and potential shifts 08:00–20:00, across two sites.

The post requires engagement in quality governance, staff training on POCT devices, and effective information and consumables management under POCT

Qualifications

• Operates flu point-of-care testing devices during flu-season.
• Supports quality and clinical governance for POCT.
• Assists in training staff on POCT device use.

Responsibilities

• Support operational requirements for running flu POCT devices.
• Ensure quality and governance in POCT activities.
• Assist with information management and consumables for POCT devices.
• Supervised by POCT Coordinators during daily duties.

Skills

POCT operation

Quality governance

Staff training

Information management

Consumables management

Tools

POCT devices

Job description

Please note, this role will predominantly involve working 37.5 core hours 09:00 - 17:30. However, there may be a requirement to spread these hours between 08:00 - 20:00, Monday to Sunday and across the NGH and RHH sites.

Are you looking for an exciting new challenge in a place to take your career to the next level? Would you like to join a friendly, progressive, innovative team and play a part in the transformation of pathology services across South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw? Do you want to work in a fully UKAS-accredited, modern laboratory environment where you can make a difference?

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Laboratory Medicine – Point of Care Testing (POCT) department at The Royal Hallamshire and Northern General Hospitals, part of the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Pathology Partnership, for a fixed-term Band 3 Biomedical Science Assistant - Higher Level (HBSA) for 6 months. Please note: the contract end date for this post is 31 March 2027. If the successful candidate is in post after 01 October 2026, the contract will run until the specified end date and will be less than 6 months.

Please note, this role will predominantly involve working 37.5 core hours 09:00 – 17:30. However, there may be a requirement to spread these hours between 08:00 - 20:00, Monday to Sunday.

As an integral part of the POCT team, you will have a key role in supporting the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals (STH) clinical areas with the operational requirements of running flu point of care testing devices during "flu-season". This work has a positive direct impact on patient care and management and ensures the high-quality standards from laboratory specimen testing is transferred and upheld at the point of patient care. The duties of this role also include ensuring quality and clinical governance is upheld with the use of POCT devices, staff training on the use of POCT devices, information management and consumables management of POCT devices all under the supervision of the POCT Coordinators.

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

STH operates with a budget of £1.2 bn, has a workforce of over 18,500 employees, covers five hospital sites, provides care from over forty community settings, and has an excellent reputation for research.

As an organisation we value and respect our staff and the community we serve. We provide excellent staff benefits; this includes commitment to professional development but also many initiatives to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

The South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Pathology Partnership are invested in training, developing, and supporting staff in all aspects including academic courses from certificates of achievement, registration, specialist and higher specialist IBMS portfolios, apprenticeships and leadership and management qualifications.

We pride ourselves in enabling opportunity across all our sites to develop staff and provide a strong and sustained service for the future.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Leigh Manning Job title: Point of Care Testing Coordinator (RHH) Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0114 2713202