Biomedical Science Assistant - Higher Level (POCT)

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Sheffield; Vor Ort; GBP 21.000 - 26.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a fixed-term Band 3 Biomedical Science Assistant - Higher Level for 6 months in the Laboratory Medicine - POCT team at The Royal Hallamshire and Northern General Hospitals, South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Pathology Partnership.

The role involves 37.5 core hours (09:00–17:30) with potential spread to 08:00–20:00, Monday to Sunday across sites. End date 31 March 2027; NHS benefits and professional development are offered.

Aufgaben

• Support the POCT team in running flu point of care testing devices during the flu season, ensuring patient care is supported and testing standards are upheld.
• Assist with quality governance, staff training on POCT devices, information management and consumables management under supervision.
• Collaborate with the POCT Coordinators and wider Sheffield Teaching Hospitals teams to maintain high-quality laboratory practice.

Jobbeschreibung

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.

Main duties of the job

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.