Blood Sciences Associate Practitioner

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

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in Tees Valley is seeking a Blood Sciences Associate Practitioner. This full-time role involves working a 24/7 shift system within a collaborative team. Responsibilities include delivering scientific support in Biochemistry, General Haematology, and Blood Transfusion. Candidates should possess relevant laboratory experience and a qualification in science. The position provides opportunities for leadership training, ensuring staff development and engagement in improving health services.

Benefits

Leadership and improvement training

Collaborative working environment

Fixed-term training opportunities

Qualifications

• Laboratory experience is essential for this role.
• Candidates must have knowledge of patient confidentiality.
• IT literacy is required.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the delivery of scientific support duties.
• Work on a full shift system covering weekdays, weekends, and nights.
• Engage in the training program to enhance leadership capabilities.

Skills

Knowledge of laboratory techniques

Basic understanding of Human Biology

IT literacy and keyboard skills

Education

Foundation degree or IBMS part 2 portfolio of competence

Level 4 NVQ/BTEC

Science degree or working towards

Tools

IT packages (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Job description

Blood Sciences Associate Practitioner

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 02 January 2026

37.5 hrs full time post working 24/7 shift system. 12 months fixed term

The Pathology departments at University Hospitals North Tees and Hartlepool (NTH) and South Tees Hospitals (STH) are working collaboratively to develop a joint service called Tees Valley Pathology (TVP) with services being delivered on all hospital sites.

We are looking for enthusiastic individuals with appropriate experience, knowledge and skills to join our scientific team and participate in the delivery of services provided by the Blood Science directorate which has laboratories at James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough and the Friarage Hospital, Northallerton. This will involve delivery of scientific support duties within Biochemistry, General Haematology, Coagulation and Blood Transfusion on both sites.

You will be expected to participate on a full shift system to cover weekday, weekend, evening and night sessions.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be expected to be flexible in their approach to working hours, participating and changing their shift patterns to coincide with the departmental needs as required on both sites.

Acquiring the necessary knowledge and skills for lone working in Blood Science and the responsibility of issuing blood products at the Friarage site will be a pre-requisite to advancement from Band 3 to an Associate Practitioner Band 4 position.

Please note this post may close at sufficient applicants.

About us

We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our staff in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:

• Your Leadership Impact
• Leading Your Team to Success
• Service Improvement for Beginners
• Developing your Service Improvement Skills

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

• Explore leadership within the NHS
• Promote Trust values and behaviour
• Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
• Equip you with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role

After you complete these three and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer further in-house courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Knowledge

• Knowledge of laboratory techniques.
• Basic understanding of Human Biology.
• Knowledge of basic scientific terminology.
• Understanding of laboratory Health and Safety issues.
• IT literacy and keyboard skills.
• Knowledge of patient confidentiality.

Experience

• Scientific/Laboratory experience.
• Awareness of external and internal environment in which the department operates.

Qualification

• Laboratory experience and one of the following: foundation degree, or IBMS part 2 portfolio of competence, or level 4 NVQ/BTEC.
• Science degree or working towards.
• Experience of computer packages e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.

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.

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust