Biochemistry Associate Practitioner

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust; Macclesfield; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in healthcare is seeking dedicated professionals to join their team. This role involves working in a dynamic NHS laboratory environment, where you will utilize your expertise to deliver high-quality healthcare science services. The position requires strong prioritization skills, the ability to work autonomously, and a commitment to training and developing staff. If you are passionate about making a difference in patient care and are ready to embrace flexible working patterns, this is the opportunity for you to thrive in a supportive and rewarding environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in NHS Laboratory is essential.
• Knowledge of healthcare science duties to NVQ level 3 required.

Responsibilities

• Deliver consistent high-quality work in a healthcare setting.
• Participate in flexible shift patterns including weekends and holidays.

Skills

Prioritization

Autonomy

Problem-solving

Training staff

Keyboard skills

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Healthcare Science

Foundation Degree Level

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Experience and/or qualifications in NHS Laboratory
• Knowledge and experience of healthcare science duties to NVQ level 3 (2 A levels) plus additional theoretical or applied

Desirable criteria

• Training to Foundation Degree Level
• IBMS Certificate of Achievement Part II

Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience

Essential criteria

• Ability to prioritise workload in response to service need
• Ability to work autonomously and be accountable for own actions
• Able to utilise initiative to solve problems and develop the service
• Experience of training staff in own work area
• Excellent keyboard skills and attention to detail.

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

• Delivers work of consistent and predictable high quality
• Good manual dexterity skills
• Understanding the importance of confidentiality and data quality
• Prepared to work flexibly, including participation in a shift pattern which includes early, late, weekend, and Bank Holiday shifts and other out of hours rotas as required.
• Ability and willingness to fulfil the travel requirements of the post if relevant - primary place of work as per JD but on rare occasion may reasonably be asked to work at another site where the Trust has responsibility for Pathology services.

Important information about your application

1. All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
2. References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
3. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
4. Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies
5. New recruits are required to pay for their Disclosure and Barring Service check (and admin fee) prior to starting if the role requires a DBS check.
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University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) has been awarded the Gold Award for proudly supporting those who serve. We actively encourage applications from the Armed Forces community.

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If you would like support completing an application form, please contact the recruitment department on 01782 675533 where one of our trained assistants will be able to help

At UHNM we are fortunate to receive a high volume of applications for many of our roles, on this occasion we would reserve the right to close any advert early, therefore please apply without delay!

If you obtained your qualifications overseas, you will be required to provide an official government translation through ECCTIS (formerly known as NARIC). Please note, this is in addition to any professional registration requirements and not a replacement for your qualifications.

If you are currently in the UK on a visa, you must have at least six months remaining on your visa at the time of application to ensure sufficient time for the recruitment and training process associated with the role. The requirement of at least six months remaining on your visa does not apply to a Skilled Worker Visa, as a new Skilled Worker Visa would be required for a new role.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• Band 4 AP Job Description / Person Spec (PDF, 740.6KB)
• Statement handling - updated from policy (PDF, 33.6KB)
• Policy ex-offenders (PDF, 36.1KB)
• Infection control statement (PDF, 107.5KB)
• DBS Code of practice (PDF, 54.9KB)
• Trust Policy on Managing Risk Associated with Safeguarding Children (PDF, 1.1MB)
• Family Relocation Information (PDF, 1.0MB)
• Speaking Up Policy (PDF, 523.6KB)
• Recruitment Reasonable Adjustments (PDF, 122.1KB)