Healthcare Science Associate

NHS Jobs; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Healthcare Science Associate to join the Microbiology and Virology Department. You will support pre-analytical specimen handling, culture analysis, and antibiotic susceptibility testing to aid clinical diagnosis and treatment monitoring.

Working within the clinical support team, you will apply practical skills to deliver timely, high-quality scientific information for hospital and community service users.

Qualifications

• Pre-analytical specimen handling
• Analysis of cultures on a limited range of culture plates
• Performing antibiotic susceptibility tests

Responsibilities

• Provide timely and accurate high-quality scientific information to assist clinical diagnosis and monitoring of patient treatment
• Work within the Microbiology and Virology Department to carry out advanced laboratory tasks
• Support the clinical support team and contribute to diagnostic workflows

Job description

A Healthcare Science Associate is part of a clinical support team whose purpose is to provide timely and accurate high quality scientific information that will assist service users from the hospital and community, in the establishment of a clinical diagnosis and monitoring of patient treatment. The Healthcare Science Associate will use practical skills to carry out tasks associated with the pre-analytical preparation of specimens, analysis of cultures on a limited range of culture plates, performing appropriate antibiotic susceptibility tests, within the Microbiology and Virology Department. The tasks undertaken are more advanced than those of a Healthcare Science Assistant (HSA).

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust