POCT Associate Practitioner

St George's University Hospitals; Greater London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health service provider in Greater London is looking for a motivated and experienced POCT Associate Practitioner to manage Point of Care Testing devices and facilitate training across multiple sites. Candidates should have substantial PoCT experience and strong organizational skills. This role involves cooperation with diverse teams to ensure high-quality POCT services and contribute to staff training and policy implementation.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Point of Care Testing.
• Experience in delivering and facilitating PoCT training.
• Good organizational and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist the POCT Manager in implementing Trust wide POCT Policy.
• Provide clinical technical services for POCT tests.
• Support the advanced biomedical scientist in delivering PoCT services.

Skills

PoCT experience

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Job description

At SWLP, Point of Care Testing (PoCT) department recently attained UKAS accreditation to the ISO22870 standard. The PoCT team manages a wide range of PoCT analysers and devices, connected to POCT middleware systems, across five sites and manages maintenance, training, competency, quality assurance and governance of these pieces of equipment.

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, highly motivated and experienced individual to the role of POCT Associate Practitioner for the SWLP network. The post holder will be responsible for the day-to-day operation and maintenance of POCT devices and analysers. They will assist the POCT Manager in the implementation of the Trust wide POCT Policy. This includes staff training/competency assessment, e-learning, IT, hardware and software supports, SOPs, audit, stock checks and contribution to accreditation.

Each SWLP site has an engaged PoCT Committee with good representation from users across the hospital. The post-holder will work relatively independently, supported by the SWLP POCT manager, POCT coordinator, BMS/MLA staff and the Principal Clinical Biochemist on each site to deliver and facilitate training on a range of POCT devices and analysers. Given the outward facing nature of this role, the successful individual will need to have significant PoCT experience, extensive experience in the delivery and facilitation of POCT training and good organisational and communication skills.

Responsibilities

1. To assist and support the Advanced Biomedical Scientist (POCT Co‑ordinator) and POCT Manager in providing a professional POCT service.
2. To contribute to the efficient and effective running of the POCT service as appropriate.
3. To provide clinical technical services to patients that may include research and audit samples.
4. To use interpretive and technical skills to assist in determining the clinical significance of results of POCT tests.