Point of Care Practitioner: Device Training & Support

St. Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Warrington; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is inviting applications for a Point of care Associate Practitioner across the Mersey and West Lancashire Network. The post will initially be based at the Warrington and Halton sites, with potential cross-site duties across the network.

You will train users on point of care devices, carry out maintenance and troubleshooting, and support the quality management system.

Qualifications

• NVQ level 3 in Lab skills or equivalent competencies.
• Laboratory experience at Medical Laboratory Assistant level.

Responsibilities

• To provide training and troubleshooting support for users of point of care devices.
• To distribute and undertake testing of External quality assurance (EQA) samples.
• To submit EQA results to the schemes via the IT systems provided
• To monitor product usage across the devices
• Manage and distribute stock across the Trust
• Liaise with manufacturers in the event of device issues

Skills

Follow SOPs

Problem solving

Organisation

IT skills

Manual dexterity

Concentration

Biological materials handling

Education

NVQ level 3 in Lab skills

Job description

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is inviting applications for a Point of care Associate Practitioner across the Mersey and West Lancashire Network. The post will initially be based at the Warrington and Halton sites, with potential cross-site duties across the network.

You will train users on point of care devices, carry out maintenance and troubleshooting, and support the quality management system.