Point of Care Testing Associate Practitioner

Blue Sky Marketing; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated team member for their Point of Care Testing (POCT) service. This role involves managing equipment and reagents, conducting audits, and ensuring high-quality service delivery in line with UKAS ISO standards. You will train users on POCT equipment and collaborate closely with clinical teams to maintain over 170 devices. Ideal candidates are confident, motivated, and possess strong IT and communication skills. Join a supportive team that values compassion, accountability, respect, and encouragement in delivering exceptional patient care.

Qualifications

• Confident and motivated individual with IT experience.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage equipment and reagent for Point of Care Testing services.
• Deliver training and support for POCT equipment users.

Skills

IT experience

excellent communication skills

problem-solving skills

Job description

As a member of the Point of Care Testing (POCT), you will contribute to the day-to-day delivery of the POCT service with specific responsibilities for equipment and reagent management, audits, and supporting service users.

You will also be responsible for delivering training to users of POCT equipment and monitoring those delivering training in a cascade capacity.

Responsible to and in liaison with the POCT Manager, you will provide a high-quality service that builds on the UKAS ISO standards. The post holder will be expected to develop and maintain close working relationships with all grades of staff both in the team and in the wider Trust to ensure the effective delivery of the service.

Applications are invited from individuals who are confident, motivated, energetic, with some IT experience and excellent communication skills to work in our Point of Care Testing (POCT) team that supports over 170 devices across the Trust. Diagnostic tests are performed on these devices, and the team is responsible for ensuring accurate high-quality results through quality control, training, and support to the clinical teams that use them.

The role will involve working as part of the team to perform a range of tasks that contribute to the smooth running of the POCT devices including: Quality Assurance, completion of audits, usage, system administration, data handling, reagent management, device maintenance, and stock management. The successful candidate will be able to develop excellent work relationships with the clinical team and colleagues in the POCT team, work equally well with others as independently, and have good problem-solving skills.

Our values help us in what we do and how we do it. It is important that you understand and use these values throughout your employment with the Trust to define and develop our culture.

The post holder will be:

1. Compassionate: caring about our patients
2. Accountable and responsible: always looking to improve.
3. Respectful: for all and show integrity in everything.
4. Encouraging: and challenging each other to always do our best.

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.