Point of Care Testing Coordinator

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust; Frimley; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Point of Care Testing Coordinator to oversee the efficient operation of POCT services. This role, essential for delivering quality healthcare, requires strong organisational skills and experience in POCT. Join a dynamic team and contribute to high standards of patient care in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Experience within POCT is essential.
• Highly organised and detail-orientated.
• Ability to perform maintenance and provide technical support.

Responsibilities

• Ensure smooth operation of POCT services.
• Advise on solutions tailored to clinical requirements.
• Perform method evaluations and audits.

Skills

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

Technical support

Education

Experience in point-of-care testing (POCT)

Job description

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We are seeking an experienced, highly organised and detail-orientated Point of Care Testing Coordinator to join our team. This position is essential for ensuring the smooth and efficient operation of point-of-care testing (POCT) services, whilst large, network-wide projects are progressed.

This is a fixed-term role until May 2027, and the position will provide an opportunity to contribute to the delivery of quality healthcare services in a dynamic and fast-paced environment. Experience within POCT is essential. If you are passionate about healthcare, laboratory testing, and ensuring high standards of patient care, we encourage you to apply.

Main duties of the job

The Point of Care Testing (POCT) department within Berkshire and Surrey Pathology Services (BSPS) provides and supports and governs near-patient pathology diagnostic testing conducted outside of the traditional central laboratory.

The BSPS POCT network includes Frimley Health (Frimley Park Hospital, Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals), The Royal Surrey County Hospital (Guildford), Ashford and St Peter's Hospital (Chertsey), The Royal Berkshire Hospital (Reading), East Surrey Hospital (Redhill) along with multiple and expanding projects within the community.

Our BSPS team have extensive experience of supporting a wide repertoire of tests and offer expertise to:

• Advise on potential solutions tailored to the clinical requirement.
• Assess the suitability of proposed testing environments.
• Perform comprehensive method evaluations to ensure acceptable analytical performance.
• Deliver initial training and re-certification, ensuring sufficient staff competency to ultimately benefit patient safety.
• Minimise service down-time, by performing maintenance procedures, providing technical support and troubleshooting.
• Provide formal documentation and perform audits.
• Ensure calibration, internal quality control and external quality control performance is maintained.

Our department strives to provide the highest standard of service in line with relevant quality standards to deliver a package designed to bring service users peace of mind and enabling them to produce results they can trust.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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