Point of Care Testing Associate Practitioner

Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to work with the Point of Care Testing (POCT) manager to deliver a safe and effective POCT service. This is a fixed term position for 1 year to cover maternity leave.

Applicants should be literate and numerate competent users of MS Excel and Word with a science-based Foundation degree, HNC/Diploma or equivalent knowledge and skills together with an understanding of good laboratory practice and Health & Safety requirements.

The successful candidate will be required to work autonomously within agreed policies following appropriate training and supervision in the required aspects of their support function.

Main duties of the job

To support the Point of Care (POCT) manager in the organisation and performance of all aspects of the routine and specialised services delivered by the Pathology POCT service across all the organisation's sites and elements of the community served by the Trust.

Point of Care Testing is currently carried out on all wards in all secondary care hospital sites and the POCT team support some community sites in the area as well.

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.