Band 6 Specialist Biomedical Scientist - Point of Care

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for you to join a centre of Pathology excellence at University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB), one of the largest teaching hospitals in England. We have state of the art facilities across 4 sites (Queen Elizabeth, Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull hospitals).

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and experienced Specialist Biomedical Scientist with experience in all aspects of POCT, who must be a HCPC registered. This vacancy is to work 30 hrs/week and is based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital. There will be a requirement to work across all sites.

POCT is part of the Clinical Laboratory Services providing a patient focused quality service that is committed to the trust values of being Kind, Connected and Bold. The POCT department provides a dynamic service that actively promotes innovation and service development. We are committed to staff health and well-being, training, and development.

You will be part of a busy POCT, made up of a specialist and experienced team, all working towards a common goal. Our POCT department has a wide range of equipment spread across multiple sites including blood gas analysers, Glucose/Ketone meters, Urine pregnancy and Urinalysis readers, INR, D- Dimer, HbA1c, Hb, TEG, ROTEM, COVID/ Flu testing.

The successful candidate will be expected to work autonomously to deliver high quality of service; communicate with clinical, managerial staff within the Trust and across external organisations and suppliers.

Main duties of the job

The candidate will be expected to have an excellent understanding of all areas within POCT, experience in using different POCT instruments with the evidence of maintaining skills and competency. We are looking for people who work well in a team and are excellent communicators.

We are committed to personal and professional development, and this will be encouraged and supported. POCT department delivers a dynamic service that actively promotes innovation and development, working towards UKAS accreditation. The post holder will be expected to work both alone and as part of a team, all working towards a common goal.

The post holder will be responsible for performing tasks to meet the needs of the POCT service in different clinical area. This could include a range of technical, scientific, professional, and clinical duties to achieve the objectives of efficient and effective patient care, ensuring that the needs of the department are met to deliver a quality clinical service including but not limited to:

*Undertake maintenance on a wide range of POCT devices.

*Train all grades of staff within POCT and Clinical area.

*Maintain compliance with good laboratory practice, quality assurance procedures in accordance with UKAS ISO 15189 standards.

*Technically validate, interpret and report results within the agreed turnaround times.

*Help with out of hours service on rotational basis and breath test clinics.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)

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