Biomedical Support Worker

Job summary

Working Full Time: 37.5 hours per week

The Blood Sciences Department have a vacancy for a Biomedical Support Worker to be part of a team providing 24/7 laboratory testing. This includes supporting seasonal rapid Covid-19 and influenza testing.

The role involves receiving a variety of pathological samples, entering the requests onto the hospital computer system, pre-analytics (preparing the samples for processing), loading and unloading analysers, preparing a variety of sample types for tests e.g. Covid-19 testing.

• The role will include rotation into the laboratory departments/ sections as required.
• For this role it is essential that you have the ability to work flexibly, including covering Early (08:00 - 16:00), Mini Late (10:30 - 19:00), Late (14:00 to 22:00) and Night Shifts (when required - 22:00-08:00), Monday to Sunday. This will be alongside core working days of 09.00 - 17.30.

Main duties of the job

• Sample reception duties including receiving requests and booking requests into the hospital IT system.
• Preparing a variety of samples for analysis.
• Loading and unloading samples onto the laboratory automation and analysers.
• Answering phone enquiries and giving out validated test results.
• Providing 24/7 cover by participating in early, day, evening, night and weekend shifts when required.
• Performing sample analysis e.g. Covid-19 and HbA1c testing.
• Storeroom and stock control duties.
• Manual handling is required as part of these duties.

About us

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:

• The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
• Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
• Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.

The Trust employs over 5916 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 411,000. This includes 361,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.