Associate Practitioner Point of Care
The closing date is 04 November 2025
Job summary
Are you enthusiastic, professional, highly motivated with good communication skills? If so, we have an exceptional opportunity for you to join our Point of care team at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust!
The point of care department at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is responsible for the care and maintenance of all point of care equipment held within the Trust and associated contracts. They also co-ordinate and deliver all training related to the equipment.
The successful applicant will be part of a team of Associate Practitioners supporting the provision of the highest quality patient care by providing point of care testing (POCT) service for the use of the clinical staff at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and associated contracts held by Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
We are currently seeking a full-time candidate to join our dynamic team. The core hours are Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm but this is flexible depending on the needs of the service.
In this role, you will be expected to work across all Trust sites and community/commercial settings that contract with the Trust for POCT service provision.
If you have further questions or would like to arrange an informal visit please contact Francesca Meakin, POCT lead (francesca.meakin@nhs.net)
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
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Details
Date posted
21 October 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£27,485 to £30,162 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
214-CSTO-7460680
Job locations
King's Mill Hospital
Mansfield Road
Sutton-in-Ashfield
NG17 4JL
Employer details
Employer name
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
King's Mill Hospital
Mansfield Road
Sutton-in-Ashfield
NG17 4JL
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