Associate Practitioner

2 weeks ago


North Shields, United Kingdom Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Applications are invited from enthusiastic, confident, motivated and hardworking individuals to work as an Associate Practitioner within our Northumbria Microbiology team. The post holder will work primarily at North Tyneside General Hospital laboratory, but will be required to rotate to Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital laboratory,as part of the departments' shift system.
Applicants will hold a Foundation Degree or the Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS) Certificate of Achievement or equivalent.

The post holder will act as an Associate Practitioner in Microbiology, and rotate through all sections of the laboratory. They will support the Biomedical Scientists toensure that high quality patient results are produced in an efficient and cost-effective way in all sections in which they are working.

The post holder will also have a flexible approach to working, demonstrate good organisational skills and the ability to work under supervision as well as mentoring support staff.Previous experience working in a NHS Microbiology laboratory is desirable but not essential as full training will be provided.

Applicants will hold a Foundation Degree or the Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS) Certificate of Achievement or equivalent.

We provide Microbiology and Infection Control services to three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health center's. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

**The Post holder will**:

- Preparing and processing clinical specimens for microbiological testing.
- Dealing with telephone enquiries from other departments, GPs, visitors to the departments.
- Liaising with staff from other departments, GPs and visitors to the department.
- Provide training, support and mentoring to less experienced AP staff and Clinical Support Workers.

The laboratory has a number of automated and diagnostic systems, which includes, WASP, Vitek XL, Vitek MS, BacTec, Panther, GeneXpert, BioFire TORCH, VIDAS, Cobas, DS2 and Liaison.

The post will assist the Biomedical Scientists toensure that high quality patient results are produced in an efficient and cost-effective way in all sections in which they are working.


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