Associate Practitioner: Point of Care Testing

2 months ago


Stockport, United Kingdom Stockport NHS Foundation Trust Full time

To assist the Point of Care Coordinator to implement the Trust wide Point of Care (POCT) Guidelines. The post holder will work under both direct and indirect supervision on the wards and in the departments of the Trust that use Point of Care devices, and in the Pathology laboratories.

Following training, they will become proficient in the use of these devices; oversee the operation in the clinical areas, ensuring that Standard Operating Procedures are followed, Quality Control and Quality Assurance is performed, training and assessing users as appropriate.

To be proficient in the use of all Point of Care devices currently used within the Trust e.g. Blood Gas Analysers, Glucose Monitors, Pregnancy testing strips, urine dip tests etc.

Monitor users of these devices follow the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) devised by the Point of Care Coordinator, advising the POCT Co-ordinator of non-compliance.

Assist the POCT Coordinator implement a Quality Assurance (QA) scheme for all devices and /or users of these devices.

Assist with the distribution and processing of samples for the general EQA participation of the Blood Sciences Department as required.

Monitor that all relevant Quality Control (QC) is performed on these devices, and records are maintained appropriately, advise the POCT Co-ordinator of non-compliance.

Appropriately package and distribute QA samples, collate results and report back the results from these QA specimens, informing participants in the scheme of their performance.

Solve routine problems with Point of Care devices, calling on the POCT Co-ordinator/ POCT BMS for more serious problems and / or the maintenance engineers where appropriate.

Monitor maintenance of instruments.

To train clinical, nursing and laboratory staff in the use of POCT equipment, ensuring compliance with Trust POCT guidelines and procedures

Support the POCT Coordinator in the investigation of incidents and errors if required, to ensure service improvement.

Please refer to JD for full list of main duties.

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

**Benefits we offer to you**:
Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays

NHS pension scheme membership

Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further

NHS Staff discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt

Stockport Credit Union
- for local financial advice

Please see job overview, main duties of the job and accompanying job description and person specification.



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