Associate Practitioner

4 months ago


Reading, United Kingdom Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Associate Practitioner

Blood sciences department has a vacancy for an Associate Practitioner within the the hematology/Blood bank department at band 4.

This is a busy department, with a workload from all Royal Berkshire hospital, satellite sites and some private hospitals.

Previous experience in a blood sciences environment is not essential as training will be given but would be an advantage.

We very much encourage personal development and so if you’re looking for a challenge, are versatile and can adapt to rapidly changing scenarios then this could be the job for you.

The post is full time 8.30am - 5pm five days a week Monday to Friday with expectation to contribute to our shift rota on lates and weekends.

**The post-holder will be responsible to**:

- Participates in the provision of a comprehensive range of scientific and diagnostic services across a range of scientific disciplines.
- Liaise with line manager as part of a team delivering high quality protocol based technical service under the supervision of Registered Biomedical Scientist staff.
- Required to communicate with hospital clinicians, general practitioners, other healthcare professionals, patients and their representatives and commercial suppliers.
- Required to operate sophisticated, automated laboratory equipment and perform scientific techniques under supervision.
- Appropriately handle body fluids and materials, including high risk specimens.
- To report results in accordance with departmental SOPs and as appropriate to grade.
- To act as supervisor for support grade staff members as agreed with the laboratory management team.
- The post holder will be expected to train, support and advise less experienced staff, such as trainees, students and MLA’s.

Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC recently rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

**Our values**: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

For further details on the job role, please refer to the job description and person specification attached.



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