Associate Practitioner Immunology

2 weeks ago


Liverpool, United Kingdom Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

The associate practitioner role will be based in the department of Immunology. We are looking for applicants with clinical laboratory experience to participate in the activities of the department. Primarily the associate practitioner would be providing the technical support of the diagnostic service to the Trust and other users, in accordance with departmental protocols and under appropriate supervision.

The associate practitioner will be expected to prepare specimens for investigation, set up automated equipment, run QC, and operate analysers. The associate practitioner may be required to supervise, organise and allocate work and/or train less experienced staff in their own area.

The Laboratory support technician will participate in shifts, Saturday and Sunday work, and extended working day where appropriate.

The associate practitioner will be involved in supporting reception, sorting and distribution of all clinical and environmental samples. Expected to assess the suitability and appropriateness of samples submitted to the laboratory and to take remedial action when required.

Associate practitioners will be involved in completion and validation of automated assays and recording the results of control values and the results of the investigations into the computer system.

Associate practitioners will be involved in stock management and acceptance testing in line with UKAS requirements.

There may be times when the associate practitioner will be required to supervise, organise and allocate work and/or train less experienced staff in own area. Along with training of new staff in MLA procedures and protocols within the laboratory.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

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Knowledge and Personal Development

To gain specialist technical and analytical knowledge by participating in ongoing specialist training and continuous professional development.

To ensure compliance with all local and national standards of work practice e.g. Clinical Pathology Accreditation (CPA), NEQAS scheme and IQA/IQC procedures.

To maintain knowledge necessary to participate in the highly specialised laboratory sections associated with a teaching hospital, on a rotational basis under supervision from experienced Biomedical Scientists.

To have gained the necessary specialist knowledge and skills sufficient to work independently, seeking advice only when deemed necessary.

To participate in Personal Development Plans and Appraisals, as an appraisee.

To attend laboratory methods meetings and be aware of any changes to methodology.

To maintain knowledge of operational policies and procedures through use of the document management system.

To actively participate in the in-service training programme.

To attend relevant training courses as identified and agreed with senior staff and managers during staff appraisal sessions.

Advice, Guidance and Interpersonal Skills

To deal professionally during liaison with colleagues, other healthcare professionals and staff from external organisations.

To use empathy and understanding to ensure that technical, clinical and linguistic barriers to communication are overcome.

To provide guidance to new colleagues, students and trainee clinicians.

To deal helpfully, competently and confidentially with patients, staff and laboratory visitors.

Scientific and Technical

Reception, sorting and distribution of all clinical and environmental samples.

To assess the suitability and appropriateness of samples submitted to the laboratory and to take remedial action when required.

To process specimens that are used for screening, diagnostic and clinical management of patients using correct techniques as well as complex, specialised equipment

To interpret clinical request forms to plan and prioritise workload according to clinical urgency and to liaise with medical staff if required.

To record the investigations indicated on the clinical request forms into the laboratory computer system.

To analyse clinical samples using appropriate kits and procedures and entering the results of the investigations into the computer system for Biomedical Scientist to rel



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