Associate Practitioner

3 days ago


Colchester, United Kingdom East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Band 4 Associate Practitioner
We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated individuals in a variety of laboratory support roles to join our team for our new Rapid Testing team as a Band 4 Associate Practitioner.

So if you are seeking a new and exciting opportunity we have opportunities available at East Suffolk North Essex Foundation Trust.

Come Join our Team

Your role will involve supporting the Biomedical Scientists working in the Microbiology Laboratory whilst working for a Trust with a successful track record of delivering high quality acute medical and surgical services for patients across Suffolk and North Essex.

Based at Colchester Hospital our vision is to deliver innovative, high-performing pathology that is focused on our customers and delivers high quality and fully compliant services.

We want the best staff and are committed to attracting and retaining the best pathology staff and if you want to work with us to develop your own career and help us to achieve our vision then we would like to hear from you.

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients’ own homes. You will be joining a team of 10,000 amazing colleagues providing care to 800,000 residents.

Our philosophy is that time matters to everyone. Too often, our current systems and ways of working add unnecessary stress and frustration. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are in the unique position of providing a dedicated Pathology Training Team with the aim of producing a highly skilled workforce through the provision of continued training and development for our staff.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you

Job Summary
- Performs a number of healthcare science clinical/technical/scientific activities under supervision, e.g. performs standard Molecular tests.
- Maintains clinical records in relation to activities carried out; may input/interrogate test results of others.
- May be required to supervise, organise and allocate work and/or train less experienced staff in own area.
- To work flexibly in reflection of service needs which may include an extended working day and/or participation in delivery of a 24 hour, 7 days per week service.
- The work of the service brings staff into constant contact with human body fluids, tissues and hazardous chemicals. This may include blood, pus, urine, faeces, swabs and respiratory secretions.
- Maintain and promote professional image of the pathology department.

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.



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