Associate Practitioner

2 weeks ago


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

We have an opportunity for x2 Associate Practitioners to join our team ( 1 based at Ipswich and 1 based at Colchester).

Our vision is to deliver innovative, high-performing Point of Contact Team (POCT) service to ESNEFT that is focussed on our customers and delivers high quality and fully compliant services.

Our service is clinically led and designed to provide excellent service to our users to meet their needs and support the excellent clinical care provided by our hospitals.

You will be expected to perform a number of healthcare science clinical/technical/scientific activities under supervision, e.g. performing standard POCT tests. You will also be responsible for maintaining clinical records in relation to activities carried out and interrogate test
results of others.

You may be requested to supervise, organise and allocate work / train less experienced members of the team.

Under supervision, perform manual, semi-automated and fully automated POCT investigations accurately and efficiently.

Undertake quality control procedures and the processing of quality control material as per established protocols.

Participate in the day to day management of stock control and usage. This
includes maintaining stock levels and records and monitor usage to ensure efficient use where appropriate.

Be aware of current advances and assist in the introduction of new techniques.

Clean and maintain equipment to achieve the optimum instrument performance and maintain a clean and safe working environment.

Perform basic troubleshooting in line with established protocols and report any faults to a biomedical scientist.

Participate in processing samples for Research and Development, clinical trials and equipment testing.

One of the largest Trust’s in East Anglia, 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 over 11,000 amazing colleagues providing care to 800,000 residents.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a range of services including mental health support. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. 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.

To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook

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

Communicates with colleagues and clinicians about test results and provides
instruction to groups of health service staff, as appropriate.

Communicates with service users, including patients as appropriate



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