BMS/Trainee BMS – Point of Care Testing

4 weeks ago

Aylesbury, United Kingdom Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Full time

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to work on a community POCT project for a new Virtual Ward - Hospital at Home is new vacancy at Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust (BHT) in the Point of Care Testing team for a Band 5 Biomedical Scientist.

The POCT Team provide essential services for BHT and associated community locations across Buckinghamshire. The POCT service provides a high quality and responsive service which includes supporting POCT devices and training service users. POCT devices include: - blood gas, glucose, ketone, urinalysis, CRP and pregnancy testing.

BHT have a new Virtual Ward - Hospital at Home (H@H) Service which provides, hospital-level care for acute conditions in the community, that would normally require an acute hospital bed, in a patient's home for a short episode, through multidisciplinary healthcare teams in the community. H@H is facilitated by an inventory of POCT devices and a store of consumables issued to patients and care teams for short-term or long-term use, using an equipment library model.

Main duties of the job

This post is ideal for someone who enjoys working closely with clinical teams, is a charismatic and engaging individual. We are looking for someone who has HCPC registration, previous POCT experience, great communication and presentation skills. Candidates should also have excellent organisational skills, be self-motivated, able to work on own initiative and work effectively as part of a team and perform well under pressure. Candidates should demonstrate a commitment to achieving the highest professional standards and have proof of engagement with continuous professional development processes.

The postholder would be required to work as a member of the POCT team and work at all BHT hospital sites (Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Wycombe General Hospital and Amersham) and associated community sites. The post holder would mainly be working closely with the clinical teams in the community. The postholder will be responsible for looking after all aspects of POCT in the Virtual Ward - Hospital at Home (H@H) environment. The working times would be hours from Monday to Friday.

About us

Why colleagues think we are "a great place to work"

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.

Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.

We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

What do we stand for?

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.

Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.

We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.

We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.

We are proud to achieve the Gold award for the Armed Forces Covenant and support applications from the Armed Forces Community. Please contact (our Armed Forces Covenant Lead) if you would like guidance or assistance with your application.

We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on quoting the vacancy reference number.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science ratified by the IBMS Registration with the Health Professions Council (HPC)

Desirable

Evidence of continuing professional development.

Experience

Essential

POCT or Laboratory Experience

Desirable

Working as a member of a team

Special Circumstances

Essential

Travel to other sites

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

Comprehensive POCT or Blood Science Laboratory Theory QMS (Including Quality control and Assurance) Safe handling of potentially infectious samples Knowledge of health and safety risks & requirements Communication

Desirable

Interpersonal skills IT (including basic Microsoft packages)

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