Trainee or Senior Pharmacy Assistant

3 weeks ago


Scarborough, United Kingdom York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job overview

Would you like a rewarding career at the heart of healthcare?

We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our small Point Of Care Testing (POCT) team in York Laboratory Medicine. POCT provide and support an efficient and high-quality diagnostic service, providing analysers used by healthcare professionals at the point of patient care.

As a Medical Laboratory Assistant (MLA) working in POCT in York you will assist with the quality provision of the POCT laboratory service. This will include technical analysis and maintenance of POCT analysers, supporting quality assurance and troubleshooting.

Main duties of the job

To follow quality control procedures as set out in the departmental instructions. To prepare and distribute samples for external quality assurance to ward/departments. Receive and input quality control returns accurately and on time and investigate any missing returns. To carry out routine and emergency maintenance and calibration of equipment both inside and outside the department as appropriate and to identify problems associated with equipment used to your managers To work to a schedule but be able to amend plans based on response to arising priorities. Communicate clearly and effectively with clinicians, nurses and other service users on issues of a technical nature, referring complex enquires to senior staff as appropriate.

Working for our organisation

Our benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme An extensive range of learning and development opportunities Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit you application at the earliest opportunity.

Working for the Trust

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: yhs-tr.net.

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

Armed Forces Friendly Employer

We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.

COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements

Our Trust continues to strongly encourage our staff to be vaccinated against COVID19, this remains our best defence to protect our patients, ourselves and everyone else.

Person specification

Qualifications and Experience

Essential criteria

Sound general education-ideally GSCE grades A-C or equivalent in Maths and English Formal or vocational lab-based qualification eg IBMS Certificate of achievement part 1 or NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in a science related subject

Skills and Attributes

Essential criteria

Awareness of the contribution of POCT to patient care

Desirable criteria

Previous use of laboratory analysers, equipment and quality assurance

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