Associate Practitioner Point of Care Testing

Associate Practitioner Point of Care Testing focuses on poct is firmly embedded within sbuhb and includes testing to monitor: blood gas, glucose, ketones, d-dimer, inr, pregnancy testing, urinalysis, haemoglobin, fbc and a1c.

What the role involves

• POCT is firmly embedded within SBUHB and includes testing to monitor: blood gas, glucose, ketones, D-Dimer, INR, pregnancy testing, urinalysis, haemoglobin, FBC and A1c.
• The next steps for the service would be to move towards attaining accreditation of the service to ISO 15189:2022 and as a member of the POCT Team you will be actively involved in t.
• The Point of Care Testing (POCT) Associate Practitioner will provide support for all Health Board staff and areas that undertake point of care testing.
• This support involves training users, monitoring performance of external quality assurance and internal quality control and troubleshooting device and user problems.
• The POCT Associate Practitioner will assist the POCT Team in the provision of high quality results produced at the point of clinical care.
• Assist with the management of all POCT devices across SBUHB, including associated training and competency assessments to ensure they are operated in compliance with associated poli.

Skills and requirements

• Evidence of academic achievement such as HNC, NVQ4, BTEC or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge of: Laboratory procedures & Laboratory H&S.
• Experience of Microsoft Office.
• Suitable qualification in Information Technology (eg. CLAIT/ECDL) Knowledge of POCT equipment.

Additional role context

• SBUHB Laboratory Medicine Service formed in 2012 from the merger of Laboratory Haematology and Clinical Biochemistry and operates as a Swansea Bay region hub and spoke network.
• The Laboratory Medicine Service is progressive and well equipped and is ISO 15189 accredited.