Biomedical Scientist Point of Care Testing
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
A Full time Band 6 vacancy has arisen in the Point of Care Testing (PoCT) department for a highly motivated individual to join the team, providing high quality PoCT across the acute sites in East Kent (EKHUFT). The Team supports a variety of PoCT equipment and assists with the introduction of new devices, to support new services being introduced in clinical areas.
The post based in Pathology involves spending time on the wards, clinics and out patients supporting the clinical areas in the use of PoCT equipment. The role includes: training, maintenance, trouble shooting and monitoring quality performance of devices and users. The role would suit a BMS with an interest in PoCT.
It's an exciting time to be in PoCT as it's a rapidly expanding field. As a Band 6 PoCT Site Lead at William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, this is an amazing opportunity to help provide an outstanding service to our clinical colleagues and patients - transforming the way healthcare is delivered across East Kent.
Main duties of the job This role is a Site Lead for the PoCT service for our busy WHH site that includes A&E, ITU, Paediatrics, Maternity and an Urgent Treatment Centre. This is an opportunity to extend your experience in Pathology and to interact more closely with the clinical areas. The purpose of the role is to support the PoCT Coordinator in the provision of a proactive, professional PoCT service and quality governance framework to ensure patient safety in respect of PoCT activity. This will include device maintenance and troubleshooting, device evaluations, documentation, performance review of internal and external quality control, administration of external quality assessment programmes, training and audit for PoCT devices and line management for the PoCT Rapid Laboratory based in A&E.
About us We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
Job responsibilities Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in 'supporting documents'.
Person Specification Qualifications and training
HCPC Registered Biomedical Scientist.
POCT experience.
Personal/professional attributes/Other requirements
To be able to work in emotionally challenging areas such as A&E, resuscitation, adult and neonatal ITU.
Experience of responding to analyser troubleshooting requests.
Governance
Experience of working to laboratory ISO 15189 standards.
Previous laboratory experience with analysers and laboratory equipment.
Awareness of ISO15189:2022 requirements for POCT.
Skills and experience
Medical device management or experience of working to laboratory ISO standards.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to achieve set targets within a specified timeframe.
Previous laboratory experience
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
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The post based in Pathology involves spending time on the wards, clinics and out patients supporting the clinical areas in the use of PoCT equipment. The role includes: training, maintenance, trouble shooting and monitoring quality performance of devices and users. The role would suit a BMS with an interest in PoCT.
It's an exciting time to be in PoCT as it's a rapidly expanding field. As a Band 6 PoCT Site Lead at William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, this is an amazing opportunity to help provide an outstanding service to our clinical colleagues and patients - transforming the way healthcare is delivered across East Kent.
Main duties of the job This role is a Site Lead for the PoCT service for our busy WHH site that includes A&E, ITU, Paediatrics, Maternity and an Urgent Treatment Centre. This is an opportunity to extend your experience in Pathology and to interact more closely with the clinical areas. The purpose of the role is to support the PoCT Coordinator in the provision of a proactive, professional PoCT service and quality governance framework to ensure patient safety in respect of PoCT activity. This will include device maintenance and troubleshooting, device evaluations, documentation, performance review of internal and external quality control, administration of external quality assessment programmes, training and audit for PoCT devices and line management for the PoCT Rapid Laboratory based in A&E.
About us We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
Job responsibilities Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in 'supporting documents'.
Person Specification Qualifications and training
HCPC Registered Biomedical Scientist.
POCT experience.
Personal/professional attributes/Other requirements
To be able to work in emotionally challenging areas such as A&E, resuscitation, adult and neonatal ITU.
Experience of responding to analyser troubleshooting requests.
Governance
Experience of working to laboratory ISO 15189 standards.
Previous laboratory experience with analysers and laboratory equipment.
Awareness of ISO15189:2022 requirements for POCT.
Skills and experience
Medical device management or experience of working to laboratory ISO standards.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to achieve set targets within a specified timeframe.
Previous laboratory experience
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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