NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group
Associate Practitioner POCT
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As an associate Practitioner working in Point of Care Testing within LCL you will be required to work under the direction of HCPC registered Biomedical Scientist. As part of this role you will be carrying out analytical procedures in a clinical setting and maintaining POCT equipment. You will also support HCPC registered Biomedical Scientist with training of staff ensuring that service users receive a high level service and ensure that they are fully competent in the use of POCT devices. Along with supporting training you will also be responsible for carrying out competency checks on staff, ensuring that they are using POCT devices correctly and safely. You will also be responsible for the following duties:
- Completion of Quality Control
- Preventative maintenance
- Minor repair
- Undertake manual and semi-automated procedures
- Carrying out general duties both under the supervision from senior staff and without direct supervision
A secondment role would also be considered for internal staff members.
In this role you will be responsible for ensuring that critical devices are maintained such as the blood gas analysers. You will be expected to maintain devices, carry out both simple and advance troubleshooting on devices; you will be responsible for contacting and following the instruction of the manufacturers when unable to fix malfunctioning devices. You will also be responsible for organising and working with manufacturer engineers to ensure that devices are fixed in a timely fashion and that services only have minimal downtime.
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The successful applicant will be expected to have excellent communication skills and time management skills. You will be required to communicate with a variety of people such as doctors, nurses, Biomedical Scientists, Clinical Scientists, and engineers. You will also be critical in ensuring that the services provided are compliant with governance in place, you will also be helping to support the department as it works towards obtaining UKAS accreditation.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
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The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital, and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
To hear more about our achievements click here https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf
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For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Christine Henderson
- Job title: Scientist Section Manager POCT
- Email address: Christine.henderson@liverpoolft.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 0151 706 4230
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