POCT Medical Laboratory Assistant, Point of Care Department - Barnet Hsopital

From £13,986 DOE
About us: Health Services Laboratories (HSL) is a progressive partnership between The Doctors Laboratory, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust (Royal Free London) and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH). Our purpose is to deliver medically-led diagnostics, innovation, value and long-term investment to healthcare. We combine The Doctors Laboratory’s long standing, specialist pathology expertise with the Royal Free London and UCLH’s internationally recognised heritage of continual research, development and academic excellence. We maintain rigorously high standards of quality, whilst also delivering efficiencies to healthcare through careful workforce planning, pioneering technology and significant investment in infrastructure and IT. About the role: An opportunity has arisen to join our Point Of Care Testing (POCT) team covering Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital and community sites. We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with good communication, personal skills and a committed team worker who would support the delivery of POCT services as Medical Laboratory Assistant. The successful applicant will be working alongside the Point of care Testing team ensuring training, verification of devices, quality assurance and troubleshooting is provided within the Trust and community setting. To provide technical and administrative support for the Point of Care Testing service in the implementation of the Trust wide POCT Policy. The post holder will work under both direct and indirect supervision on the wards within the Trust and areas of the Community that use Point of Care devices and in the Pathology laboratories. They will also be proficient in the use of POCT devices, ensuring that Standard Operating Procedures are followed, Quality controlled and Quality assurance is performed.
The successful applicant will work 22.5hr/week over Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Shift times: 09:00 to 17:30 If you require further information about this position please contact: Biranavan Arasakulanathan by email biranavan.arasakulanathan@nhs.net At HSL we offer a variety of excellent staff benefits including:

• Training and development opportunities – including the funding of Undergraduate and Masters Degrees and IBMS Specialist Portfolios for Biomedical Scientists

• Annual performance related salary review

• No banding restrictions: As we are a private company we are not restricted by salary bandings and so are able to negotiate appropriate salaries based on experience. This also means that annual salary reviews do not hit a band ceiling

• Discounted gym membership – we have a corporate gym membership scheme with Better Gyms

• Cash healthcare plan – cash back on a variety of healthcare costs including dentist and opticians

• Sick Pay Entitlement – 5 paid days in the first year of employment, 20 days thereafter

• Permanent Health Insurance and Death in Service Cover

• Life Assurance – providing salary continuation for long term illness (six months qualifying period)

• Employee Assistance Programme – supporting staff wellbeing

• Season Ticket Loan Scheme – interest free loan for the cost of annual travel ticket

• Perkbox – Access to additional staff perks and benefits such as high street discounts

• Company Pension Scheme – company and staff contributions which increase with years of service

• Competitive annual leave allowance - 28 days annual leave

• Flexible working hours – 37.5 hours standard working week. With a variety of working patterns available, options to review working flexibly will always be considered.

Please read the job description and person specification carefully and ensure that your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience required. We respect and value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from diverse communities. PLEASE NOTE: WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CLOSE THIS VACANCY AT ANY TIME EVEN IF A CLOSING DATE IS SHOWN HERE OR IN ANY OTHER MEDIA
Vacancy ID : 018845 Closing Date : 15-Jun-2023
Contact Person : Biranavan Arasakulanathan Contact Email : Biranavan.arasakulanathan@nhs.net