Under supervision and according to Standard Operative Procedures perform an extended range of technical support duties within the laboratory, rotating through all sections of Blood Sciences, predominantly supporting Biomedical Scientist staff within the team to facilitate optimal patient care.
Successful candidates will be expected to provide support to BMS staff by operating and maintaining analysers, perform some manual tests and providing support on benches.
The successful candidate will be expected to fully participate in the 24/7 shift rota.
Responsibilities
* Responsible for inputting accurate and timely patient and specimen data on to Trust computerised systems.
* Responsible for the safe disposal of contaminated materials, including sharps and confidential waste.
* Responsible for the sorting and identifying of specimens received, identifying and taking appropriate action in the event of any discrepancies.
* Undertake preparation of an extended range of samples for testing by laboratory staff and provide support with laboratory tasks as required by BMS staff.
* Prepare basic confirmatory/supplementary work to support BMS staff, but will exclude unsupervised interpretive tasks.
* Undertake agreed clinical and non-clinical tasks following training ensuring referral to appropriately trained staff as required.
* Participate in the training and support less experienced members of staff in their orientation to the department and role.
* Act as the first contact point for routine daily maintenance problems on analysers.
* Participate in appraisals and personal reviews and work to achieve personal objectives.
* Operate and perform maintenance on a range of manual, semi-automated and fully automated laboratory equipment and analysers.
* At all times work according to policies and Standard Operative Procedures and bring to the attention of scientific staff any changes in practices.
* Promote and monitor adherence to Health and Safety and Trust policy designed to protect healthcare staff and service users from known hazards.
For further details of the role please see the attached job description.
To ensure that we provide world-class patient care, UHCW recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust's Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it. Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust's Values and Behaviours which can be accessed on the right side of this page under the job description. The Supporting Information Section in your application should therefore reflect your understanding of the Trust's Values and associated Behaviours. You will be expected to provide us with examples from work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviour.
The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities within the workplace. All vacancies will be considered for Job Share unless otherwise stated. All applicants who have a disability and who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be interviewed. Where a post has an overwhelming response, this Trust may use random selection in order to reduce numbers to interview, any disabled applicants will automatically be guaranteed an interview and will be exempt from this process.
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UHCW NHS Trust, by virtue of its Green Plan, is committed to ensuring that the way we provide services minimises the impact on the environment and the future health of the public e.g. zero waste to landfill, reducing our carbon footprint and increasing our recycling and reuse percentages.
If you are successful at interview you will receive a conditional offer of employment and we'll ask you for information so that we can carry out pre-employment checks. You must successfully complete all pre-employment checks to progress to a final unconditional offer.
We must confirm the identity of our staff and their right to work in the United Kingdom. We will ask you to submit proof of your identity and right to work documents via a secure digital platform approved by the Home Office, named TrustID. Alternatively, you may be asked to attend our office with original documents.
Depending on your level of exposure with patients you may be required to undertake a Standard or Enhanced DBS. The cost of this check will be charged to you and will be deducted from your salary over the first 3 months of employment at the current rate.
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