Associate Practitioner - Point of Care
Job summary
Applications are invited for a Point of care Associate Practitioner working across the Mersey and West Lancashire Network. The post will initially be based at the Warrington and Halton sites.
As the Pathology Departments across Warrington and Halton and Mersey and West Lancashire have created the Eastern Hub of the Cheshire and Merseyside Pathology Network cross site working across all hospitals may be required in the future.
Point of care manages a number of different devices across the Trust all of which have full connectivity via Siemens POCelerator middleware.Devices include Siemens Rapidlab blood gas analysers, Siemens Atellica DCA , Pro 100 Urilysers, Siemens EPOC, Abbott freestyle precision pro glucose and ketone meters.
The JD & PS are currently under AfC review and are subject to change.
Main duties of the job
As a member of the point of care team you will be responsible for supporting users and the devices across the Trust this includes delivering training, completing maintenance and troubleshooting issues along with completing tasks required as part of the quality management system.
About us
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
Our services:
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements:
- Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
- Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
- National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide training and troubleshooting support for users of point of care devices.
To distribute and undertake testing of External quality assurance (EQA) samples.
To submit EQA results to the schemes via the IT systems provided
To monitor product usage across the devices
Manage and distribute stock across the Trust
Liaise with manufacturers in the event of device issues
Person Specification
Our Values
- We are Kind
- We are Open
- We are Inclusive
Qualifications
- NVQ level 3 in Lab skills and/or recorded achievement of departmental competencies
Knowledge
- Laboratory experience at Medical Laboratory Assistant level
Skills
- Able to follow written instructions (SOP's)
- Problem Solving skills
- Ability to organise/prioritise workload
- IT Skills
- Highly developed physical skills where accuracy
- Frequent requirement for concentration where the work pattern is unpredictable
- Able to handle and work with biological materials
Other
- Willing to be flexible in service delivery
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.
Employer details
Employer name
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Warrington Hospital
Lovely Lane
Warrington
WA5 1QG
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.merseywestlancs.nhs.uk/