Point of Care Testing

Job overview

The POCT Team provides an essential, high-quality service across Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust and associated community settings. The team supports a wide range of POCT devices and delivers training and ongoing support to service users.

The Hospital at Home service provides hospital-level care for patients with acute conditions in their own homes, as an alternative to an acute hospital admission. Working as part of the POCT team, the post holder will support the management, deployment and maintenance of POCT equipment and consumables used within the service, helping to ensure safe, effective and responsive patient care across the community.

This role offers an excellent opportunity to develop expertise in POCT while working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to support an innovative and expanding community healthcare service.

Main duties of the job

This post is ideal for someone who enjoys working closely with clinical teams, is a charismatic and engaging individual. We are looking for someone who has HCPC registration, previous POCT experience, great communication and presentation skills. Candidates should also have excellent organisational skills, be self-motivated, able to work on own initiative and work effectively as part of a team and perform well under pressure. Candidates should demonstrate a commitment to achieving the highest professional standards and have proof of engagement with continuous professional development processes.

Working for our organisation

Why colleagues think we are

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.

Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.

We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

What do we stand for?

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.

Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.

We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.

We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.

We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

Person specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential criteria

• BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science ratified by the IBMS
• Registration with the Health Professions Council (HPC)

Experience

Essential criteria

• POCT or Laboratory Experience

Skills & Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Comprehensive POCT or Blood Science Laboratory Theory
• QMS (Including Quality control and Assurance)
• Knowledge of health and safety risks & requirements

Desirable criteria

• IT (including basic Microsoft packages)

PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.

COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.

Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.

Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.

Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.

Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.

Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.

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