Job summary

We are seeking a motivated and detail-orientated Band 4 Associate Practitioner to join our Haematology Team.

You will play a key role in the delivery of a high -quality Haematology Service, and the role will largely involve the management of the Medical Laboratory Assistants within Specimen Reception.

This post will be based at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital.

The post holder will be expected to be flexible and open to changes, to identify opportunities for improvement and to play an active role in developing, implementing and sustaining improvements to working practices.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will prepare patient samples received in the Blood Science Department for analysis. These duties will include entering patient and associated testing details into the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)

The post holder will also assist in the analysis of patient samples, routine analyser maintenance procedures, quality control and stock managment.

The post holder will manage the workload allocation within the support staff team providing day-to-day management of band 3 staff.

The post holder will maintain person development and competency to meet the changing demands of the job, participate in appropriate training activities, and assist with the development and training of other staff.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and / or English speakers are equally welcome to apply

About us

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs : Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values :

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

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Experience

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