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Job summary

Main area
Clinical Support
Grade
Band 4
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
328-CD-6376891
Employer
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
The James Cook University Hospital
Town
Middlesbrough
Salary
£25,147 - £27,596 Per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
11/07/2024 23:59

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Blood Sciences Associate Practitioner

Band 4

Job overview

Full time post working 24/7 shift system.

The Pathology departments at University Hospitals North Tees and Hartlepool (NTH) and South Tees Hospitals (STH) are working collaboratively to develop a joint service called Tees Valley Pathology (TVP) with services being delivered on all hospital sites.

We are looking for enthusiastic individuals with appropriate experience, knowledge and skills to join our scientific team and participate in the delivery of services provided by the Blood Science directorate which has laboratories at James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough and the Friarage Hospital, Northallerton. This will involve delivery of scientific support duties within Biochemistry, General Haematology, Coagulation and Blood Transfusion on both sites.

You will be expected to participate on a full shift system to cover weekday, weekend, evening and night sessions.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be expected to be flexible in their approach to working hours, participating and changing their shift patterns to coincide with the departmental needs as required on both sites.

Acquiring the necessary knowledge and skills for lone working in Blood Science and the responsibility of issuing blood products at the Friarage site will be a pre-requisite to advancement from Band 3 to an Associate Practitioner Band 4 position.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to developing excellence and staff motivation is high on the agenda. Good interpersonal and intrapersonal skills are essential for this post.

Please note this post will close at sufficient applicants

Working for our organisation

Leadership and Improvement Training

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills.  You will be expected to attend the New and Aspiring leaders programme, and the Foundation Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. After you complete this one and a half day of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Details of the full job description and person specification are available to view when you click to apply for the vacancy and click on the ‘about this job’ link and the documents will be attached at the bottom of the screen.

Person specification

Qualification

Essential criteria
  • Foundation degree, or IBMS part 2 portfolio of competence, or level 4 NVQ/BTEC, 2 A-levels, science degree
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of computer packages e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc. or equivalent

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of laboratory techniques.
  • Basic understanding of Human Biology.
  • Knowledge of basic scientific terminology.

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Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Nicola Bateman
Job title
Biochemistry and Immunology Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01642 282634
Additional information

Informal enquiries are welcomed by contacting Nicola Bateman on 01642 282634 [email protected] 

 

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