Job Overview
We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic HCPC-registered Healthcare Scientist, to join our award-winning team at Berkshire and Surrey Pathology Services (BSPS) Point of Care Testing (POCT) Community team. BSPS is a large network of NHS laboratories serving 6 acute NHS Trusts: Ashford & St Peter’s NHS FT, Frimley Health NHS FT, Royal Berkshire NHS FT, Surrey and Sussex NHS Trust, Royal Surrey NHS FT and Wexham Park Hospital NHS FT.
POCT Community team is an innovative, pioneering and progressive rapid POCT service. Responsibilities lie in managing roaming POCT equipment and static devices based at community sites, ensuring POCT is effectively integrated into community-based services, driving the delivery of high-quality, patient-centred care. POCT Community supports healthcare professionals in delivering care closer to home while being compliant with quality standards and striving for continuous improvement within community healthcare settings.
This post is required to support the Hospital at Home services and will report to and work closely with the team to regularly engage with the clinical teams of the partner commissioning Trusts.
The post-holder is expected to work in a cross-site manner and a for visiting all Community services when required.
We warmly welcome applications from all pathology disciplines relevant to POCT as the training for the specifics of the POCT Community service can be delivered to the successful candidate.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will support and deputise for the Point of Care Testing Community co-ordinator to deliver high quality, efficient, and reliable POCT services to all community sites supported by the BSPS network.
These include services such as Virtual Ward, Hospital at Home, and Community Diagnostic Centres. Community services are rapidly expanding, and the postholder will support the new services in addition to those existing. They will coordinate the deployment and integration of POCT devices with IT systems including POCT middleware, LIMS and onwards to Health Electronic Records used by the clinical services. The role will be critical to troubleshoot IT issues, develop procedures for data analysis and reporting on services to ensure financial management and clarity. They shall train and support healthcare staff using the kit and create user guides, and streamline IT operations for effective clinical and operational decision-making.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc degree or equivalent qualification in Biomedical sciences or similar subject
- Health Care Professions Council registration as a Biomedical Scientist
Desirable criteria
- IBMS specialist diploma in relevant discipline
Experience
Essential criteria
- Proven experience of working in a pathology laboratory
- Experience in POCT and proficiency in the techniques of service
Desirable criteria
- Experience with Siemens Poccelerator, Clinisys WinPath, and Electronic Patient Records
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Frequent concentration required for analysing data and performance but will be frequently interrupted with requests and queries requiring immediate response
- Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions to resolve problems
Desirable criteria
Able to store/utilise various types of stock weighing up to 25kg per container daily (
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
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