Associate practitioner- Community Testing

at  Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

To support the delivery and operation of POCT services across the BSPS organisation with specific requirements to the LabKit/community team.
To maintain POC equipment as directed ensuring all protocols and quality standards are met
Work in accordance with departmental policies and standard operating procedures, to maintain high standards of patient safety.
Able to travel independently to any site where there is a LabKit p To ensure good stock control of consumables for all LabKit sites and a ensuring a centralised stock is present at other BSPS POC site
Maintain good communication within the POC team in order to maximise efficiency through agreed priorities and to achieve the aims of Point of Care analysis on a daily basis
In liaison with other senior staff to ensure the department’s quality standards are maintained and to troubleshoot any areas failing to meet these standards
Participate in the audit of quality control measures within LabKit and Point of Care. To include departmental audits as necessary
To participate in IQC and other quality checks as necessary
To participate in the provision of External Quality Assessment services both in house and to external customers
Evaluate and implement new technologies to enable an improved and more efficient service
Work with other members of the POCT Team to achieve and maintain accreditation against relevant ISO standards and comply with national POCT guidelines
Working for Your Organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
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 .
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital’s NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties
To support the delivery and operation of POCT services across the BSPS organisation with specific requirements to the LabKit/community team

Please refer the Job description for details