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The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Contact

Address: Royal Victoria Infirmary; Queen Victoria Road; Newcastle upon Tyne; Tyne and Wear; NE1 4LP
Contact Number: 0191 282 0999 option 2

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Ref: 317-2024-36-34-DR Vacancy ID: 6602574

Healthcare Science Assistant

Closed for applications on: 16-Sept-2024 00:03

Vacancy status: Closed

Closed for applications on: 16-Sept-2024 00:03

Location

Site: Freeman Hospital
Town: 317 01 Freeman Hospital
Postcode: NE7 7DN
Major / Minor Region: Tyne and Wear

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (from date of appointment)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Salary

Salary: £23,615 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 2)

Specialty

Main area: 317 Microbiology - Corporate

Interview date: 25/09/2024

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A Healthcare Scientist Assistant (HCSA) is part of a clinical support team whose purpose is to provide timely and accurate high quality scientific information that will assist service users from the hospital and community, in the establishment of a clinical diagnosis and monitoring of patient treatment.
The HCSA will use practical skills to carry out a variety of laboratory duties including reception and data entry of requests received and some basic pathological tests under the supervision and guidance of a Biomedical Scientist.

Responsibilities:

To abide by Trust policies and procedures.
To assist in the reception, sorting and preparation of specimens for analysis, including the separation of blood, serum and plasma, the cataloguing and storage of specimens plus appropriate waste disposal.
Entering requests into the laboratory computer system.
To carry out, under supervision, some simple laboratory diagnostic tests/procedures and the operation of laboratory equipment.
To assist in the department Quality Assurance programmes.
To work in compliance with local health and safety rules to ensure a safe working environment for you, colleagues and visitors. To adhere to department and Trust Health and Safety policies (including COSHH, Risk assessments and Standard Operating Procedures) and to report any non-compliances to a senior member of staff.
Answering telephone enquiries and retrieving results in accordance with the standard operational procedure.
Manually transcribe, record, scan laboratory data, input to and manipulation of the laboratory computer system including Quality management system tool – QPulse and derivation of worksheets for qualified staff.

Additional responsibilities specific to individual sections:

To order blood products from the National Blood Authority and to transfer blood stocks as appropriate under the supervision of a senior member staff.
To label and issue patient intended blood/blood products.
To assist in sterilisation, disinfection procedures and media preparation.
To carry out under supervision embedding, and microtomy of simple cases.
Label stained microscope slides and match them to correct request form.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form

All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.