Specialist Biomedical Scientists - Wolverhampton, West Midlands, United Kingdom - The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Wolverhampton, West Midlands, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Description

We require an experienced, suitably qualified Specialist Biomedical Scientist to join the Point of Care Testing (POCT) Department within the Black Country Pathology Service.

The successful candidate will be expected to travel and work across the four partner Trust sites and any outlying sites.

The role will involve supporting the Point of Care Testing service throughout the Black Country Pathology Service Partner Trust sites and the wider community.

It is essential that you hold a full driving license.

This role is advertised as a Band 6 however the right candidate who is completing their specialist portfolio and has significant demonstrable experience of working as a Biomedical Scientist (AfC B5) will be considered, you will remain on AfC B5 until the completion of the specialist portfolio.

Procurement and implementation of POCT equipment.

Training of POCT staff and end users of POCT equipment

Monitoring the performance of POCT equipment and end users using internal and external quality controls and audits

Troubleshooting POCT equipment and any associated connectivity software

Production and review of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and policies

Supporting clinical trials research and development functions by writing SOPs ensuring the correct handling and storage of trial research samples and maintaining trial documentation

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve.

We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow.

We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as Good by CQC.

We have achieved numerous awards The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

To perform the role of the Point of Care Testing BMS within the POCT Department.

To assist the POCT Manager in planning, coordinating and organising the overall workload to ensure completion of work and that the POCT service is supported during normal working hours.

To assist the POCT Manager in the procurement and implementation (including change control processes, validation and training) of new POCT equipment.

To assist in planning, monitoring and providing training to staff (such as laboratory staff, POCT staff and end users) on the use of POCT equipment and any associated software.

To assist in monitoring the performance of POCT equipment using Internal Quality Control (IQC) including performance of IQC, trending of IQC and identification of IQC failures and reasons for poor performance.

To assist in the administration of POCT External Quality Assurance (EQA) schemes.

To perform quality audits (such as horizontal, vertical and examination audits) to ensure policies and procedures are being followed and produce audit reports outlining non-conformances.

To assist in root cause analysis of any non-conformances and rectifying the non-conformances.

To configure, install, use, maintain and troubleshoot POCT equipment and any associated software (such as Cobas IT1000).

The post holder will provide advice, support and training to users of the equipment who are less experienced.

To use a variety of POCT software to:
-monitor and trend end user compliance with policies and procedures.

To assist in ensuring that on a daily basis the POCT interfaces are working and results are being transferred into the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) from the POCT equipment.

To be responsible for the maintenance of IT systems such as POCT interfaces and connectivity software and produce regular reports using this software.

To use POCT software to review and validate POCT results ensuring results are suitable for release into the LIMS. To use POCT software to resend results to the LIMS.

To assist in the monitoring, ordering and storage of POCT consumables.

To analyse quality control samples and patient samples on POCT equipment when required.

To reconstitute quality control material which requires accuracy to ensure the quality control material is made up using the correct volumes and material at the correct times to give accurate results.

To answer telephone enquiries regarding POCT equipment and communicate professionally with clinical users and liaise with other health professionals and POCT equipment suppliers.

To assist in ensuring that training and competency assessments for all POCT equipment users are recorded and stored according to departmental procedures.

To assist in risk assessments, report incidents, accidents and adverse events.

To provide laboratory support for clinical trials.
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science or equivalent
State registration as a Biomedical Scientist with Health Professions Council
Laboratory experience as a specialist BMS
Experience of Point of Care Testing
Experience of writing and reviewing standard operating procedures
Experience of face to face training of staff

Driving Licence

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