# Associate practitioner - Community Testing > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/associate-practitioner-community-testing/a275a993-7ff4-4766-896c-e475be7c9ee8 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/associate-practitioner-community-testing/a275a993-7ff4-4766-896c-e475be7c9ee8.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Camberley - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse practitioner - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £23,849 - £26,172 per annum incl HCAS - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-05-31T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-22T10:51:36.858Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Surrey/Frimley/Frimley_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Biomedical_Science/Biomedical_Science-v8032618 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8032618?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.fhft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview To support the delivery and operational management of Point of Care Testing (POCT) services across the BSPS organisation, with particular responsibility for supporting LabKit and community-based diagnostic services, ensuring equipment functionality, quality compliance, and effective service delivery. Visa Sponsorship: This position is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold the right to work in the UK for the full duration of the contract. ### Main duties of the job - 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 are POCT devices in the Community and ensure good stock control of consumables and a ensuring a centralised stock is present at other BSPS POCT site. - Maintain good communication within the POCT 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 guideline. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For further information regarding the detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description and person specification documents. ## Job Details To support the delivery and operational management of Point of Care Testing (POCT) services across the BSPS organisation, with particular responsibility for supporting LabKit and community-based diagnostic services, ensuring equipment functionality, quality compliance, and effective service delivery. Visa Sponsorship:This position is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold the right to work in the UK for the full duration of the contract. ## Responsibilities For further information regarding the detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description and person specification documents. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Involvement in carrying out laboratory testing including co-ordination, evaluation and service development. - Proven understanding of clinical governance with risk management, its importance and its application. - Previous POCT and/or laboratory experience **Desirable** - Experience of introducing service improvements. - Training experience. - Experience of stock control - Experience of planning workload of other team members to ensure service delivery. - Experience of supervising junior staff and students and to provide training as requested. - Able to regularly provide information of a sensitive and emotional nature to staff and service users where there may be barriers to understanding. ### Qualifications **Essential** - For those without a suitable level 3 qualification the successful candidate would be expected (and supported by BSPS) to follow a course of study / training to gain an equivalent level qualification e.g. NVQ / QCF level 3/IBMS Certificate of Achievement **Desirable** - Relevant Science Degree ### Skills & Knowledge **Essential** - Excellent time management and organisational skills to plan and prioritise a complex and unpredictable caseload efficiently. - Provides & receives complex & sensitive information orally, and in writing & electronically form. - Demonstrate advanced communication skills to convey complex diagnostic and technical information, overcoming barriers to communication. - Excellent time management and organisational skills to plan and prioritise a complex and unpredictable caseload efficiently. - Accurate IT skills for e-mail and data entry for demographic, request & result entry on to Pathology LIMS. **Desirable** - Ability to communicate complex, contentious and sensitive messages. - Proven ability to build and maintain professional relationships with the multi-disciplinary team members. - Computer skills including use of databases, spreadsheets, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other clinical support systems - Able to regularly provide information of a sensitive and emotional nature to staff and service users where there may be barriers to understanding. ### Special Requirements **Essential** - Able to cope with using VDU equipment continuously on most days. - Able to travel to any hospital sites as required by the service. ## Documents - [trust values (pdf, 577.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=736) - [associate practitioner - community testing (pdf, 216.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10320278) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.