Associate Practitioner

Job overview

Join Our Forward-Thinking Blood Sciences Team!

We are seeking an energetic, enthusiastic, and highly motivated individual with a strong scientific background to join our Haematology and Blood Transfusion departments. This is an excellent opportunity to become a key part of a dynamic laboratory team delivering high-quality services within Blood Sciences.

In this role, you will work closely with your line manager to support and enhance our technical services, ensuring they continue to meet the rigorous standards of UKAS and ISO 15189:2022. You will also collaborate with colleagues across all grades—both technical and medical—to help maintain an effective, efficient, and forward-looking laboratory service.

What We Offer

• A supportive and inclusive environment where innovation is encouraged and staff are truly valued
• Excellent opportunities for personal and professional development
• A modern laboratory committed to the national Modernising Pathology agenda
• A collaborative, forward-thinking team dedicated to high-quality patient care

This post is based at Wexham Park Hospital, Slough.

Main duties of the job

• Participate in a range of duties within the Blood Sciences department, under supervision or without supervision following successful competency assessment.  •    Analyses potentially infectious samples using sophisticated automated equipment to produce results of a quality consistent with excellent patient care.  •    Carry out biomedical procedures including maintenance, monitoring of sophisticated equipment and audit in accordance with departmental SOPs.  •    Be able to effectively deal with simple day to day situations and problems, referring to Senior Biomedical Scientist staff when appropriate.  •    Demonstrate a robust knowledge of national and local health and safety standards.  •    Effectively contribute to the continual improvement of service and identify risks to Biomedical Scientist staff.  •    Effectively maintain stock control, place orders and take appropriate action as required.  •    Participate in the review of departmental SOPs.  •    Ensure the safe disposal of specimens and waste and to ensure cleaning and maintenance of work areas and equipment is carried out in accordance with SOPs.  •    Ensures that samples meet acceptance criteria, dealing with any non-compliance in accordance with departmental protocols.  •    Ensures sample is appropriate type for all tests and assesses samples for urgency, informing Biomedical Scientist staff of such samples.

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.