# Associate Practitioner

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Southampton General Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Assistant practitioner
- **Grade:** Band 4
- **Salary:** Negotiable
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week (Full Time)
- **Closing date:** 2026-11-05T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-29T17:48:43.896Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8404276
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8404276?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.uhs.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.

Job Title: Associate Practitioner Contract Type: Permanent Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications.

### Main duties of the job

This is an exciting opportunity to join our team in the Specialist Sections of Biochemistry. We have 2 openings for Associate Practitioner within our department. Biochemistry Specialist sections perform a range of semi-automated and manual assays across multiple disciplines including; Stone (calculi) analysis, Electrophoresis, ELISA, HPLC, LC-MS, GC-MS and Trace elements.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

In this role, your key responsibilities will include:

- Processing and analysing large volumes of biochemistry samples.
- Maintaining high standards of quality and accuracy in a busy diagnostic laboratory.
- Contributing to service provision.

You will need to be able to concentrate for long periods of time and be able to self start. Previous laboratory experience and use of pipettes as a well as knowledge of good laboratory practice are desirable.

### Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

## Person Specification

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- GCSE grade 4 and above (or equivalent) in Maths, English and Science
- Science focussed Foundation degree or equivalent Or IBMS Certificate of Achievement Part 2 or equivalent Or Level 4-degree apprenticeship in healthcare science or equivalent Previous Laboratory experience

### Measurable Skills

**Essential**

- Experience with analysing data
- Experience in multitasking

### knowledge and experience

**Desirable**

- Previous knowledge of hospital IT systems
- Previous Laboratory experience

## Documents

- [188-cl211026__job description & person specification (docx, 144.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10736014)

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