# Biomedical Science Assistant – Higher Level (POCT) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/biomedical-science-assistant-higher-level-poct/532b3cc0-90cb-4ab5-8058-34fce291689e - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/biomedical-science-assistant-higher-level-poct/532b3cc0-90cb-4ab5-8058-34fce291689e.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Northern General Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Healthcare science assistant - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 pa/ pro rata for part time staff - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 6 months (All existing NHS staff will only be considered on a secondment basis. Contract end date: 31 March 2027. If start date is after 01 October 2026 then contract duration will be less than 6 months.) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shifts that vary 8am to 8pm, Monday to Friday, and 8am to 4pm Saturday and Sunday.) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-14T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-06T23:01:15.938Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/South_Yorkshire/Sheffield/Sheffield_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Laboratory_Medicine/Laboratory_Medicine-v8297187 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8297187?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.sth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Please note, this role will predominantly involve working 37.5 core hours 09:00 - 17:30. However, there may be a requirement to spread these hours between 08:00 - 20:00, Monday to Sunday and across the NGH and RHH sites. Are you looking for an exciting new challenge in a place to take your career to the next level? Would you like to join a friendly, progressive, innovative team and play a part in the transformation of pathology services across South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw? Do you want to work in a fully UKAS-accredited, modern laboratory environment where you can make a difference? An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Laboratory Medicine – Point of Care Testing (POCT) department at The Royal Hallamshire and Northern General Hospitals, part of the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Pathology Partnership, for a fixed-term Band 3 Biomedical Science Assistant - Higher Level (HBSA) for 6 months. Please note: the contract end date for this post is 31 March 2027. If the successful candidate is in post after 01 October 2026, the contract will run until the specified end date and will be less than 6 months. Please note, this role will predominantly involve working 37.5 core hours 09:00 – 17:30. However, there may be a requirement to spread these hours between 08:00 - 20:00, Monday to Sunday. ### Main duties of the job If you would like to join a friendly, progressive, innovative team and play a part in the transformation of pathology services across South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw we would like to hear from you. As an integral part of the POCT team, you will have a key role in supporting the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals (STH) clinical areas with the operational requirements of running flu point of care testing devices during "flu-season". This work has a positive direct impact on patient care and management and ensures the high-quality standards from laboratory specimen testing is transferred and upheld at the point of patient care. The duties of this role also include ensuring quality and clinical governance is upheld with the use of POCT devices, staff training on the use of POCT devices, information management and consumables management of POCT devices all under the supervision of the POCT Coordinators. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post. When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria. This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term contract basis for a period until 31st March 2027 due to the post being recruited as part of a limited term project within the Trust. The fixed term contract status of the post holder will be reviewed in accordance with the Trust's legal obligations regarding fixed term contracts taking into consideration the requirement for the post to be maintained as a part of the project’s implementation and the timescales associated with this. Please also note any secondment must first be agreed with your current line manager. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Ability to follow and work to Standard Operating Procedures and Policy **Desirable** - Experience with a range of laboratory techniques - Previous NHS laboratory experience ### Qualifications **Essential** - GCSE (or equivalent) in Maths and English at level C/4 or above - Level 3 qualification e.g. NVQ, 2 A-Levels, Apprenticeship or IBMS Certificate of Achievement (Part I) plus Significant laboratory experience or Extensive laboratory experience in the relevant discipline ### Personal Qualities **Essential** - Ability to plan and prioritise allocated work ### Skills & Knowledge **Essential** - Keyboard and basic IT skills - Effective Communication skills, written and oral - Have an awareness of Health & Safety issues ## Documents - [staff benefits (pdf, 2.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2420) - [job description (pdf, 320.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10616032) - [person specification (pdf, 432.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10616033) - [information for candidates (pdf, 496.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2162) - [applicants - how we use your information (pdf, 87.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2165) - [getting to work at sheffield teaching hospitals (pdf, 212.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2163) - [policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 124.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2211) - [a guide to using artificial intelligence and with your personal statement (pdf, 163.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2894) - [candidate application best practice guide - please read before completing your application (pdf, 304.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2161) ## 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.