Higher Level Biomedical Assistant

Job overview

We have exciting opportunities to join the Coventry & Warwickshire Pathology Services (CWPS) working as a band 3 Higher level Biomedical Assistant working in the Blood Sciences department at our Nuneaton site, George Eliot Hospital and Coventry site, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire. CWPS is a long established Network hosted by University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust.

Please be advised that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.

Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP.

Main duties of the job

Under supervision and according to Standard Operative Procedures perform an extended range of technical support duties within the laboratory, rotating through all sections of Blood Sciences,  predominantly supporting Biomedical Scientist staff within the team to facilitate optimal patient care.

Successful candidates will be expected to provide support to BMS staff by operating and maintaining analysers, perform some manual tests and providing support on benches.

The successful candidate will be expected to fully participate in the 24/7 shift rota.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Responsible for inputting accurate and timely patient and specimen data on to Trust computerised systems.
• Responsible for the safe disposal of contaminated materials, including sharps and confidential waste.
• Responsible for the sorting and identifying of specimens received, identifying and taking appropriate action in the event of any discrepancies.
• Undertake preparation of an extended range of samples for testing by laboratory staff and provide support with laboratory tasks as required by BMS staff.
• Preparation of basic confirmatory/supplementary work to support BMS staff, but will exclude unsupervised interpretive tasks.
• Undertake agreed clinical and non-clinical tasks following training ensuring referral to appropriately trained staff as required.
• Participate in the training and support less experienced members of staff in their orientation to the department and role.
• Act as the first contact point for routine daily maintenance problems on analysers.
• To participate in appraisals and personal reviews and to work to achieve personal objectives.
• Operate and perform maintenance on a range of manual, semi-automated and fully automated laboratory equipment and analysers.
• At all times work according to policies and Standard Operative Procedures and bring to the attention of scientific staff any changes in practices.
• Promote and monitor adherence to Health and Safety and Trust policy designed to protect healthcare staff and service users from known hazards.

For further details of the role please see the attached job description.