Job Title: Associate Practitioner
Department: Point of Care Testing
Location: Barnet Hospital, Wellhouse Lane, Barnet EN5 3DJ
Contract /Hours: Fixed-term contract till August 2027
Salary range: Up to £36,621 per annum DOE inclusive of regional pay allowance
About us:
Sonic Healthcare is an internationally renowned healthcare provider with a demonstrable track record of medical services across the world. Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Sonic is an ASX Top 50 company that has grown to become one of the world’s leading healthcare providers, specialising in pathology, radiology and primary care medical centres. We have operations in Australia, the USA, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Ireland and New Zealand.
Sonic Healthcare UK encompasses the two main entities in the UK, The Doctors Laboratory (TDL) and Health Services Laboratories (HSL). HSL is a partnership between The Doctors Laboratory (TDL), Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH). HSL was formed to provide pathology services to the NHS Trusts and has expanded further to provide services to other NHS Trusts. Over 3,500 staff work at Sonic Healthcare UK, primarily under the TDL or HSL banner.
Our purpose is to deliver medically-led diagnostics, innovation, value and long-term investment to healthcare. With our core laboratory based at The Halo Building in London WC1H 9AX, we also have an expanding site in Manchester as well as smaller hospital-based laboratories across the country. We maintain rigorously high standards of quality, whilst also delivering efficiencies to healthcare through careful workforce planning, pioneering technology and significant investment in infrastructure and IT.
About the role:
A fixed term opportunity has arisen in the Point of Care Testing (POCT) Department at Barnet Hospital.
We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with good communication, personal skills and a committed team worker who would support the delivery of POCT services to a UKAS standard.
The role will involve technical and administrative support for the POCT service in the implementation of the Trust wide POCT policy.
The post holder will work under both direct and indirect supervision on the wards and in the departments of the Trust and areas of the Community that use Point of Care Devices and in the Pathology laboratories. This will also involve working alongside the POCT Manager and POCT Senior BMS ensuring training, verification of devices, Quality assurance and troubleshooting is provided within the Trust and community setting.
The successful applicant will be expected to work 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday covering the service between 9:00AM to 17:30PM. This will also involve covering Sundays or Bank Holidays when required by the service.
At HSL we offer a variety of excellent staff benefits including:
- Training and development opportunities – supporting professional development
- Annual salary review - salary and progression are aligned to our internal transparent pay structure (Progression Plus), supporting career development and structured annual salary reviews
- Discounted gym membership – we have a corporate gym membership scheme with Better Gyms
- Cash healthcare plan – cash back on a variety of healthcare costs including dentist and opticians
- Sick Pay Entitlement – one month’s full pay and one month’s half pay after probation
- Permanent Health Insurance and Death in Service Cover
- Life Assurance – providing salary continuation for long term illness (six months qualifying period)
- Employee Assistance Programme – supporting staff wellbeing
- Season Ticket Loan Scheme – interest free loan for the cost of annual travel ticket
- Perkbox – Access to additional staff perks and benefits such as high street discounts
- Company Pension Scheme – company and staff contributions which increase with service
- Competitive annual leave allowance – 29 days (pro-rata)
- Flexible working hours – we support and offer flexibility around shift patterns and working schedule
Please read the job description and person specification carefully and ensure that your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience required.
We respect and value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from diverse communities.
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