Associate Practitioner

Job description

Job responsibilities

Associate Practitioner | Manchester| Full Time| Permanent

Spire Manchester are looking for a highly motivated Associate Practitioner to join our dynamic team.

Spire Manchester Hospital is a brand new, £65m state-of-the-art healthcare facility offering you the opportunity to work across a wide variety of specialisms. You will be able to develop your clinical skills in a modern and progressive environment. The Manchester team currently consists of over 500 colleagues and we are rapidly expanding as we increase the scope of services we provide across our experienced and dynamic team

Duties and responsibilities As an Associate Practitioner, your role will be to perform clerical, technical and scientific work relating to the laboratory in a professional and competent manner, whilst being supervised by a professionally qualified member of staff.

• Undertake simple pathology investigations
• Report factual data and information
• Monitor and evaluate the movement of laboratory specimens, blood and tissues
• Assist with research and development
• Operate instrumentation for measuring pathology analytes
• Maintain communication with people on routine pathology issues
• Develop own personal development
• Monitor and maintain health and safety and security for self and others
• Contribute to the implementation of services
• Ensure own actions promote quality
• Promote people's equality, diversity and rights
• Acknowledge the risk of Healthcare Associated Infections (HCAI) and understand own responsibility as agreed with line manager in the prevention and control of HCAI

• Desirable to hold an IBMS accredited degree or be currently registered on an accredited pathway.
• Experience of scientific laboratory functions
• Experience of reporting scientific results
• Experience of working to explicit instructions
• Experience of working in an independent sector medical laboratory.
• Training others

We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

• 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
• 'Spire for you' reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
• Free Bupa wellness screening
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Free on-site parking

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.

For further information about this role or for an informal conversation about the range of career options available with Spire please contact Sarah Whittaker on 07525887973 or e-mail

For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Desirable to hold an IBMS accredited degree or be currently registered on an accredited pathway.
• Experience of scientific laboratory functions
• Experience of reporting scientific results
• Experience of working to explicit instructions
• Experience of working in an independent sector medical laboratory.
• Training others

Experience

Essential

• Desirable to hold an IBMS accredited degree or be currently registered on an accredited pathway.
• Experience of scientific laboratory functions
• Experience of reporting scientific results
• Experience of working to explicit instructions
• Experience of working in an independent sector medical laboratory.
• Training others

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Spire Healthcare Ltd

Address

170 Barlow Moor Rd

Manchester

M20 2AF

Employer's website

https://www.spirehealthcare.com/ (Opens in a new tab)