Point of Care Testing Assistant

As a member of Point of Care Testing (POCT) you will contribute to the day to day delivery of the POCT service with specific responsibilities for equipment and reagent management, audits and supporting service users.

Responsible to and in liaison with the POCT Manager, to provide a high quality service that builds on the UKAS ISO standards. The post holder will be expected to develop and maintain close working relationships with all grades of staff both in the team and in the wider Trust to ensure the effective delivery of the service. There will also be an element of administrative duties, use of IT systems and direct communication with a variety of service users.

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our
members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust., We expect the post holder to uphold the trust's CARE values