Point of Care Testing (POCT) Coordinator

An exciting opportunity has arisen to apply for the role of a Point of Care Testing (POCT) Coordinator Band 7 at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust within the Biochemistry POCT department. This is a part-time position of 15 hours per week, with flexible working hours between Monday and Friday. The role covers both Colchester and Ipswich Hospitals, and involves working collaboratively with other POCT Coordinators.

As a POCT Coordinator, your responsibilities include assisting the POCT manager in managing the team, including Associate Practitioners. Your primary focus will be on training and ensuring the quality of POCT devices within the trust. Knowledge of UKAS standards is beneficial, as the department is working towards UKAS Accreditation.

Our vision is to deliver an innovative, high-performing Point of Care service that is customer-focused, high quality, and fully compliant.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the POCT service in collaboration with the team
• Manage and coordinate daily team activities
• Drive service improvements
• Ensure the accuracy and quality of results
• Provide specialist advice to clinicians
• Offer specialist services such as training, advanced troubleshooting, and problem-solving for specific requirements
• Work flexibly to meet service needs, including possible extended hours and participation in a 24/7 service
• Handle materials involving human body fluids, tissues, and hazardous chemicals responsibly
• Maintain and promote a professional image of the pathology department

We are ESNEFT, providing hospital and community health services to nearly one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our staff deliver care across hospitals, community clinics, and patients’ homes. We are one of the largest NHS organizations in England, employing over 12,000 staff.

We support our staff through extensive training, development opportunities, flexible working arrangements, a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days of annual leave (pro-rata), and NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers various services.

Our philosophy emphasizes that \’Time Matters\’ to everyone. We are investing in digital transformation through a partnership with Epic, bringing a leading electronic patient record system to ESNEFT, aiming to improve hospital life for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and eager to develop your skills and knowledge, we want to hear from you. Find out more about living and working here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A.

For further details or informal visits, please contact:

• Name: Alison Czarnota
• Job Title: POCT Manager
• Email: alison.czarnota@esneft.nhs.uk
• Telephone: 01473 703229

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