Associate Practitioner - Point of Care
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 18/08/2026
- Closes
- 31/08/2026
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Role summary
This role is for an Associate Practitioner in Point of Care, working across the Mersey and West Lancashire Network, initially based at Warrington and Halton sites. The successful candidate will support users and devices, including training, maintenance, troubleshooting, and quality management tasks. Cross-site working may be required in the future as part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Pathology Network. The role involves managing various point-of-care devices with full connectivity via Siemens POCelerator middleware.
Essential criteria
- We are Kind
- We are Open
- We are Inclusive
- NVQ level 3 in Lab skills and/or recorded achievement of departmental competencies
- Laboratory experience at Medical Laboratory Assistant level
- Able to follow written instructions (SOP's)
- Problem Solving skills
- Ability to organise/prioritise workload
- IT Skills
- Highly developed physical skills where accuracy
- Frequent requirement for concentration where the work pattern is unpredictable
- Able to handle and work with biological materials
- Other
- Willing to be flexible in service delivery
- Our Values
- We are Kind
- We are Open
- We are Inclusive
- NVQ level 3 in Lab skills and/or recorded achievement of departmental competencies
- Laboratory experience at Medical Laboratory Assistant level
- Able to follow written instructions (SOP's)
- Problem Solving skills
- Ability to organise/prioritise workload
- IT Skills
- Highly developed physical skills where accuracy
- Frequent requirement for concentration where the work pattern is unpredictable
- Able to handle and work with biological materials
- Other
- Willing to be flexible in service delivery
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
This advert: £28,392 – £31,157 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
Applications are invited for a Point of care Associate Practitioner working across the Mersey and West Lancashire Network. The post will initially be based at the Warrington and Halton sites.
As the Pathology Departments across Warrington and Halton and Mersey and West Lancashire have created the Eastern Hub of the Cheshire and Merseyside Pathology Network cross site working across all hospitals may be required in the future.
Point of care manages a number of different devices across the Trust all of which have full connectivity via Siemens POCelerator middleware.Devices include Siemens Rapidlab blood gas analysers, Siemens Atellica DCA , Pro 100 Urilysers, Siemens EPOC, Abbott freestyle precision pro glucose and ketone meters.
_The JD & PS are currently under AfC review and are subject to change._
Main duties of the job
As a member of the point of care team you will be responsible for supporting users and the devices across the Trust this includes delivering training, completing maintenance and troubleshooting issues along with completing tasks required as part of the quality management system.
About us
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
Our services:
Acute Care
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