Healthcare Science Associate

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the blood sciences team at Northumbria Healthcare as a Healthcare Science Associate.

Healthcare Science Associate works as part of the pathology team. They will be responsible for performing a range of scientific procedures on biological samples contributing to the diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of diseases, and the investigation of other pathological processes. This role contributes to the production of accurate and timely results, whilst supporting the ongoing development of pathology services.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Healthcare Science Associate works as part of the pathology team. They will be responsible for performing a range of scientific procedures on biological samples contributing to the diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of diseases, and the investigation of other pathological processes. This role contributes to the production of accurate and timely results, whilst supporting the ongoing development of pathology services.

Laboratory investigations will be carried out in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), with all work carried out to specified standards as laid down by United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS). This role could be across all sites within the Trust.

To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Matthew Wilson Job title: Blood Transfusion Operational Manager Email address: ***email_hidden*** Telephone number: View phone number on unitedkingdom.jobradars.com