Job summary
- Main area
- Microbiology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 362-A-25-7287087
- Employer
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Stepping Hill Hospital
- Town
- Stockport
- Salary
- £24,169 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Assistant Technical Officer
NHS AfC: Band 2
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
There are lots of good reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you’ll see in yourself. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce.
Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four ‘specialist’ hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a ‘specialist’ hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.
Our values ‘We Care, We Respect, We Listen’ are at the heart of everything we do, and come from our promise: ‘Making a difference every day.’ They drive the behaviour and actions for everyone in our organisation.
In your application for this post, please describe how your experience and skills align with 'Our values-based behaviours' ( see additional documentation) and provide examples.
Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment
As well as recognising previous NHS service, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. If you are currently employed by Greater Manchester Local Authority, Combined Authority, GMFRS, TfGM as well as other public service organisations, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust will recognise your previous service for sickness and maternity/paternity/adoption entitlement and also for annual leave purposes (providing there has been no break in service). If you currently work for one of the above organisations and successfully apply for a post with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, please ensure the Recruitment team are aware so that this service is reflected in your contract of employment.
Our Values:
We Care
About each other
Our patients and their families
The communities we serve
The environment
We support them and deliver on their promises
We Respect
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We are kind and helpful, and we expect the same in return
We Listen to
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We act and learn from what we hear
Job overview
We are looking to appoint a highly enthusiastic individual to support the Microbiology Section by ensuring samples are registered and are ready for analysis. To help ensure reagents and media are ready for use and that the laboratory environment is maintained in an appropriate condition. To perform routine microbiological tasks of non-complex and routine nature.. The successful candidate will have excellent problem solving skills and will be able to show initiative.
Quality Control North West is part of Stockport Foundation Trust and is an NHS regional specialty department responsible for providing pharmaceutical quality control services to NHS and non-NHS clients. The laboratories at Stockport are well equipped and advanced in analytical instrumentation and are accredited to ISO 17025 by UKAS.
Main duties of the job
To receive, unpack and sort large numbers of environmental and pharmaceutical samples so as to enable accurate analysis and clear reporting by the Section.
To ensure sample documentation is complete, accurate and filed appropriately.
To register all samples on the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), assign a unique sample identifier and ensure the analytical tests requested are assigned.
To sample raw materials from the Pharmaceutical Production Unit on request, ensuring no contamination of the bulk material. To ensure the correct hazard label is applied to the samples.
To assist in maintaining the laboratory environment by regular disinfection of laboratory surfaces and disposal of samples and microbiological waste.
To be responsible for the receipt and storage of media from suppliers, and the assembly and packing of media for onward distribution to a range of Pharmacy Aseptic and Production Units
To perform routine microbiological techniques requiring aseptic technique and a degree of manual dexterity, including sterility testing when the facility re-opens.
To manage the incubation of environmental samples, ensuring the samples are incubated promptly and safely at the correct temperatures for the correct amount of time.
Working for our organisation
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Benefits we offer to you:
- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities
To receive, unpack and sort large numbers of environmental and pharmaceutical samples so as to enable accurate analysis and clear reporting by the Section.
To ensure sample documentation is complete, accurate and filed appropriately.
To register all samples on the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), assign a unique sample identifier and ensure the analytical tests requested are assigned.
To sample raw materials from the Pharmaceutical Production Unit on request, ensuring no contamination of the bulk material. To ensure the correct hazard label is applied to the samples.
To assist in maintaining the laboratory environment by regular disinfection of laboratory surfaces and disposal of samples and microbiological waste.
To be responsible for the receipt and storage of media from suppliers, and the assembly and packing of media for onward distribution to a range of Pharmacy Aseptic and Production Units
To perform routine microbiological techniques requiring aseptic technique and a degree of manual dexterity, including sterility testing when the facility re-opens.
To manage the incubation of environmental samples, ensuring the samples are incubated promptly and safely at the correct temperatures for the correct amount of time.
Communications
To participate in regular Section and departmental staff meetings.
To communicate verbally with Production Unit and Pharmacy Aseptic Unit staff where necessary to resolve sample receipt problems.
To communicate verbally to team members any urgent notices or special requests accompanying samples.
Responsibility for Patient Care
To help to ensure the microbiological safety of medicines prepared by the pharmaceutical production units and pharmacy aseptic units throughout the Greater Manchester area.
Planning and organising
To plan work on a day-to-day basis in conjunction with the section head, ensuring duties are performed in a timely manner.
Responsibilities for Physical and / or Financial Resources
To ensure good stock control of large amounts of microbiological media, and accurate recording of issues to clients.
Responsibility for Policy and Service Development and Implementation
To contribute ideas regarding the work of the Section during staff meetings.
To follow set procedures in accordance with the organisation Quality Manual
Responsibilities for data and information resources
To use the LIMS to register all samples received by the section. Production of daily reports listing all samples received.
To maintain a database recording all stock items issued to clients, and to produce reports from this database when required by the Office Manager.
To maintain accurate written records in line with the requirements of Good Laboratory Practice for own analytical work.
Physical Skills and Effort
Manual dexterity
Computer data entry
Keyboard skills
Aseptic technique
Some lifting of moderate weights involved.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Good General Education or equivalent experience
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Basic computer literacy
Experience
Essential criteria
- Similar type of job
- Work requiring manual dexterity
- Working to set procedures
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Manual dexterity
- Computer data entry
- Ability to follow written procedures
- Keyboard skills
- Good record keeping
- Aseptic technique
- Ability to work with minimal supervision after training
Work Related Circumstances
Essential criteria
- Some lifting of moderate weights involved
- Long periods of VDU work
- Working in aseptic environment
- Occasional exposure to unpleasant contaminated waste
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Gillian Stokes
- Job title
- Advanced Scientist - Microbiology
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 419 4948
- Additional information
Ila Patel 0161 419 5647
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