# Healthcare Science Support Worker - Biochemistry **Company**: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust **Location**: Dartford **Work arrangement**: onsite **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: £27,106 to £28,850 a year **Category**: Healthcare **Industry**: Healthcare **Apply**: https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9252-26-0209?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_609aeefa-ee7 ## Description Applications are invited for the post of Healthcare Science Support Worker, Higher Level (Band 3) in the Biochemistry Department at Darent Valley Hospital. The successful applicant will be expected to participate in an ongoing quality programme to maintain compliance with the United Kingdom Accreditation Standards (UKAS). The role of the Healthcare Scientific Support Worker is to provide a support role to the qualified Biomedical Scientists. This will include housekeeping duties including stock control of reagents and generally maintaining a clean and safe environment for all staff, to prepare and maintain equipment, to manage the processing of blood and urine samples and to perform some manual testing of samples. The successful candidate will need to be pro-active in their role and use their initiative to work independently, though always supervised. Being able to organise work and prioritise duties is essential. Working with colleagues is necessary to ensure the daily tasks are completed. The Department covers a 24/7 shift system to support service delivery. The successful applicant will be expected to participate in the shift system where required in accordance with Agenda for Change (AfC) terms and conditions. Applicants should have NVQ Level 3 or equivalent experience of laboratory practices and should be able to communicate well. There is an opportunity to learn how to maintain the high-throughput equipment we use as well as to learn a variety of biochemistry techniques for testing samples. **Main duties of the job** - Stock control of reagents - Analyser maintenance - Processing quality control samples and external quality assurance material - Performing manual testing procedures - Entering test results on to the laboratory information system - Assisting with UKAS accreditation - Dealing politely and effectively with phone calls - Liaising with company engineers and other service users **Person Specification** - Education and Training: + Essential: NVQ Level 3 or equivalent experience of laboratory practices, Basic skills to include literacy and numeracy, GCSE maths and /or Science + Desirable: Extensive training in a laboratory in any Pathology discipline - Knowledge and Skills: + Essential: Basic knowledge of biomedical procedures, Computer literate and good keyboard skills, Operating and maintaining laboratory analysers, Processing biological specimens, Good communication / interpersonal skills, Ability to work accurately under pressure + Desirable: Knowledge of clinical sample types within Microbiology, Knowledge of Laboratory computer system, Computer literate with specified LIMs system - Experience: + Essential: Experience in working within a team, Experience of working within a fast paced setting + Desirable: Experience in working as Laboratory assistant or within a laboratory setting, Data analysis experience or previous working in specimen reception environment **Benefits** - Permanent contract - Full-time position - Salary: £27,106 to £28,850 a year per annum inclusive of allowances ## Skills ### Required - laboratory practices - biomedical procedures - computer literacy - communication skills - team work ### Nice to have - extensive training in a laboratory - knowledge of clinical sample types - data analysis experience --- Source: [Apply at jobs.nhs.uk](https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9252-26-0209?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)