Qpoint Scheme Coordinator
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Date: 11 hours ago
City: Aldershot, England
Contract type: Full time
Job Overview
Qpoint delivers an External Quality Assessment service specifically designed for users of point of care testing equipment.
Delivered by NHS professionals, our friendly team send regular test samples and reports, offering advice and guidance to enable service users to produce the highest quality results from their point of care testing equipment.
We are looking for an energetic, enthusiastic and well-motivated HCPC registered Biomedical Scientist to complement our multidisciplinary team to deliver the Qpoint External Quality Assessment Schemes.
The job role with be within normal business hours, Monday to Friday and based in Aldershot Centre for Health.
Essential qualities expected are efficiency, being well organised, having good communication and customer service skills, attention to detail. and good keyboard skills. In addition, you should be a reliable individual who is able to demonstrate good practical skills and work as part of a team. You must be keen to embrace new ways of working and develop your knowledge and skills. Support and encouragement will be given for career development.
This is a fabulous opportunity to practice as a Biomedical Scientist while gaining valuable insigts into the commercial sector.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will support the effective operation of the Qpoint External Quality Assessment (EQA) schemes, including contributing to product development and preparation of testing samples. They will be responsible for accurately calculating and scoring EQA circulations, ensuring all results are processed in line with quality standards. Strict adherence to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) is essential for all tasks to maintain compliance, accuracy, and reliability within the service. The role requires regular communication and liaison with a range of stakeholders including service users, pathology and hospital staff, porters, drivers, and couriers to coordinate sample distribution and resolve any operational issues promptly. The post holder will contribute to maintaining the smooth running of EQA schemes, supporting quality assurance activities that underpin clinical pathology services. Attention to detail, organizational skills, and the ability to work within a multidisciplinary team are key to fulfilling the responsibilities effectively.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of responsibilities for this role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
Apply online now
Qpoint delivers an External Quality Assessment service specifically designed for users of point of care testing equipment.
Delivered by NHS professionals, our friendly team send regular test samples and reports, offering advice and guidance to enable service users to produce the highest quality results from their point of care testing equipment.
We are looking for an energetic, enthusiastic and well-motivated HCPC registered Biomedical Scientist to complement our multidisciplinary team to deliver the Qpoint External Quality Assessment Schemes.
The job role with be within normal business hours, Monday to Friday and based in Aldershot Centre for Health.
Essential qualities expected are efficiency, being well organised, having good communication and customer service skills, attention to detail. and good keyboard skills. In addition, you should be a reliable individual who is able to demonstrate good practical skills and work as part of a team. You must be keen to embrace new ways of working and develop your knowledge and skills. Support and encouragement will be given for career development.
This is a fabulous opportunity to practice as a Biomedical Scientist while gaining valuable insigts into the commercial sector.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will support the effective operation of the Qpoint External Quality Assessment (EQA) schemes, including contributing to product development and preparation of testing samples. They will be responsible for accurately calculating and scoring EQA circulations, ensuring all results are processed in line with quality standards. Strict adherence to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) is essential for all tasks to maintain compliance, accuracy, and reliability within the service. The role requires regular communication and liaison with a range of stakeholders including service users, pathology and hospital staff, porters, drivers, and couriers to coordinate sample distribution and resolve any operational issues promptly. The post holder will contribute to maintaining the smooth running of EQA schemes, supporting quality assurance activities that underpin clinical pathology services. Attention to detail, organizational skills, and the ability to work within a multidisciplinary team are key to fulfilling the responsibilities effectively.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Frimley Health Trust benefits on Vimeo
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of responsibilities for this role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc Biomedical Sciences
- IBMS Registration Portfolio
- Post-registration experience in relevant field
- IBMS Specialist Portfolio
Essential criteria
- Must be able to prioritise own work (and that of others), make decisions autonomously when required, working to tight timescales
- Capable of strategic thinking with ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise
- Freedom and confidence to act to ensure routine service provision is supported at all times in accordance with POCT Policy
- Extensive experience supporting a POCT service
- To have had extensive training experience
Essential criteria
- Conversant with Control Of Substances Hazardous to Health regulations and other Health and Safety regulations as applied to the clinical laboratory
- Good understanding of computer logic to assist with software development and troubleshooting
- A thorough understanding of EQA and how it is applied to POCT.
- To have received formal training in audit, appraisal and management
We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
Apply online now
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