Job responsibilities
THELEEDS WAY VALUES
Ourvalues are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this asa strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staffand set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:
Patient-centred
Collaborative
Fair
Accountable
Empowered
Allour actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values.
Additionally,the following are core values which relate specifically to this post:
Asa healthcare worker dealing with sensitive (patient related) information theimportance and value of personal honesty and integrity as a commitment topatient service and confidentiality will be recognised. In contributing to thequality of a technical clinical service you will understand the requirement tocontinuously develop appropriate skills and accumulate relevant knowledgewhether by formal or in-house training.
WESTYORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION OF ACUTE TRUSTS (WYAAT)
LeedsTeaching Hospitals NHS Trust is part of the West Yorkshire Association of AcuteTrusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across WestYorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care forour patients.
By bringing together the wide range of skillsand expertise across West Yorkshire and Harrogate we are working differently,innovating and driving forward change to deliver the highest quality care. By working for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHSTrust this is your opportunity to be a part of that change.
WYAAT is the acute sector arm of the WestYorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership, one of the largestintegrated care systems in the country. The Partnerships ambition is foreveryone to have the best possible health and wellbeing, and the work of WYAAT,and each individual trust, supports that ambition.
INFECTIONCONTROL
Thejobholder must comply at all times with the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustInfection Control policies, in particular by practising Universal InfectionControl Precautions. Hand hygiene must be performed before and after contactwith patients and their environment.
HEALTHAND SAFETY / RISK MANAGEMENT
Allstaff are responsible for working with their colleagues to maintain and improvethe quality of services provided to our patients and other service users. This includes complying at all times with theLeeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Policies, including Health and Safetypolicies, in particular by following agreed security and safer workingprocedures, and reporting incidents using the Trust Incident Reporting system.
EQUALITYAND DIVERSITY
Thejobholder must comply with all policies and procedures designed to ensureequality of employment and that services are delivered in ways that meet theindividual needs of patients and their families. No person whether they are staff, patient orvisitor should receive less favourable treatment because of their gender,ethnic origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion etc.
TRAININGAND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Thejobholder must take responsibility in agreement with his/her line manager forhis/her own personal development by ensuring that Continuous Professional Developmentremains a priority. The jobholder willundertake all mandatory training required for the role.
COMMUNICATION& WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
Asthe job holder you will communicate and work directly or indirectly with adiverse range of other staff. Those shown below are examples:
Internal
– Colleagues, supervisors and managerswithin the speciality
– Pathology staff working in otherspecialities
– Members of clinical teams includingnurses, doctors and other practitioners
– Administrative and secretarial staff
– Estates and facilities staff
External
– Staff in primary care facilities
– Staff in other hospitals
– Staff in non NHS organizations (forexample suppliers of consumables)
– Patients
SPECIALWORKING CONDITIONS
Asthe job holder you will be required to work in a clinical laboratoryenvironment. As such you will work under controlled conditions where chemicaland biohazardous materials are handled. For your own protection you will berequired to wear appropriate personal protective equipment and for this youwill receive training. Frequent periods of light and occasional periods ofmoderate physical activity related to stores management may be expected. Theservice is delivered from a number of different sites and you may be required,subject to consultation, to travel between sites.
i)PHYSICAL EFFORT:
Thisjob requires a high degree of dexterity and precision when manipulating smalltools such as pipettes, handling very small volumes of clinical material orwhen preparing microscope slides for examination by others. In order to achievethe required turn around times the work must be performed with both speed andaccuracy.
Thesetasks are repetitive and may involve the job holder standing at equipment orsitting at the laboratory bench for extended periods.
Regularrequirement to sit at PC and regular requirement for post holder to be mobilefor collection & delivery of samples.
Thisjob requires the holder to participate in stock control, including the movementof goods from the point of delivery to the point of storage. This will requirefrequent movement of light and moderate loads up to 15kg .
Subjectto suitable and sufficient manual handling training the job holder mayoccasionally be asked to assist in the movement of laboratory equipment incubators) or consumables that weigh in excess of 15kg. gascylinders, containers of large volumes of fluid)
Thereis normally no requirement to lift people.
ii) MENTAL EFFORT:
Theday to day repertoire of this job is diverse and the job holder can expect tobe asked by supervisory staff to change tasks at short notice. In order tominimize errors concentration is required on a daily basis when processingspecimens. Occasionally this may require prolonged concentration and is subjectto workload.
Thejob holder is expected to operate complex laboratory equipment. This taskrequires concentration so that personal safety is maintained, and equipment isnot damaged.
Thereis no requirement for the job holder to drive a vehicle
iii)EMOTIONAL EFFORT:
Innormal circumstances there is little patient contact by the job holder andexposure to emotional circumstances is limited.However, subject to the requirements of the speciality some patientcontact may occur such as in the collection of capillary blood samples fromchildren.
iv)WORKING CONDITIONS:
Thejob holder will be required to work with chemical and biological material onevery shift. The working environment in a clinical laboratory is strictlycontrolled and under normal circumstances these hazards are contained. Therewill be occasional exposure to uncontrolled chemical and biological hazardafter spillage or leakage.
Exposureto physical aggressive behaviour is rare. Occasional exposure to verbalaggression occurs during telephone communication with service users
