Healthcare Science Associate

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Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization in Newcastle is offering a part-time position as a Healthcare Science Associate Practitioner in the Blood Sciences Department. The role involves managing specimen preparation, ensuring quality assurance, and performing regulatory audits while supporting various laboratory tasks. Applicants should have a relevant NVQ or equivalent qualification. This position provides an opportunity to work in a supportive environment committed to flexibility and inclusivity.

Benefits

Flexible working

Job share options

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience as a Healthcare Science Assistant in Blood Sciences discipline.
• Basic understanding of routine Blood Sciences laboratory procedures.
• Interest in Biomedical Sciences.

Responsibilities

• Carry out tasks for pre-analytical preparation of specimens.
• Manage departmental Quality Assurance.
• Perform audits for compliance with regulatory standards.

Skills

Organised and methodical

Ability to work under pressure

Basic computer skills

Pipetting and weighing

Education

NVQ4 or Foundation Degree in Laboratory and Associated Technical Activities

Job description

Main area 317 Corporate Laboratory - Blood Sciences Grade Band 4 Contract Permanent Hours

• Part time
• Job share
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week Job ref 317-2026-03-13-DR

Employer The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Victoria Infirmary Town 317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary Salary £27,485 - £30,162 pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 18/01/2026 23:59 Interview date 12/02/2026

Healthcare Science Associate

Band 4

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion.

With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, w e’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country.

As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic individual to work within our Blood Sciences Department as a Healthcare Science Associate Practitioner in the Survey Team. There will likely be scope to work across other sections within the department You should be highly motivated with good interpersonal and organisational skills.

• Interview Date: 12 February 2026
• 37.5 Hours/Week and 15 hours/week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

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Main duties of the job

• Healthcare Science Associate Practitioners use practical skills to carry out tasks associated with the pre-analytical preparation of specimens, analysis of a limited range of tests and post analytical duties.
• Manage the day to day departmental Quality Assurance by distributing, monitoring and resulting tests on all schemes.
• Perform audits to ensure the Department is compliant with regulatory standards and guidelines.

Working for our organisation

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• A Healthcare Science Associate is part of a clinical support team whose purpose is to provide timely and accurate high quality scientific information that will assist service users from the hospital and community, in the establishment of a clinical diagnosis and monitoring of patient treatment.
• The Healthcare Science Associate will use practical skills to carry out tasks associated with the pre-analytical preparation of specimens, analysis of a limited range of tests and post analytical duties. This includes day to day management of Quality Assurance Schemes within the Blood Sciences Department and managing Point of Care Testing analysers across the Trust.
• Specimen reception: To deal with the reception, sorting and labelling of patient specimens, identifying inadequate and mislabelled specimens and ensuring urgent samples are prioritised.
• Data entry, preparing specimens for analysis, including booking in-patient and specimen details, storing, retrieving and disposing of specimens.
• To analyse a limited range of tests, e.g. Urine Pregnancy Tests, Blood Gas Analysis, Ionised Calcium in line with departmental SOPs.
• Operate, maintain and basic trouble shoot departmental analysers, in line with departmental SOPs.
• To undertake simple analytical procedures under guidance and maintain and operate laboratory equipment in accordance with departmental SOPs.
• To manually transcribe and record laboratory data, input to and manipulation of the laboratory computer system and derivation of worksheets for qualified staff.
• To receive requests for information by telephone and respond appropriately.
• To prepare and reconstitute reagents and control materials and other processes as required, recording stock levels, maintenance of instruments and equipment, and keeping appropriate records both manually and electronic.
• To manage the day to day departmental Quality Assuranceтие by distributing, monitoring and resulting tests on all schemes.
• To co-ordinate distribution of Quality Assurance reports and assist Team Leaders in review.
• To manage Point ၊ of Care Testing (POCT) devices across the Trust, including training, audit and quantity control.贯>
• To work in compliance with local health and safety rules to ensure a safe working environment for yourself, colleagues and visitors. To adhere to department and Trust Health and Safety policies (including COSHH, Risk assessments and Standard Operating Procedures) and to report any non-compliances to a senior member of staff. Cosmos 5>
• Oversee Healthcare Science Assistants (HSAs) working in the section.
• Train new members of HSA staff.
• The post holder will be required to provide cover for Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holiday duties in the department.

Person specification

Qualifications & Education

• NVQ4, or Foundation Degree in Laboratory and Associated Technical Activities, or IBMS certificate of Achievement portfolio or equivalent level experience

Knowledge & Experience

• Experience зазнач a Healthcare Science Assistant (HCSA) in a Blood Sciences discipline
• Basic computer and keyboard skills
• Understanding a range of routine Blood Sciences laboratory procedures and competence in pipetting, weighing, dilution, reagent preparation and quality checks
• sef confe/fz; interest in Biomedical Sciences

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Skills & Abilities

• Organised and methodical
• Ability to work under pressure and prioritise work

Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form

All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing.realm Kutani og reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.

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