Total 5 Health / Beauty / Fitness job vacancies in Liverpool, L3 4BL

See Job Description for further details: Clinical Receiving samples into the laboratory, ensuring compliance with minimum acceptance criteria, and dealing with discrepancies where appropriate. Preparing samples for analysis e.g. specimen handling, centrifugation Loading and operating laboratory centrifuges as required, following standard operating procedures. Prioritise work according to laboratory procedures. Set-up and operation of automated equipment, including routine maintenance, monitoring and troubleshooting and sample processing Undertaking daily / weekly housekeeping duties as required in accordance with departmental decontamination procedures Rotating and discard specimens as required following standard operating procedures Arrange for despatch of samples to external laboratories, ensuring correct packaging and labelling to conform to the current postal and transport regulations and recording details of dispatch Monitor stock in work area and arrange replenishment as necessary to maintain service continuity Undertake stock checks To lift and manoeuvre light goods and equipment in accordance with manual handling regulations and good practice Preparation of CSF packs and 24 hr Urine containers Distribution of consumables to ward based Point of Care equipment Troubleshooting / exchange of ward based Point of Care equipment Managerial/Leadership The ability to relate effectively and communicate clearly and professionally at all levels with colleagues and members of the public, in a courteous, approachable and helpful manner Deal with telephone enquiries, understanding personal limitations, and redirect to others for action as appropriate Supervise visitors, ensuring safe working practices and adherences to policies, protocols and procedures. Ensure visitors have adequate information to enable them to carry out their duties safely and effectively Work effectively as part of a team. Bring any problems or complaints to the attention of relevant staff Infection prevention and control Comply with department infection prevention and control procedures at all times

Clinical To be a team player and able to collaborate effectively with the Band 7 Endocrine Specialist Nurse already in post within the department and to be able to focus and develop further areas within the service that will be identified as key priorities. Autonomously, assess triage and diagnose endocrine conditions and review those with longstanding endocrine conditions, including complex patients as outpatients and inpatients, recommending or initiating appropriate treatment within agreed protocols and guidelines. Independently order, undertake, interpret and act upon diagnostic tests and results for endocrinology patients. Be proficient in venepuncture. Manage, lead and report on key areas within the endocrine service maintaining regular audit and updates on service development at appropriate Governance Meetings and relevant CCG bodies or appropriate agencies as needed. Assess, plan, co-ordinate, implement and evaluate evidence-based endocrinology care in conjunction with relevant health care professionals. Liaise and support primary and secondary care clinicians in relation to management of endocrine clinical care and management. Develop, undertake and manage clinical sessions, clinical telephone support clinics and patient education sessions relating to endocrine conditions and medication titration. Be proficient in assessing and prioritising internal and external referrals for endocrine conditions. Ensure compliance with specific regulations with regards to endocrinology drugs and administration and record keeping within area of work. Act as a senior support and role model supporting and mentoring junior staff. Act as a non-medical prescriber (if has appropriate qualification) within clinical area and competence. Be flexible and willing to undertake hours of work needed to further develop the endocrine service. Manage and hold the Endocrine emergency support line, dealing with calls as appropriate. Professional Leadership and Development Identify, contribute to, or lead on the development and dissemination of evidence-based guidelines, standards and protocols as required. Develop and maintain required specialist clinical skills in the assessment and treatment of patients with endocrine and related conditions. Participate and contribute to regular MDT and clinical supervision sessions as and when required. Attend annual appraisal to discuss and identify training and development needs as part of a Personal Development Plan. Support other specialist nursing colleagues in their continuous professional development including peer and clinical supervision. Update and maintain own clinical knowledge and competence by attending post education courses, mandatory training, study days, workshops and conferences to keep up to date with best clinical practice. Maintain regular links with other Endocrine Specialist Nurses at both local and national level. Lead on and contribute to the development of agreed protocols, integrated care pathways, standards and audit tools that monitor practice. Be competent with ESR and line management systems as required. Lead and participate in Nurse Meetings (departmental and across the Trust) Administrative Ensure compliance with specific endocrinology protocols, standards and clinical paperwork including patient experience satisfaction and endocrinology related surveys. Undertake and provide telephone consultation/support as appropriate to patients and health care professionals. Support with the completion of the Endocrine Annual Specialist Service Report Support and maintain information on the endocrine intranet/internet to ensure that information if updated and relevant to support primary care professionals and patients. Education & Training Provide specialist knowledge, advice and support to colleagues, health care professionals, patients, carers and relatives around endocrine related conditions. Lead and contribute to the multidisciplinary education and training provision/programme for health care professionals involved in caring for patients with endocrinology across organisational boundaries. Develop co-ordinate and participate in endocrinology education and training programmes and evaluate their effectiveness, supporting junior members of staff as needed. Raise awareness of endocrinology and related conditions through health promotion activities and organised events throughout the trust and wider community. Provide support and education to patients, allowing them to develop self-management skills as appropriate to their endocrine condition, provide verbal and written advice to patients and carers with endocrine conditions, around care management as required. Facilitate an appropriate learning environment for students and junior staff providing direct supervision, mentorship, training and evaluation to students and new starters within the trust. Participate in regular clinical education sessions within the diabetes/endocrine unit. Research, Audit and Governance Adhere to policies, procedures and protocols relevant to endocrinology demonstrating understanding of evidence-based care, including where to obtain evidence. Conduct/participate in national and local audit related to endocrinology evaluating and implementing best practice as appropriate. Lead and participate in research projects alongside senior members of the MDT. Lead and participate in audit projects relevant to clinical area and practice. Support junior members of the team with research and audit as appropriate. Attend local, national meetings and conferences to network and share best practice. Maintain clear concise, legible and contemporaneous patient records at all times in line with Trust policy and the Standard for Recording Keeping. To have an understanding of internal and external assessments such as CQC and GIRFT. Participate in the implementation of initiatives to improve endocrine care and support practice development to ensure a high quality service. Communication Communicate effectively with all members of the endocrinology multi-disciplinary team. Establish and maintain continuing relationships with patients, cares and relatives which are essential to providing effective long-term care. Support patients and their families communicating sensitive condition related information and ensure they receive required information to enable them to participate in their care delivery. Support patients and their families during diagnosis of endocrine conditions and treatment ensuring understanding of their condition and any related complications Engage with patients and carers to gain views on service delivery and development THE Walton centre and transitional endocrine clinics with Alderhey. Aintree is an ENETS centre of excellence and has a developing adrenal service. Specific tasks involve, but not limited to 1. Development of virtual clinics for patients with stable thyroid disease 2. GH deficiency Assessment of patients with growth hormone deficiency and provision of education prior to initiation of treatment. Monitoring of response to treatment and long-term surveillance. To ensure all patients on long-term treatment and surveillance receive regular prescriptions of their medication 3. Acromegaly patients To ensure all patients on long-acting somatostatin analogues and pegvisomant (NHS England specially commissioned medication) for uncontrolled acromegaly receive in a timely fashion their monthly prescriptions and injections with appropriate monitoring of their blood tests. 4. Initiation and monitoring of testosterone replacement therapy in patients with hypogonadism and discharge to GP care and follow up after an initial 6-month period of stabilisation as per Pan-Mersey Area Prescribing Committee guidance. 5. Provision of education to patients with adrenal insufficiency to help manage their therapy during acute illness and prevent adrenal crisis. 6. Attend the transitional endocrine clinics held quarterly with the Adult and Paediatric Endocrinology Consultants to be introduced to all patients transitioning to the Aintree adult endocrine service and become their named worker as per NICE Guidelines and help support the teenagers/young adults manage their condition during the period of transition. Administration responsibilities to include acknowledging investigations, communicating results to patients and their GPs, audit, quality measures and activity analysis. Registered Nurses at Aintree have a responsibility to Maintain active status on NMC register Act always in accordance with NMC Code of Conduct and guiding documents Adhere to Trust Policy and Procedure. Maintain up to date skills and knowledge and maintain awareness of professional issues. Maintain a professional portfolio.

See Job Description for further details. The post holder will be required to carry out all duties relevant to a Medical Laboratory Assistant 3, including participation in all aspects of the Histopathology MLA3 rota. This post is essential for the day to day running of the service and will work closely with all other staff within the directorate to deliver the highest quality standard of patient care. To provide a support role to the qualified staff of the department which provides a diagnostic service to the Trust and other Pathology users, working within the Health and Safety policy of the Trust Key responsibilities1.1 Maintain reagent levels and preparing simple solutions.1.2 Filing microscope slides, tissue blocks and relevant paperwork.1.3 Retrieval of material from the archives.1.4 Taking receipt of solvent deliveries. Ensuring that the paperwork is completed fully and correctly.1.5 Ensure the department is appropriately stocked with solvent.1.6 To take delivery of cardice and other consumables as requested.1.7 To safely store and monitor levels of consumables.1.8 Move stocks to and from the consumable storage area as requested.1.9 Ensure the safe disposal of various groups of laboratory waste (paper, chemical, human tissues, glass etc)1.10 Receive specimens into the department ensuring correct patient identification.1.11 Store specimens safely and appropriately prior to and after processing.1.12 To keep working areas in a clean and tidy fashion.1.13 To complete the appropriate quality documentation as necessary.1.14 To man multidiscipline off site specimen reception at Broadgreen Hospital (holiday cover).1.15 To embed processed material.1.16 To assist pathologists and BMS staff at cut-up.2.1 Adherence to the organisations health and safety policy, ensuring personal safety and to avoid putting others at risk.2.2 To participate in the departments appraisal scheme.3.1 Use the departmental computer system as required.3.2 Participate in meetings as required.3.3 Ensure patient confidentiality at all times.3.4 To process enquiries appropriately.4.1 To clean glassware for use by laboratory staff4.2 Daily maintenance of equipment.

Project Leader , Team Leader – Community Engagement, Public Health Training, Event Management, Business Development, Liverpool

Due to business growth and expansion of their services, this is new opportunity to join my client as a project lead to drive community engagement, within their pioneering public health service focused on stopping smoking and community healthcare.

You will be someone passionate about making a difference, with an ability to juggle a wide range of different tasks and priorities. Adaptable and astute, your communication skills will allow you to build solid relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders.

Your remit will be to drive referrals into the service by fostering relationships with partner organisations, organising a range of events which will engage community groups, and generally build long-lasting partnerships that will ensure the success of the services. Perhaps an over-used phrase, but no two days will be the same; you may be meeting key contacts within partners such as charities or healthcare providers one day, and another day could be spent delivering training or talking at events.

Well organised but also creative, you will be able to work with the marketing teams to develop innovative campaigns & events to engage with different community groups for them to benefit from the service.

This will be very rewarding, as you are joining a cutting edge healthcare organisation making a difference across the UK, which is also making sure that minority groups and those most in need of quality healthcare and being reached out to.

A Vacancy at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.


We are looking to recruit a motivated and reliable Medical Laboratory Assistant (MLA) Band 3, with good communication skills, to work as part of the Clinical Chemistry Team. The main duties will include the pre- and post-analytical processing of patient specimens for Biochemistry, and various laboratory duties supporting the biomedical scientists.

We provide a full 24/7 service supported by a shift system (Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions apply) including weekends and Bank Holidays. Previous laboratory and/or Specimen Reception experience would be an advantage.

We’re passionate about what we do and we’ll look for you to match our values.

You will support the day-to-day activities of the Biochemistry department. Working under the supervision of state registered Biomedical Scientists (BMS); you will process clinical specimens for biological testing and perform associated supporting functions.

You will participate in receipting and preparation of patient samples for analysis. You will undertake relevant laboratory duties in a timely and efficient manner as directed by standard operating procedure (SOP) and departmental policy.

You will perform daily and weekly maintenance on instruments and run quality control material (QC) bringing outliers to the attention of BMS.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

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See Job Description for further details:

Clinical

Receiving samples into the laboratory, ensuring compliance with minimum acceptance criteria, and dealing with discrepancies where appropriate.

Preparing samples for analysis e.g. specimen handling, centrifugation

Loading and operating laboratory centrifuges as required, following standard operating procedures.

Prioritise work according to laboratory procedures.

Set-up and operation of automated equipment, including routine maintenance, monitoring and troubleshooting and sample processing

Undertaking daily / weekly housekeeping duties as required in accordance with departmental decontamination procedures

Rotating and discard specimens as required following standard operating procedures

Arrange for despatch of samples to external laboratories, ensuring correct packaging and labelling to conform to the current postal and transport regulations and recording details of dispatch

Monitor stock in work area and arrange replenishment as necessary to maintain service continuity

Undertake stock checks

To lift and manoeuvre light goods and equipment in accordance with manual handling regulations and good practice

Preparation of CSF packs and 24 hr Urine containers

Distribution of consumables to ward based Point of Care equipment

Troubleshooting / exchange of ward based Point of Care equipment

Managerial/Leadership

The ability to relate effectively and communicate clearly and professionally at all levels with colleagues and members of the public, in a courteous, approachable and helpful manner

Deal with telephone enquiries, understanding personal limitations, and redirect to others for action as appropriate

Supervise visitors, ensuring safe working practices and adherences to policies, protocols and procedures.

Ensure visitors have adequate information to enable them to carry out their duties safely and effectively

Work effectively as part of a team.

Bring any problems or complaints to the attention of relevant staff

Infection prevention and control

Comply with department infection prevention and control procedures at all times


This advert closes on Thursday 21 Nov 2024