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Associate Practitioner - Microbiology (INTERNAL)
Wye Valley NHS Trust
North East England
GBP 28,392 - 31,157 per year
GP/General Practitioner
Job summary The post holder will perform routine and support functions for the Microbiology service, under supervision from the qualified biomedical scientif...
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Associate Practitioner - Microbiology (INTERNAL)
Wye Valley NHS Trust
North East England
GBP 28,392 - 31,157 per year
GP/General Practitioner
Job summary The post holder will perform routine and support functions for the Microbiology service, under supervision from the qualified biomedical scientif...
24 day(s) ago
Data Quality Officer
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
Inner London, Greater London
GBP 25,760 - 27,476 per year
GP/General Practitioner
Job summary **PLEASE NOTE: This role is not eligible for current or future visa sponsorship** Data Quality Officer 37.
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Data Quality Officer
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
Inner London, Greater London
GBP 25,760 - 27,476 per year
GP/General Practitioner
Job summary **PLEASE NOTE: This role is not eligible for current or future visa sponsorship** Data Quality Officer 37.
1 month(s) ago
Associate Practitioner - Microbiology (INTERNAL)
Wye Valley NHS Trust View all jobs
Posted 24 day(s) ago
Reference: 2429118
Job summary
The post holder will perform routine and support functions for the Microbiology service, under supervision from the qualified biomedical scientific staff in accordance with departmental policies and procedures. The post holder will be the primary point of contact for the department providing consistency and stability to the running of a busy Microbiology Laboratory.
The post holder will be expected to acquire technical knowledge including specialised knowledge of complex instruments and test principles to support the lead Biomedical Scientist.
Main duties of the job
- Receipt, handling and triaging of biological specimens . This will involve handling specimens posing a potential risk of infection.
- To undertake internal quality control and external quality assurance procedures to ensure accuracy and reliability of results produced.
- Troubleshooting and maintenance.
- Sample preparation
- Use judgment and time management skills to manage daily workload, ensuring appropriate prioritisation of tests to meet the needs and requirement of users and agreed turnaround times.
- To operate automated and semi-automated analyser systems
- To perform technical and clerical tasks.
- Participate in post analytical sample handling, including unloading, sorting, storing and retrieving samples.
- Maintain adequate stocks of reagents and consumables
- Enter patient request data onto the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS).
- Package samples requiring to be sent to other laboratories for analysis in line with legal requirements for the transport of biological substances.
- Enter results from referral laboratories into the LIMS system.
About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.
Details
Date posted
15 October 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£28,392 to £31,157 a year pa pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
229-CS-8332790
Job locations
County Hospital
Stonebow Road
Hereford
HR1 2ER
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view supporting documents linked to this vacancy.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view supporting documents linked to this vacancy.
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- 4 GCSE's grade C/4 or above (1 preferably in a science subject)
- The post holder will be required to hold one of the following Qualifications: ? Training in biological science to diploma level or higher (e.g. HNC, HND) or ? IBMS Certificate of Achievement Part 2 or ? Diploma/HNC/HND or higher in relevant science subject or relevant experience/equivalent level of knowledge
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to provide and receive complex information relating to Microbiology tests and equipment
- Knowledge and understanding of Health & Safety practice in Pathology laboratories
- Experience of using a range of IT programmes, including a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office especially Excel, Word and PowerPoint
- Ability to work as part of a team
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in a laboratory environment.
- Experience of the preparation of samples for analysis including pre and post analytical checking
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- 4 GCSE's grade C/4 or above (1 preferably in a science subject)
- The post holder will be required to hold one of the following Qualifications: ? Training in biological science to diploma level or higher (e.g. HNC, HND) or ? IBMS Certificate of Achievement Part 2 or ? Diploma/HNC/HND or higher in relevant science subject or relevant experience/equivalent level of knowledge
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to provide and receive complex information relating to Microbiology tests and equipment
- Knowledge and understanding of Health & Safety practice in Pathology laboratories
- Experience of using a range of IT programmes, including a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office especially Excel, Word and PowerPoint
- Ability to work as part of a team
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in a laboratory environment.
- Experience of the preparation of samples for analysis including pre and post analytical checking
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address
County Hospital
Stonebow Road
Hereford
HR1 2ER
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address
County Hospital
Stonebow Road
Hereford
HR1 2ER
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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Posted 1 month(s) ago
Reference: 230-56197407-EPR-A
Job summary
**PLEASE NOTE: This role is not eligible for current or future visa sponsorship**
Data Quality Officer
37.5 hours per week
Fixed Term for 12 months
Salary: £25,760 - £27,476 per annum
Closing Date: Tuesday 13th October 2026
Interview Date: TBC
**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. **
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A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.
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- To support the Data Quality Team in ensuring data held across the Trust contains accurate and reliable information. To contribute to the Data Quality Team in providing an efficient and high-quality service for ensuring accurate source data which constitutes a major part of the Information Governance agenda. To provide support to the Data Improvement Manager, in raising awareness across the Trust for the need for timely and accurate quality data.
- As a member of the Trust's Data Quality Department, the post holder will work as part of a team which includes Clinical Coding Department and Information Department.
Main duties of the job
- To work as part of the EPR programme to ensure that patient related data held within the Trust is accurate.
- and complete to enable reliable and robust reporting to support clinical and business processes, statutory information and income generation.
About us
Here at George Eliot our vision to'excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
Effective Open Communication
excellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
If you are applying for a Domestic Assistant or Health Care Assistant role you may be eligible for the refer a friend scheme - find out more here: https://www.geh.nhs.uk/about-us/people-and-workforce/vacancies/refer-friend-scheme
Details
Date posted
29 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£25,760 to £27,476 a year per annum
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
230-56197407-EPR-A
Job locations
George Eliot Hospital
Lewes House
Nuneaton
CV10 7DJ
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
- As a member of the Data Quality Team, support the trust in meeting the data requirements of clinicians, hospital managers, commissioners and Trust board.
- To Identify and report anomalies in data and ensure that any errors are corrected at source.
- To work as part of the EPR programme to ensure that patient related data held within the Trust is accurate
- and complete to enable reliable and robust reporting to support clinical and business processes, statutory information and income generation.
- Providing training, mentoring and coaching as required to groups.
- Provide training, mentoring and coaching on a one-to-one basis if required.
- Identify data quality issues and ensure that departments are made aware of them in a timely manner in line with national deadlines.
- To audit the accuracy and completeness of data held on Lorenzo and other trust systems ensuring that they are properly completed, and data quality standards are maintained in line with Information Governance requirements.
- To identify areas where the quality of data and or working practices require audit and help promote awareness of the importance of clinical data.
- To support the Clinic Coding and Information Departments to ensure that targets and quality standards are maintained within the agreed deadlines.
- To provide Data Quality training and awareness sessions as required based on service needs.
- To undertake Referral to Treatment (RTT) Validation, ensuring that patients on an RTT pathway have the correct RTT outcome. Chasing the outcome when necessary.
- Provide information to enable patients to be managed more effectively through their 18-week pathway.
- To close referrals when required for any patient showing on an RTT pathway that has been identified as a stopped pathway, ensuring that the correct pathway has been identified.
- Act independently guided by the principles and operational framework of the Trusts Access Policy and national and local 18 Weeks Guidance.
- To provide and receive complex information and communicate statistical matters/system changes to non-analytical professionals
- Be responsible for adapting and improving local information systems and procedures around data collection, input, audit and analysis so they continue to meet the needs of the trust.
- Extract data using online reports and analyse with Excel.
- To ensure Data Validation is complete within timescales to meet Trust and SUS deadlines.
- To resolve any queries relating to data quality at source.
- Be aware of and communicate any data changes and any software enhancements that will affect the quality of data.
- Participate in team, professional and personal development activities and promote a commitment to continuous development and improvement.
- To participate and support all operational managers, users and developers in improving data quality encouraging decision making and action planning to resolve complex data and system issues and evaluating the effectiveness of such actions.
- Work with the IT trainers to provide support for new and existing members of staff.
- Working with the Senior Data Quality officer, monitor the Teams performance against Trust and NHS England Targets.
- Act independently to manage own workload, ensuring that issues are dealt with in a timely manner, identifying any problems and liaising with Trust managers as appropriate, ensuring that final reports or responses are provided in a timely manner.
- Undertake any other duties commensurate with this grade and nature of the post as allocated by the Manager, including project work and absence cover.
Relationships
Internal
- Consultants and Junior Doctors
- Nursing Staff
- General / Department Managers
- Clinical Coding Team
- Information Team
- Finance Team
- Governance Team
- All Administration Departments within the Trust
- Lorenzo Team
- EPR Workstreams
- Ward Administrators
External
- Cloud21
- General Practitioner Surgery Staff
- Other NHS Hospital Staff
- Other NHS Bodies
- Oracle Health Team
Special Requirements
- There is a requirement to use VDU equipment continuously every day DSE implications.
For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- As a member of the Data Quality Team, support the trust in meeting the data requirements of clinicians, hospital managers, commissioners and Trust board.
- To Identify and report anomalies in data and ensure that any errors are corrected at source.
- To work as part of the EPR programme to ensure that patient related data held within the Trust is accurate
- and complete to enable reliable and robust reporting to support clinical and business processes, statutory information and income generation.
- Providing training, mentoring and coaching as required to groups.
- Provide training, mentoring and coaching on a one-to-one basis if required.
- Identify data quality issues and ensure that departments are made aware of them in a timely manner in line with national deadlines.
- To audit the accuracy and completeness of data held on Lorenzo and other trust systems ensuring that they are properly completed, and data quality standards are maintained in line with Information Governance requirements.
- To identify areas where the quality of data and or working practices require audit and help promote awareness of the importance of clinical data.
- To support the Clinic Coding and Information Departments to ensure that targets and quality standards are maintained within the agreed deadlines.
- To provide Data Quality training and awareness sessions as required based on service needs.
- To undertake Referral to Treatment (RTT) Validation, ensuring that patients on an RTT pathway have the correct RTT outcome. Chasing the outcome when necessary.
- Provide information to enable patients to be managed more effectively through their 18-week pathway.
- To close referrals when required for any patient showing on an RTT pathway that has been identified as a stopped pathway, ensuring that the correct pathway has been identified.
- Act independently guided by the principles and operational framework of the Trusts Access Policy and national and local 18 Weeks Guidance.
- To provide and receive complex information and communicate statistical matters/system changes to non-analytical professionals
- Be responsible for adapting and improving local information systems and procedures around data collection, input, audit and analysis so they continue to meet the needs of the trust.
- Extract data using online reports and analyse with Excel.
- To ensure Data Validation is complete within timescales to meet Trust and SUS deadlines.
- To resolve any queries relating to data quality at source.
- Be aware of and communicate any data changes and any software enhancements that will affect the quality of data.
- Participate in team, professional and personal development activities and promote a commitment to continuous development and improvement.
- To participate and support all operational managers, users and developers in improving data quality encouraging decision making and action planning to resolve complex data and system issues and evaluating the effectiveness of such actions.
- Work with the IT trainers to provide support for new and existing members of staff.
- Working with the Senior Data Quality officer, monitor the Teams performance against Trust and NHS England Targets.
- Act independently to manage own workload, ensuring that issues are dealt with in a timely manner, identifying any problems and liaising with Trust managers as appropriate, ensuring that final reports or responses are provided in a timely manner.
- Undertake any other duties commensurate with this grade and nature of the post as allocated by the Manager, including project work and absence cover.
Relationships
Internal
- Consultants and Junior Doctors
- Nursing Staff
- General / Department Managers
- Clinical Coding Team
- Information Team
- Finance Team
- Governance Team
- All Administration Departments within the Trust
- Lorenzo Team
- EPR Workstreams
- Ward Administrators
External
- Cloud21
- General Practitioner Surgery Staff
- Other NHS Hospital Staff
- Other NHS Bodies
- Oracle Health Team
Special Requirements
- There is a requirement to use VDU equipment continuously every day DSE implications.
For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.
Person Specification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Previous office experience
- Dealing with a wide range of data elements
- Use of Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Desirable
- Previous work within an NHS environment
- Experience of working with a wide range of staff at all levels
- Knowledge of patient pathway from referral to discharge
Qualification(s) and Professional Training
Essential
- Good general education to GCSE level with Mathematics and English
- Evidence of continuing personal development
Desirable
- International Certification of Digital Literacy (I.C.D.L) or further IT Training
- NVQ Level 2
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent key board skills
- Ability to generate an analyse reports from databases
- Investigative and analytical approach/experience
- Able to establish rapport and foster working relationships with a wide range of staff groups
Person Specification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Previous office experience
- Dealing with a wide range of data elements
- Use of Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Desirable
- Previous work within an NHS environment
- Experience of working with a wide range of staff at all levels
- Knowledge of patient pathway from referral to discharge
Qualification(s) and Professional Training
Essential
- Good general education to GCSE level with Mathematics and English
- Evidence of continuing personal development
Desirable
- International Certification of Digital Literacy (I.C.D.L) or further IT Training
- NVQ Level 2
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent key board skills
- Ability to generate an analyse reports from databases
- Investigative and analytical approach/experience
- Able to establish rapport and foster working relationships with a wide range of staff groups
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
Address
George Eliot Hospital
Lewes House
Nuneaton
CV10 7DJ
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://www.geh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
Address
George Eliot Hospital
Lewes House
Nuneaton
CV10 7DJ
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://www.geh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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