Health Care Assistant

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Health Care Assistant (HCA) to join our team at our York Clinical Research Site on a Full Time, Fixed Term Contract!

The HCA is an integral role within the clinical research site and will be responsible for Clinical Assistance tasks including Phlebotomy. The post-holder should have excellent interpersonal skills, energy, pro-active drive and enthusiasm for the role, to ensure that high quality clinical research is delivered according to agreed targets.

Benefits Package

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays increasing with length of service
• Annual Leave Buy and Sell Scheme
• Life insurance - 3x annual salary
• Employee healthcare cash plan
• Employee Assistant Programme
• Enhanced sickness and family friendly policies
• Annual Self Care Day
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• EV Scheme

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsibility for sample processing (e.g., blood, urine) as per each specific study protocol
• Responsibility for taking Blood Samples
• Liaising with external lab vendors and Sponsors to ensure safe and timely transfer of samples as required and in accordance with IATA guidelines.
• Operate Fibroscanning on patients, in line with competency frameworks to ensure accurate readings
• Responsible for complex data collection in accordance with Good Clinical Practice
• Effective communication with the site team, including management of emails, phone calls etc
• Assisting with preparation for clinical visits

Skills and capabilities for this role:

• Educated to degree level in life sciences or a health-related field
• Excellent clinical skills
• Experience working in a lab environment
• Excellent attention to detail
• Experience in processing complex information (Data Entry)
• Pro-active mind set and motivated to learn new skills

Panthera Biopartners is an equal opportunity employer. Panthera will consider all qualified applicants for employment without discrimination on grounds of disability, sex or sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity leave status, race or national or ethnic origin, age, religion or belief, gender identity or re-assignment, marital or civil partnership status, protected veteran status (if applicable) or any other characteristic protected by law. Panthera only employs individuals with the right to work in the country where the role is advertised.

AI - Please note, AI may be used in our recruitment process however all CV's are manually viewed by the talent team.

Panthera Biopartners

Panthera is an independent Site Management Organisation helping pharmaceutical and contract research organisations find the right patient, for the right trial, at the right time. The Panthera team is run by a world-class team of experts with more than a hundred years of clinical research experience.

We put the patient at the heart of everything we do to ensure the best experience and environment for volunteers and participants. Accelerating clinical breakthrough for our customers, our patients, and for future generations.