Point of Care Testing / Laboratory Support Technicians - European Deployed Medical Facility
Posted 3 days ago by Aspen Medical
Negotiable
Undetermined
Undetermined
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary: Aspen Medical is seeking expressions of interest from experienced Point-of-Care Testing / Laboratory Support Technicians for potential future opportunities in deployed medical facilities across Europe. Candidates with backgrounds in laboratory, nursing, paramedic, biomedical science, or clinical support are encouraged to apply, although these are not confirmed vacancies. The role will involve supporting various diagnostic testing and laboratory workflows, subject to operational requirements and client approval. This is an early market engagement initiative aimed at talent pooling rather than immediate employment offers.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support point-of-care diagnostic testing within agreed scope.
- Conduct ECGs, urinalysis, glucose testing, and rapid infectious disease testing.
- Handle samples and manage basic clinical diagnostic workflows.
- Provide support for PCR or other diagnostic platforms where authorized and trained.
- Perform laboratory consumable checks, expiry tracking, and stock readiness.
- Adhere to infection prevention, biosafety, and waste handling procedures.
- Document test results and communicate findings to authorized clinical personnel.
- Maintain quality control, calibration, and maintenance records.
- Assist with medical screening as required.
- Ensure secure handling of laboratory assets and sensitive health information.
Key Skills:
- Recognized clinical, laboratory, nursing, paramedic, biomedical science, healthcare assistant or comparable healthcare qualification from an EU country, Norway or the UK.
- Experience with point-of-care testing, sample handling, or clinical diagnostics.
- Ability to follow SOPs, infection prevention controls, and documentation requirements.
- Strong English language capability.
- Ability to work in a deployed, multinational, and operationally controlled environment.
- Capability to complete credentialing, background checks, medical fitness screening, security requirements, and site access procedures.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Glasgow
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Aspen Medical is inviting expressions of interest from experienced Point-of-Care Testing / Laboratory Support Technicians for potential future deployed medical facility opportunities in Europe. These opportunities may suit laboratory, nursing, paramedic, biomedical science or clinical support personnel with experience in point-of-care testing, sample handling, rapid diagnostics, infectious disease testing, occupational health screening or deployed healthcare support. At this stage, Aspen Medical is conducting early market engagement and talent pooling only. These are not confirmed vacancies, and no offer of employment or deployment is implied. Any future role will be subject to client award, contract execution, operational requirements, credentialing where applicable, medical fitness, security screening, site access approval and final mobilisation approval.
Potential Responsibilities
- The Point-of-Care Testing / Laboratory Support Technician may be required to support:
- Point-of-care diagnostic testing within agreed scope.
- ECGs, urinalysis, glucose testing and rapid infectious disease testing.
- Sample handling and basic clinical diagnostic workflows.
- PCR or other diagnostic platform support where authorised and trained.
- Laboratory consumable checks, expiry tracking and stock readiness.
- Infection prevention, biosafety and waste handling procedures.
- Documentation of test results and communication to authorised clinical personnel.
- Quality control, calibration and maintenance records.
- Medical screening support where required.
- Secure handling of laboratory assets and sensitive health information.
Essential Requirements
- Applicants should have:
- Recognised clinical, laboratory, nursing, paramedic, biomedical science, healthcare assistant or comparable healthcare qualification from an EU country, Norway or the UK.
- Experience with point-of-care testing, sample handling or clinical diagnostics.
- Ability to follow SOPs, infection prevention controls and documentation requirements.
- Strong English language capability.
- Ability to work in a deployed, multinational and operationally controlled environment.
- Ability to complete credentialing where applicable, background checks, medical fitness screening, security requirements and site access procedures.
Desirable Experience
- Military laboratory, field hospital, expeditionary or remote-site experience is desirable.
- PCR platform experience, infectious disease testing, respiratory or gastrointestinal testing, occupational health screening, quality control or audit documentation experience would be advantageous.
Eligibility:
Due to anticipated operational and client requirements, applicants must be nationals of, or otherwise eligible for deployment from, EU countries, Norway or the United Kingdom.
Important note: This is an Expression of Interest for potential future opportunities only. These are not confirmed vacancies and no offer of employment or deployment is implied. Any future opportunity will be subject to client award, contract execution, operational requirements, credentialing, medical fitness, security screening, site access approval and final mobilization approval. Military, defense, NATO, expeditionary, humanitarian, remote-site or austere healthcare experience is highly desirable.