Covid-19 Testing Assistant
Grace Academy Coventry
Coventry
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- Expired
- Job type:
- Part Time, Temporary
- Apply by:
- 31 January 2021
Job overview
Role: Covid-19 Testing Assistant (Temporary Role)
Responsible to: Covid-19 Testing Team Leader
Based at: Grace Academy Coventry
Hours: Up to 37 hours per week, 39 weeks per year
Grade: Grade D, point 3 (£9.36 per hour)
Candidates will need to be flexible with the hours and days of work.
Job Context
Grace Academy Coventry is a secondary Academy with approximately 670 students and 70 staff. As a Covid Testing Assistant, you would provide a range of practical support to facilitate the program of Covid-19 Testing in schools, recently announced by Government.
Key Responsibilities
• Support existing Academy staff in the organisation of Covid-19 testing of staff and students
• Managing the supply of test kits and ordering replacements
• Help to ensure the school Covid-19 restrictions are adhered to, maintained to a high standard and that the school remains a Covid-safe environment
Job Description
Set Up and administering of Covid-19 Tests
1) Undertake appropriate training as befits the requirements of the role.
2) Take responsibility for ensuring that you wear the required PPE correctly at all times.
3) Give clear and concise directions to staff and students regarding their tests, maintaining a polite and courteous manners at all times.
4) Assist in maintaining accurate records of who requires testing and when, then distribute test kits accordingly.
5) Prepare extraction fluid vessels to receive the swabs operating with due care and attention at all times.
6) Guide students and staff through the self-swabbing test process as appropriate.
7) Manage any issues or incidents, such as inability to swab, bleeding nose etc. adequately.
Test Processing
8) Receive the swab in the extraction vessel ensuring not to lose the sample on mixing.
9) Administer 2 drops of mixed sample onto the testing device, checking for bubbles when loading device.
10) Check the control test and ensure tests are processed safely and that any waste is disposed of appropriately into the correct receptacles.
11) Be responsible for recording the ‘read time’ on the device clearly and accurately.
12) Demonstrate an understanding of the escalation protocol to report incidents and seek advice from the Team Leader.
13) Ensure that all surfaces are disinfected after each test has been completed in preparation for the next test subject, sanitising hands and changing PPE after disposing of used PPE safely and in accordance with the required protocol.
Recording Results
14) Observe and record the results from the completed test device in a timely manner.
15) Scan the barcodes and confirm the results correctly.
16) Keep an accurate records of all the results including the positive and void results.
17) Upload the results to the desired location as required by the school (i.e. internal spreadsheet or DfE central database)
18) Escalate issues with Covid-19 Testing Team Leader for follow-up e.g. void test kits.
19) Ensuring that records are accurate and kept confidential
General Infection Control
20) Supporting the Team Leader to monitor and maintain the stock levels of both testing kits and PPE for the academy.
21) Understands protocol for breaks and PPE change between breaks.
22) Disinfects all contact surfaces and work area before hand-over, wiping keyboards thoroughly.
23) Hand over still incubating devices to team leader as and when required, in accordance with the correct handling protocols
24) Removal and disposal of PPE and used testing equipment appropriately, in line with the required protocols
Tove Learning Trust expects its employees to work flexibly within the framework of the job description. This means the post holder may be expected to carry out work that is not specified in the job description but which is within the remit of the role, duties and responsibilities.
Tove Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff & visitors to share this commitment.
How to apply:
If you are interested in applying for the role please fill in an application form and email it to gacrecruitment@graceacademy.org.uk.
Attached documents
About Grace Academy Coventry
Grace Academy is a welcoming and caring community where our core values of Limitless Potential, Intentional Excellence, Mutual Respect, Genuine Integrity and Amazing Grace underpin all that we do through ‘The Grace Way’. Our Values are central to our ethos, day-to-day curriculum, extra-curricular activities and pastoral structures. We are aspirational and proud of who we are as we fundamentally believe that all our students should thrive at school and that they have the Limitless Potential to succeed.
We have amazing students here at Grace who deserve the best possible life chances. We encourage students to be praised and recognised for their achievements whilst at the same time being challenged to meet our high expectations of them.
At the centre of all we do is the focus of what is best for our students; we not only focus on the academic excellence of students but also work with students on supporting them to be the best people they can be. My team and I pride ourselves on making decisions from a position of integrity. As a parent myself, I strongly believe that if it is not good enough for my children, then it is not good enough for Grace students. This is even more important in the current climate, as we put student wellbeing and aspirations at the heart of all that we do. We believe it is important for all students leaving Grace Academy to have the self-belief and qualifications they need in order to follow the path they have chosen; that students do not limit themselves and that staff and parents work together to support them in raising their expectations and aspirations. This is without doubt a strength of the school where we achieved ‘outstanding’ in our Ofsted inspection for Personal Development.
We value our staff and pride ourselves on our caring ethos with a strong and genuine focus on staff wellbeing. We are committed to developing our staff at all stages of their career, both internally and externally. This was recogrnised as a strength of Grace in our recent Ofsted inspection: ‘The school has implemented a well-thought-out, professional development programme for staff. Staff workload is carefully considered, which staff appreciate.
We have a friendly, innovative and exciting community in which to work and offer a variety of attractive benefits, such as an onsite gym and use of the sporting facilities, free eye care vouchers, refreshments available throughout the day, free lunches when on duty and the opportunity to be a part of the Staff Wellbeing and Workload Committees.
Grace Academy joined the Tove Learning Trust in April 2019. We are a close knit family of schools that have a shared vision and purpose: to deliver outstanding educational experiences that lead to inspiring outcomes. Each academy has a strong individual identity and tailors their educational provision to serve their local community. Academies within the Trust collaborate to share expertise and maximise opportunities and experiences for our staff and students.
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