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Job overview

An exciting 18month fixed term contract is being offered at MFT , at the Wythenshawe Hospital Site. 

As a Specialist Biomedical Scientist, you’ll be experienced and operating as a Biomedical Scientist within Histopathology, in line with ISO 15189 standards and you’ll be rotated across the department, providing scientific services to patients and customers to aid pathological diagnosis.

You’ll deputise for senior team members and manage workflow, support with the management of documentation, and general overall performance.

You’ll also play a role in the training and development of scientific staff.

Opportunities to be trained to support dissection of skin specimens, with cross site support.

Working shift pattern - 7am-7pm Monday to Friday and rotated Sunday 8am-4pm. 

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will act as an HCPC registered Specialist Biomedical Scientist providing
scientific services to patients and customers to aid pathological diagnosis.
The post-holder will have a multi-section role within Histopathology, working in the
specimen reception, cut-up, main laboratory, and immunohistochemistry sections.
Additionally, the post-holder will be required to work within the non-gynae cytology
department, which includes Andrology.
The post-holder will perform a range of specialist technical and scientific activities within
the department and will take part in the organisation and monitoring of work flow in the
department. The post holder will assist the Biomedical Scientist Team Leaders in supervising
sections of the department and provide advice on a range of technical issues.
An extensive range of automated, semi-automated and manual techniques are utilised to
ensure appropriate testing of diagnostic samples. A high level of accuracy and attention to
detail are essential skills for the post.
The post holder will be competent to work unsupervised and at times alone in the
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Working for our organisation

MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.