Job summary
- Main area
- Biochemistry
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent: Shift pattern includes nights, weekends and late shifts
- Hours
- Part time - 18.75 hours per week
- Job ref
- 193-7044672NCG
- Employer
- Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Berkshire Hospital
- Town
- Reading
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Band 5 - Biomedical Scientist - Part time
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
Band 5 - Biomedical Scientist - Part time (18.75 h/w)
The job holder will liaise closely with the Senior BMS in providing a high quality technical service that builds on the standards defined by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) and ISO 15189:2012. They will be expected to develop and maintain close working relationships with all grades of staff both technical and medical to ensure the effective delivery of the technical service. The job holder will benefit from the department support to complete specialist portfolio and multidisciplinary training a cross blood sciences department.
Main duties of the job
To ensure personal competency in all areas of Blood Sciences. To work towards being specialised in an area of Blood Sciences, so as to meet the knowledge and the competency level of a Specialist Practitioner, via a recognised portfolio route or equivalent experience.
To use knowledge, interpretive skills, complex analysers and IT in order to deliver Blood sciences Service to our users.
To recommend and perform tests in the biochemistry areas of Blood Sciences
To perform the initial screening and further investigation of specialist diagnostic tests producing complex quality diagnostic results in order to aid patient treatment and care.
To authorise reports as directed by department procedures and guidelines.
To train other staff as required and directed.
Working for our organisation
We are one of the largest hospital foundation trusts in the country, and currently touch the lives of half a million patients in the west of Berkshire every year by providing high quality acute medical and surgical services for our local communities. The Trust strives to provide high quality, compassionate care for our patients and their families.
Our values:
- Compassionate
- Aspirational
- Resourceful
- Excellent
The town of Reading sits on the River Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford, and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work, and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.
The CQC rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as good.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details on the role, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specifications attached.
Person specification
essential
Essential criteria
- HCPC Registration
Desirable criteria
- experience with shift working pattern
- one year post graduation experience
Essential
Essential criteria
- Biomedical Science or relevant degree
Desirable criteria
- one year experience in medical laboratory
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ibtisam Osman
- Job title
- Site Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01183227769
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