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Job summary

Main area
Blood Sciences
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (shift post - includes nights and weekends)
Job ref
193-7028802NCG
Employer
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Berkshire Hospital
Town
Reading
Salary
£37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
24/04/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust logo

Band 6 - Biomedical Scientist

NHS AfC: Band 6

Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated ‘Good’ with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements.  The Trust’s overall rating has also improved to ‘good’.  This is a great opportunity to join our clinical or non-clinical teams to create a positive and motivating environment within our trust.  Come and join our team in this exciting time of change as we pride ourselves, our staff and our services on excellence.

At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is “Working together to provide outstanding care for our community.”

We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions

We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate

We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live

We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice

Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us.  We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.  

Job overview

Band 6 - Biomedical Scientist

We have an opportunity in  blood sciences  available for a  Specialist Biomedical Scientist at Band 6.This is a multidisciplinary rotational post. Blood sciences department include haematology, blood transfusion and biochemistry. 

If you are looking for a BMS position with a desire to work as part of one of the largest NHS led Pathology Services in the South of England, we  offer you:

  • Innovative practices.
  • Strong, personal, and professional development.
  • A laboratory at the forefront of the national Modernising Pathology agenda.
  • Forward thinking and team orientated staff.

We can help you to achieve these by supporting your development by providing access to courses up to and including master’s degree. In addition, we support development of staff with internal and external courses for management, Health & Safety and Quality management.

Our laboratory has accreditation for UKAS ISO:15189 and is also accredited with, MHRA,  and is accredited as a training laboratory by the IBMS for both registration and specialist portfolios leading to HCPC registration.

Main duties of the job

  • To ensure personal competency in all areas of blood sciences. 
  • To work towards being competent as multidisciplinary BMS  to meet the knowledge and the competency level of a Specialist Practitioner, via a recognised blood sciences portfolio route or an MSc with equivalent experience. 
  • To highly use specialist knowledge, interpretive skills, complex analysers and IT to deliver blood sciences Service to our users.
  • To recommend and perform tests in the specialised areas of Blood sciences. 
  • To perform the initial screening and further investigation of specialist diagnostic tests producing complex quality diagnostic results to aid patient treatment and care.
  • To authorise reports as directed by department procedures and guidelines.
  • To train other staff as required and directed.
  • To work in such a way to ensure the most effective use of non-pay resources to contribute to the efficiency of the departmental budgets and maintain the competitive advantage of the departments service.

The successful candidate will be expected to participate on the Shift rota which will include late , night and weekend shifts.

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

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • HCPC registered
  • Evidence of CPD
  • MSC in blood sciences
Desirable criteria
  • Specialist Portfolio in Blood sciences

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Worked in a blood sciences or one blood sciences disciplines Laboratory as a stated registered BMS
  • Participated on out of hours rota
  • Minimum 1 year of experience
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of Audits and quality management systems

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Care quality commission - GoodMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Stonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.National Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark 2024Florence Nightingale Foundation

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Ibtisam Osman
Job title
Site Lead -Blood Sciences
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01183227769
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