Job summary
- Main area
- Cellular Pathology
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Secondment: 6 months
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 153-SP03316
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Bournemouth Hospital
- Town
- Bournemouth
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Biomedical Scientist - Cellular Pathology
Band 7
As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
Job overview
We are looking for an enthusiastic HCPC registered Senior Biomedical Scientist to join a dedicated team in a modern department, providing a high-quality service and will take on a leadership role for Mohs & training
The successful applicant must have knowledge of IT, dissection, teaching and mentor skills and appropriate routine laboratory skills including, frozen section work, special staining techniques, embedding and microtomy. Quality Control, microscopy trouble shooting skills is essential to the role. Must be able to communicate effectively with all grades of staff, providing both leadership, training and mentoring.
Applicants must have completed the IBMS Higher Specialist Diploma or hold an MSC. Consideration will be given to candidates nearing completion of post graduate qualifications
University Hospitals Dorset Cellular Pathology department has a high quality UKAS accreditation record and it is an approved laboratory for Registration and Specialist training by the IBMS.
The Cellular Pathology team is made up of different grades of Scientist, including Medical laboratory staff, associate practitioners and biomedical scientists the aim being putting the patient first and delivering a high-quality service
The role is fulltime, and you will be required to work 37.5 hours per week.
Base Location: Royal Bournemouth Hospital
Interview Date: TBC
Main duties of the job
The main duties of this role will be to act as lead for training and Mohs and supervise the day to day activities of the department, liaising with other senior staff to ensure that requests are met according to agreed policies and procedures. Knowledge of quality management is essential to maintain the departments UKAS accreditation. Other duties include staff training, mentoring, troubleshooting and dissection
Working for our organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued team mates and colleagues
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered with the HCPC as a Biomedical Scientist MSc or Higher Specialist Diploma or near completion
Desirable criteria
- Diploma of expert practice in dissection National recognised qualification in quality
Experience
Essential criteria
- At least 2 years post graduate experience
- Considerable experience of all relevant laboratory procedures
- Participation in Continued Professional Development – To maintain up to date knowledge of new developments, concepts and techniques in cellular pathology by reading current literature, attending relevant courses and networking
Technical Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent computer skills – knowledge of common IT and hospital systems
- Highly developed practical and interpretive skills at bench level
- Excellent communication and motivational skills
- Highly skilled in the day-to-day organisation of work area
- Highly skilled in the supervision and training of less qualified staff
- Committed to acquiring new skills in response to a changing work environment
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Specialist knowledge of practical and theoretical histopathology technique
- Thorough knowledge of relevant Trust, Directorate and departmental H&S, Standard Operating Procedures and COSHH
- Thorough understanding of equal opportunities act, recruitment and selection technique and appraisal skills.
- Good knowledge of Quality Management
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
- Alexandra Grainey
- Job title
- Laboratory Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 019 4834
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