Job summary
- Main area
- Infection Sciences
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (24/7 shift pattern)
- Job ref
- 205-6437409
- Employer
- University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- RSUH
- Town
- Stoke on Trent
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Biomedical Scientist
Band 6
Job overview
The University Hospital of North Midlands, Mid Cheshire and East Cheshire NHS Trusts are working collaboratively to form a Pathology network in line with a NHSI directive.
Specialist Biomedical Scientist
AFC Band 6
Department of Infection Science (Bacteriology)
Permanent
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic HCPC registered Specialist BMS to join our team. You must be a strong team player who has a positive attitude to change. You must have excellent organisational and communication skills. The successful applicant will work as part of a team of virology and bacteriology staff based at the Royal Stoke University Hospital site.
The Infection Science Department at Royal Stoke University Hospital in Stoke-on-Trent provides a comprehensive range of diagnostic and clinical services for two acute Hospitals, local GUM clinics and a wide range of community based health providers.
We also provide laboratory services to GPs and wider service users in the surrounding area. The Bacteriology department is equipped with Vitek2, UF-5000i, Maldi-Tof PRIME, BACT/ALERT VIRTUO, BD MAX and WASPLab. The hours of work for this post will be 37.5 hours per week over a 24/7 period. Applicants will be expected to have significant bacteriology experience preferably in an NHS Lab for the Band 6 role.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. We serve around three million people and we’re highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research.
The Trust has around 1,450 inpatient beds across two sites in Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford. Our 11,000 strong workforce provide emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care from Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital in Stafford. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales. We have put together a wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their potential.
Our goal is to be a world-class centre of achievement, where patients receive the highest standards of care and the best people come to learn, work and research.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Biomedical Science Degree
- IBMS post-graduate Specialist Diploma
- Registered with HCPC
- Evidence of CPD
Experience
Essential criteria
- Minimum of 2 years post registration experience
- Staff management excperience
- Experience working with complex, specialist equipment
- Experience of Pathology IT systems
Desirable criteria
- Experience working in an acute trust
- Experience working in a busy laboratory
Skills and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Able to work as part of a team and
- Knowledge of Laboratory Health & Safety regulations and governing bodies
- Good oral and written communication
- Ability to work to SOPs, review and contribute to their implementation
- Ability to analyse and problem solve
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
- Kerry Rawlin
- Job title
- Lead Biomedical Scientist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01782 674898
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