Job summary
- Main area
- Microbiology-Bacteriology
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 151-SL0403
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Frimley Park Hospital
- Town
- Camberley, Surrey
- Salary
- £39,205 - £47,084 Per Annum including HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Biomedical scientist
Band 6
Job overview
BERKSHIRE & SURREY PATHOLOGY SERVICES
Welcome to Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust and thank you for considering us as your choice of employer.
We take great pride in our staff and we believe that investing in ‘You’ is key in our ability and capacity to deliver high quality services and patient care across Frimley Park, Wexham Park and Heatherwood Hospitals.
We are looking for energetic, enthusiastic and well-motivated Registered Biomedical Scientists (Band 6) who are looking for permanent full-time posts to complement the Bacteriology Department within Berkshire and Surrey Pathology Services particularly Frimley Park Hospital site. The laboratory is currently developed with a Kiestra system, MALDITOF and PCR techniques. Applications are invited from HCPC registered BMS staff who have completed and passed the IBMS Specialist Portfolio.
You will work in rotation with other staff in all sections of the laboratory. You must be keen to embrace new ways of working and develop your knowledge and skills. You will be expected to participate in the full shift rota, covering early and late shifts, weekends and on call duties during the week. Our busy laboratory is fully accredited with UKAS 151089 and HCPC training status.
You will be expected to work according to our working time compliant shift system and may be required to work at other network sites such as Wexham Park to maintain quality, training and service requirements.
Main duties of the job
To perform the diagnostic microbiology examination and reporting of specimens received in order to aid patient treatment and care. To use interpretive skills on culture plates and complex analysers combined with the Laboratory Information Management Computer System in order to deliver the diagnostic microbiology service to our users.
The diagnostic work of the department includes processing, for example, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, urine, faeces, sputum, tissues and diverse secretions. Processed samples are then interpreted for the presence of pathogens, these could be bacterial, viral, fungal or parasitic.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
a) To participate in the analytical work of all aspects of the microbiology department to ensure that the most efficient microbiology service is provided for the users of the department.
b) To maintain competency for all work including that which may be required during core and non core hours.
c) To authorise diagnostic results using judgement and departmental guidelines ensuring they are correct, complete and clear and are within the departmental guidelines. To refer to more senior Scientific/ Medical staff as required.
d) To use in depth knowledge and skills to communicate with colleagues regarding investigations to be undertaken and to communicate with clinicians and other users tests to be performed and interpretation of results.
e) To monitor the performance of other staff to ensure that departmental standards of work are maintained.
f) To participate in department’s training team to encourage others to develop their skills and abilities as appropriate. To help staff meet the competency criteria for working either unsupervised or out of hours.
g) To be responsible for maintaining and recording accurate records pertaining to work and quality control including the recording of findings on the Laboratory Information Management System. To act on any results and initiate corrective action as necessary. To inform the section leader of any such occurrences.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered BMS, registered with HCPC
- Has completed either the IBMS Specialist Portfolio or the IBMS Specialist Diploma in Microbiology
- Willing to undergo relevant training to ensure sound relevant knowledge
Desirable criteria
- Higher degree or Post Graduate Diploma
- IBMS member at member level
- Evidence of CPD
- BSc Hons IBMS accredited degree
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of most areas of diagnostic microbiology
- Laboratory experience and advanced knowledge of all areas of medical microbiology including bacteriology, parasitology and mycology
- Able to perform technically advanced procedures where applicable
- Able to provide judgment on a range of complex problems
- Ability to develop serological and molecular techniques and interpretation skills if not already acquired
Desirable criteria
- Experience of serological techniques
- Molecular biology technical expertise
- Able of organize workload of less qualified staff
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good at multi-tasking
- Technically proficient
- Able to communicate complex information to clinicians and other users to advise on tests performed and results obtained
- Good hand eye coordination for technically demanding procedures
Desirable criteria
- Lateral thinking
- IT literate
- Friendly and interactive in working group
- Committed to working in healthcare environment
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Marcial Navarro
- Job title
- Site Lead Biomedical Scientist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03006136958
- Additional information
or contact:
Catriona Steele
Site Lead Biomedical Scientist
03006136958
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