Job overview

We have a vacancy for a Biomedical Scientist Band 6 in Biochemistry with a desire to work as part of one of the largest NHS-led Pathology Services in the South of England. We are specifically looking for an experienced candidate to support our 24/7 shift system.

Applicants MUST have HCPC registration and relevant NHS laboratory experience.

Berkshire & Surrey Pathology Services - (A joint venture with Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Ashford & St Peters Hospitals NHS Trust, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust and Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust).

We offer:

• innovative practices and an inclusive environment where staff feel valued,
• a friendly team 
• strong personal and professional development,
• a laboratory at the forefront of the national pathology modernisation agenda,
• forward thinking and team orientated team ethos

We will support your development via our well-established Berkshire and Surrey Pathology Services (BSPS) CPD programme.  This development is driven by a large team of experts who include Consultant staff who are leaders in the field of Clinical Biochemistry. In addition, we support development of staff with internal and external courses within the broader Blood Sciences portfolio.  

Main duties of the job

DIMENSIONS OF JOB:

You will liaise closely with the Line manager in providing a high quality technical service that builds on the standards defined by the UKAS and ISO 15189:2022. You 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.

You will work in rotation within all sections of Biochemistry laboratory. The laboratory is well equipped with  a Winpath Enterprise Lab Information Management System (LIMS), Abbott's Alinity CI analysers, GLP automation system,  TOSOH G11, Uvikon XL Spectrophotometer, and Osmo Pro Multi-Sample Micro-Osmometer, Chloride and Placental Growth Factor meters

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.

We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.

Our three core values, and the behaviors that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical, and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties.