Job summary
- Main area
- Biomedical Science
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 423-6474815
- Employer
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Airedale General Hospital/Bradford Royal Infirmary
- Town
- Steeton
- Salary
- £33,706 - £40,588 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Biomedical Scientist - Histopathology (Band 6)
NHS AfC: Band 6
Be part of our future landscape
At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
Job overview
The Department of Histopathology within Airedale NHS Foundation Trust and Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are looking for a qualified, HCPC registered Biomedical Scientist to work as Trainee Band 6 during completion of the IBMS Specialist Portfolio.
Integrated Pathology Solutions LLP is an innovative joint-venture pathology service between Airedale NHS Foundation Trust (AGH), Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (BRI) and Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust. This partnership delivers a high -quality pathology service through collaboration between three Trusts for the benefit of patient and service users.
The department is fully ISO 15189:2012 accredited. The laboratory provides a comprehensive Immunohistochemistry, non-gynae cytology and renal pathology service to users in addition to routine histopathology techniques.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate should be able to evidence that they are working towards the IBMS Specialist Portfolio. This will be requested at the time of Interview. The candidate should also be able to show Licentiate of the IBMS as this is required for the completion of the specialist portfolio.
The candidate should be able to demonstrate knowledge and awareness of all aspects of the laboratory. The candidate should be competent in the majority of areas and where competencies have not been achieved the candidate should be able to demonstrate knowledge.
As part of the role the candidate would be expected to deliver and facilitate training to laboratory staff. They would also be required to liaise with the senior Team to provide effective management of workload and staffing.
The candidate would also be expected to participate in roles such as health and Safety, Quality as well as show an interest in Specimen Dissection.
The candidate should be able to adhere to the procedures in place and where appropriate provide suggestions to amend these in line with current requirements.
The candidate would be expected to rotate through all areas of the laboratory and work cross site (BRI and AGH only) where required.
Working for our organisation
We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes. Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future.
We want to attract staff who embrace our ‘Right Care’ behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients – we want to make these part of our DNA.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information and full details of the role please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Biomedical Science degree or equivalent qualification
- HCPC registration as Biomedical Scientist
- IBMS Specialist Portfolio Histopathology or equivalent qualification or experience ( significant Histopathology Laboratory experience)
Desirable criteria
- Membership of profession body such as IBMS
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant discipline specific experience and knowledge.
- Experience of working within a Histopathology laboratory
- Evidence of Continuous Profession Development
- Experience of Pathology IT systems
- Experience of Pathology Quality management systems
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within NHS Histopathology laboratory.
- Experience of writing SOPs
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of the NHS Constitution & ‘Understanding the New NHS’
- Effective verbal and written communication skills Methodical with effective organisational skills in the workplace. Able to prioritise workload to work effectively under pressure.
- Able to work to high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Ability to supervise and train junior staff
- Ability to work well within a team.
- Ability to work independently and use initiative.
- Emotionally resilient able to deal with information or specimens of a distressing nature
- High degree of manual dexterity to perform complex laboratory techniques.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Alison Boyle
- Job title
- Senior Biomedical Scientist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01535 29 3457
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