Applications are invited from Biomedical Scientists registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) to join our Northumbria Healthcare Microbiology team.
We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic and motivated individual to work in our busy, UKAS accredited laboratory.
The post will be based at the North Tyneside General Hospital and there is a requirement to participate in our 24/7 service provision, which covers the full 24 hour period, Monday to Sunday, including all bank holidays.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
The post holder will carry out the role of a Biomedical Scientist in Microbiology and will rotate through all sections of the laboratory including bacteriology, serology, molecular, mycology and parasitology.
You will perform all designated duties in accordance with local standard operating procedures (SOPs), and perform and interpret routine and specialist biomedical investigations autonomously, following required training and competency assessment. You will provide high quality patient results efficiently, and within the given turnaround times under the supervision of senior staff. You will need to provide professional leadership to Trainee Biomedical Scientists, Associate Practitioners, and Medical Laboratory Assistants, and provide technical advice to clinicians as to the appropriateness of tests and timescales.
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Jennifer Challoner
Job title: Operational Manager Microbiology
Email address: jennifer.challoner@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 0191 2934172
Name: Debra Jackson
Job title: Operational Manager Microbiology
Telephone number: 0191 2934172
Email address: debra.jackson@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk
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