Biomedical Scientist Histopathology (Band 5)
Integrated Pathology Solutions LLP is an innovative joint-venture pathology service between Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 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 of Histopathology is looking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the team as a Band 5.
The successful candidate would be expected to participate in all areas of the lab including Cut Up, Main Laboratory and Further Work (Immuno and Special Stains) and should be able to discuss in detail the role that a Band 5 will play in the key areas of a Histology lab.
Main duties of the job
The candidate would also be expected to participate and help facilitate other areas of the laboratory including training and audits. This would be in addition to working with the senior team to ensure all aspects of UKAS accreditation are continually fulfilled.
The candidate should be able to help identify improvements and collaborate with colleagues to implement changes across both Airedale and Bradford.
The post holder must be willing to rotate to Airedale and Bradford Hospitals.
The Department of Histology is ISO15189:2012 accredited and is also a recognized HCPC / IBMS training laboratory.
About us
We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:
* Cycle to Work
* Travel Scheme
* Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
* Onsite Nursery
* Buying and Selling Annual Leave
* Car Leasing
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Employee Health and Wellbeing
* Extensive Reward Scheme
* Counselling Service
* Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
* Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.
Our values:
We understand that it's down to the hard work, effort and dedication of our staff that makes a difference for our patients. Our people really do make our Airedale experience - we take pride in fostering a friendly, effective and caring work environment. Our values are part of our DNA, which are:
* Committed to Quality of Care
* Compassion
* Working together for patients
* Improving Lives
* Everyone Counts
* Respect and Dignity
Got questions before you apply? Please contact the recruiting manager to find out more.
Job responsibilities
For full details of this job vacancy, please see the attached full job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Holds HCPC State Registration
* BSc Biomedical Science or equivalent
* Membership of a professional body such as IBMS
Experience
* Discipline-specific experience and knowledge
* Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
* Experience of Pathology IT systems
* Experience of Pathology Quality management systems
* Experience of working in an NHS Histopathology laboratory
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such, it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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