Employer: Synnovis
Employer type: Private Sector
Site: Multiple Sites
Town: London
Salary: £27.27 to £31.02 per hour depending on experience
Closing: 17/02/2025 23:59
Bank Biomedical Scientist
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We are recruiting for Band 6 Biomedical Scientists and have a wide range of open opportunities across Tissue Sciences. These are fantastic opportunities for self-motivated individuals to join a dedicated and friendly team working at Synnovis.
Main duties of the job
This role delivers specialist biomedical investigations as part of the laboratory team in Synnovis. You will be processing specimens, analysing and releasing results whilst maintaining local quality systems. Reporting to the Senior Specialist BMS or Operations Manager, you will hold a variety of responsibilities, including supervision and troubleshooting, to ensure the successful delivery of pathology services, in line with our corporate objectives.
You will have the opportunity to choose an assignment in a variety of areas, providing the opportunity to learn new skills and enhance your skillset. These long-term assignments, typically 3-6 months in length with the likelihood of extension, can be based in the following areas:
1. Cellular Pathology Department
2. Clinical Neuropathology Department
3. St John’s Institute of Dermatology
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will hold a variety of accountabilities in the laboratory environment. These include, but are not limited to:
* Complete routine and complex specialist biomedical investigations in accordance with standard operating procedures (SOPs) and within specific turnaround times.
* Deliver work autonomously within all regulations and legislative requirements.
* Operate and maintain complex laboratory equipment within all safety standards relevant to your area, including troubleshooting.
* Use cost effective methods in your practice and maintain levels of consumable goods and supplies in your area, and report shortages accordingly.
Key Responsibilities
* Perform and interpret routine and specialist biomedical investigations by participating in regular daily workloads, as directed by management, in line with your skills, experience and competencies.
* Maintain standards of conduct required by the HCPC to practice as a registered Biomedical Scientist.
* Process specimens and handle sensitive information with care and due diligence, such as patient results, in line with local SOPs.
* Participate in the development of new tests, as directed, including alignment with accreditation bodies and local management processes.
* Day-to-day supervision of MLAs, APs and BMSs, providing support, training and mentoring to ensure performance is in line with laboratory standards.
* Observe all safety regulations and ensure compliance for your area of work with all legislative and quality requirements of regulatory directives.
Person specification
Qualifications
* BSc (Hons) IBMS accredited degree or equivalent
* HCPC State registration as a Biomedical Scientist
* Specialist portfolio in relevant discipline or equivalent experience
* Evidence of ongoing Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
Experience
* Significant demonstrable broad-based discipline specific practical experience
* Analysing, interpreting and technical validation of routine, complex and specialist results
* Using Laboratory Information Systems
Skills and Knowledge
* Demonstrates a sound understanding of the physiology, pathology, and scientific principles relevant to specialism
* Demonstrates a high degree of skill and knowledge where interpretation of results can be highly subjective
* Ability to troubleshoot highly technical and precision equipment
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. All applicants are welcome to apply regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, race, nationality or ethnic origin, religion, or sexual orientation. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
If you decide to apply for this post but do not hear back from us within three weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been short-listed on this occasion.
Thank you for your interest in Synnovis.
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