Provide confidential, specialised and sensitive diagnostic test results over the telephone to users of the service, providing explanation of results where necessary. To act as primary point of contact for the laboratory when working alone outside normal working hours. Liaise with other members of staff within the department on a routine basis to ensure safe and efficient daily operation. To be able to plan your own work and that of the department and prioritise urgent samples. To co-ordinate the work within a section in conjunction with other biomedical scientists. Must have good hand eye co-ordination when handling potentially infectious material and when using laboratory equipment. To prepare specimens from patients for routine diagnostic testing. To carry out and analyse the results of a wide range of complex diagnostic tests. Must be able to do maintenance and basic repairs of the automated analysers. Helps formulate SOPs with the Senior BMS in the section. To maintain adequate levels of laboratory kits and reagents in the department To assist with the training of new Biomedical Support Workers, APs and newly qualified Biomedical Scientists and Biomedical Science students.