Job Overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, dynamic and forward thinking individual to join our Senior Biomedical Scientist team to help take forward and develop the Haematology Department at Frimley Park Hospital The laboratory is fully accredited with UKAS and holds IBMS training status for Registration and Specialist Portfolio. Within the Laboratory we currently use Winpath Enterprise, Abbot HQ's, CellaVision, Werfen TOPs and G11's. We are currently completing the implementation of all the platforms employed within blood sciences and a GLP track. Berkshire and Surrey Pathology Services (BSPS), one of the first NHS pathology networks to be established in 1998, is now one of the largest in the country. We are driven to provide a patient centred service which provides safe, high quality, clinically led diagnostics. BSPS is a contractual joint venture between Ashford &St. Peter’s Hospitals, Frimley Health (Wexham Park & Frimley Park Hospitals), Royal Berkshire, Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trusts, and Surrey and Sussex Healthcare. Main duties of the job Being flexible, self-motivated and innovative will be fundamental to your role. The ability to communicate effectively with seniors and laboratory team is essential. You will use your knowledge and skill to ensure a robust and fully operational system within the Haematology department. You will look for new opportunities to get the best from the team and successfully implement changes required to ensure the system delivers the desired patient focused service. We want our staff to have a great experience working with us so they are truly happy to recommend Frimley Health as a good place to work. We expect all staff to treat colleagues as they would wish to be treated themselves. You will be based at Frimley Park Hospital, and may be required at times to travel to the other sites in the Berkshire and Surrey Pathology Network. Working for our organisation Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire. As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area. We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough. Our three core values, and the behaviors that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future. We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical, and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties. Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities The post-holder will practise as an HCPC Registered BMS in the department, participating fully in the practical work of the department and shift for out of hours provision. They will be responsible for the operation and provision of a high quality technical service providing guidance to other staff as appropriate. They will also be expected to deputise for the Site Lead Haematology BMS in their absence. The post holder will be responsible for the day to day running of a quality, efficient and a timely haematology Service as requested by the service users, ensuring departmental protocols, policies and standard operating procedures are adhered to and updated to comply with regulatory and accreditation requirements including UKAS ‘Standards for the Medical Laboratory’ and ISO 15189:2012 transitioning to ISO 15189:2022 in 2024. Please see Job Description and Person Specification for further information. Person specification Qualifications Essential criteria HCPC registered Extensive professional knowledge - gain through MSC or at least 5 years experience Evidence on CPD Desirable criteria MSc in Haematology Competencies Essential criteria Excellent communication skills - verbal and written Ability to manage own time Advanced computer literacy Ability to work underpressure Ability to work as part of a team, and to lead a team Deals with complaints Desirable criteria Managerial experience Professional Essential criteria Understanding of relevant National Legislation Extensive professional Knowledge of blood transfusion and clinical practice Desirable criteria Experience in change control Experience of supervising staff and training Values and Behaviours Essential criteria Mirror the traust values and behaviours as stated on website Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire. We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities. We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park. We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment. Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future. Apply online now