Band 6
Main area Haematology Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 349-CSS-7106980*
Site All MFT Town Manchester Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum (pro rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 20/04/2025 23:59
Job Overview
We are a UKAS and IBMS accredited department serving Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with multiple laboratories covering many clinical specialties. We provide a comprehensive range of Haematology and Blood Transfusion laboratory services and specialty diagnostic testing and reference work for leukaemia, haemostasis, thrombosis and haemoglobinopathies.
We are looking for a Band 6 Specialist Biomedical Scientist. You will have specialist Haematology and Transfusion experience having completed a specialist portfolio or its predecessor a logbook. We are unable to offer a band 6 position if you do not meet the person specification (eg Specialist Portfolio). You will be required to work a shift pattern which includes earlies, lates, weekends and nights. For the right candidate we may consider offering a rota with predominately night shifts. We may consider a band 5 with Haematology and transfusion experience. The department has an excellent reputation of supporting staff with completion of the specialist portfolio. Within the role you will be given the opportunity for personal and continued professional development. You may be required to work at all Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust sites, dependent on the needs of the service. Staff are required to work shifts according to the needs of the service.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will act without direct supervision as a registered Biomedical Scientist providing the Haematology & Blood Transfusion diagnostic and therapeutic service to patients and clients as an aid to clinical diagnosis.
They will undertake diagnostic analysis of biological samples and perform complex/specialist investigations that must be performed accurately to avoid direct adverse effects on the patient. Using a wide range of equipment from simple manual equipment to highly sophisticated analysers and techniques that include specialised diagnostic testing referred from other hospitals.
They will need to exercise judgement and interpretation to validate results and generate laboratory reports in accordance with policies and protocols and perform further tests to aid diagnosis where necessary, alerting clinicians when results are abnormal. A high level of accuracy and attention to detail is essential.
Working for our organisation
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Person specification
Qualifications And Knowledge
Essential criteria
1. IBMS validated Biomedical Sciences Degree or Equivalent
2. HCPC Registration
3. Completed IBMS Specialist Diploma, or logbook
4. Evidence of CPD in accordance with Health Professions Council guidance
Skills
Essential criteria
1. Evidence of working as part of a team
2. Good communication skills including ability to communicate with peers and senior staff and clinical users of service
3. Able to work unsupervised, to organise workload, and to organise and train less qualified, or less experienced staff
4. Able to prioritise analytical work and plan day-to-day organisation of area of work
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
1. Evidence of post-registration speciality training, in accordance with IBMS guidelines or equivalent
2. Have extensive working knowledge of laboratory areas, including both practical and theoretical knowledge of the various methods employed
3. Able to operate and maintain complex automated and semi-automated equipment
4. Knowledge of Laboratory IT programmes and good keyboard skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
Documents to download
1. Job Description (PDF, 267.6KB)
2. Person Specification (PDF, 96.7KB)
3. Functional Requirements (PDF, 933.7KB)
4. Working for Laboratory Medicine at MFT (PDF, 4.9MB)
5. Candidate Essential Guide Non Medical (PDF, 1.3MB)
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Further details / informal visits contact
Name Lynne Keighley Job title Chief Biomedical Scientist Email address lynne.keighley@mft.nhs.uk Telephone number 0161 2764080 Additional information
Lynne Keighley
Lynne.Keighley@mft.nhs.uk
0161 276 4080. #J-18808-Ljbffr