A Vacancy at Northern Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Foundation Trust.
An opportunity has arisen within Pathology - Blood Sciences at Grantham and District Hospital for a Band 5 Registered Biomedical Scientist / Trainee Biomedical Scientist, depending on qualifications, experience and potential. The successful applicant will, after completion of the departmental multi-disciplinary training programme, be required to work in all sections of the laboratory including Clinical Chemistry, Haematology and Blood Transfusion.
The current analytical equipment in the laboratory includes Roche Cobas 8000, Sysmex XN 2000, Werfen ACL TOP and Bio-Rad Banjo Reader.
Previous experience in Blood Sciences and Blood Transfusion as part of a multi-disciplinary team would be desirable, but not essential as full training in all disciplines will be given.
Candidates should have the following qualifications:
• Trainee B5 BMS• IBMS accredited Biomedical Sciences Degree
• Working through their IBMS Registration Portfolio
• Registered B5 BMS• IBMS accredited Biomedical Sciences Degree
• Completed IBMS Registration Portfolio
• HCPC registration
Participation in the out-of-hours service is a requirement of the post.
Biomedical scientists carry out a range of laboratory and scientific tests to support the diagnosis and treatment of disease.
The successful candidate will be expected to work as part of the multidisciplinary Blood Sciences laboratory after appropriate training and completion of the relevant in-house competencies. They will use either automated instrumentation or manual techniques to perform routine and specialist investigations on samples in accordance with Path Links Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
They will perform routine maintenance on complex, high-value laboratory equipment and 'troubleshoot’ problems that arise during the courses of the working day, rectifying them, or seeking appropriate assistance.
The work is highly varied, practical and analytical.
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust is part of the Humber Health Partnership Group which is one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
The main responsibilities of the successful candidate will be:
• Processing of pathology samples
• Entering patient requests and results using a LIMS
• Performing routine and complex pathology investigations
• Ability to accurately use a calibrated pipette
• Loading/unloading and filing of samples
• Use and maintenance of automated analytical platforms
• Technical validation of patient results using various laboratory middleware
• Interpretation of internal and external controls
• Day-to-day supervisory responsibility over lower-grade support staff
• Communicating results and other queries with service users by telephone or other means.
For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.
We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.
We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
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This advert closes on Sunday 6 Apr 2025