Job Overview
We have a vacancy for a Biomedical Scientist Band 6 in Biochemistry with a desire to work as part of one of the largest NHS-led Pathology Services in the South of England. We are specifically looking for an experienced candidate to support our 24/7 shift system.
Applicants MUST have HCPC registration and relevant NHS laboratory experience.
Berkshire & Surrey Pathology Services - (A joint venture with Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Ashford & St Peters Hospitals NHS Trust, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust and Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust).
We Offer
* Innovative practices and an inclusive environment where staff feel valued,
* A friendly team
* Strong personal and professional development,
* A laboratory at the forefront of the national pathology modernisation agenda,
* Forward thinking and team orientated team ethos
We will support your development via our well-established Berkshire and Surrey Pathology Services (BSPS) CPD programme. This development is driven by a large team of experts who include Consultant staff who are leaders in the field of Clinical Biochemistry. In addition, we support development of staff with internal and external courses within the broader Blood Sciences portfolio.
Main duties of the job
Dimensions Of Job
You will liaise closely with the Line manager in providing a high quality technical service that builds on the standards defined by the UKAS and ISO 15189:2022. You will be expected to develop and maintain close working relationships with all grades of staff both technical and medical to ensure the effective delivery of the technical service.
You will work in rotation within all sections of Biochemistry laboratory. The laboratory is well equipped with a Winpath Enterprise Lab Information Management System (LIMS), Abbott's Alinity CI analysers, GLP automation system, TOSOH G11, Uvikon XL Spectrophotometer, and Osmo Pro Multi-Sample Micro-Osmometer, Chloride and Placental Growth Factor meters.
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.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Financial & Management
* To make best use of consumables and reagents in an efficient manner.
* To highlight to senior staff where improvements may be made that will decrease our costs and/or improve service delivery.
Personnel & Training
* To be involved in the robust and effective CPD / appraisal processes across BSPS.
* To train, supervise and aid in the development of other BMS grades, trainee BMS and support workers, and direct their duties as requested by senior staff.
* To participate in job experience and recruiting schemes by representing the Trust, Department and Profession at and within these events.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* BSc in Biomedical sciences
* HCPC registration in Biomedical sciences
* IBMS Specialist portfolio
* Evidence of CPD
Desirable criteria
* M.Sc Biomedical Science
* IBMS member at member level
COMPETENCIES
Essential criteria
* Multi-tasking skills, prioritisation skills and initiative
* Team worker & going extra mile
* Working out of hours
Desirable criteria
* ECDL / IT - experience of LIMS (e.g. Winpath)
* QMS experience
PROFESSIONAL
Essential criteria
* Experience of a diagnostic speciality in Biochemistry
* NHS Blood Sciences Experience
Desirable criteria
* Abbott's Alinity ci analysers
* Experience of working in a HUB laboratory
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.
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