Main area: Haematology & Blood Transfusion
Grade: Band 5/6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shifts included)
Job ref: 151-SL0407
Employer: Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Frimley Park Hospital
Town: Frimley
Salary per annum incl HCAS
Closing: 07/01/2025 23:59
Biomedical Scientist - Haematology / Blood Transfusion
Band 5/6
Job overview
We have a post in Haematology/Blood Transfusion available for a Biomedical Scientist at Band 5 or Specialist Biomedical Scientist at Band 6.
If you are looking for a Specialist BMS or BMS position with a desire to work as part of one of the largest NHS led Pathology Services in the South of England, we can offer:
* Innovative practices
* Strong, personal and professional development
* A laboratory at the forefront of the national Modernising Pathology agenda
* Forward thinking and team orientated staff
We can help you to achieve these by supporting your development by providing access to courses up to and including Master’s degree. In addition, we support development of staff with internal and external courses for management, Health & Safety and Quality management.
Our laboratory has accreditation for UKAS ISO:15189 and is also accredited with MHRA, IIP and is accredited as a training laboratory by the IBMS for both registration and specialist portfolios leading to HCPC registration.
Band 5 applicants will be supported to do the specialist portfolio and on completion be upgraded to Band 6.
You will work in rotation within the Haematology and Blood Transfusion department and a future rotation into Biochemistry. The laboratory is well equipped with Abbott HQ's, Werfen TOPs, TOSOH G11 and Immucor and GLP track. Experience of automation would be an advantage.
Main duties of the job
* To ensure personal competency in all areas of Blood Sciences.
* To work towards being specialised in an area of Blood Sciences, so as to meet the knowledge and the competency level of a Specialist Practitioner, via a recognised portfolio route or equivalent experience.
* To use knowledge, interpretive skills, complex analysers and IT in order to deliver Blood sciences Service to our users.
* To recommend and perform tests in the specialised areas of Blood Sciences (Biochemistry, Haematology and Blood Transfusion).
* To perform the initial screening and further investigation of specialist diagnostic tests producing complex quality diagnostic results in order to aid patient treatment and care.
* To authorise reports as directed by department procedures and guidelines.
* To train other staff as required and directed.
* To fully participate in the 24/7 shift pattern once appropriately trained.
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.
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
* To work as part of a team producing accurate diagnostic results and to work across all areas of the specialism as required.
* To perform tasks as directed within any given role/section, cooperating with other staff in the section to ensure quality service delivery for the patient care.
* To follow Standard Operating Procedures and to be proactive in the development of the same, by suggesting improvements and piloting the revised SOPs.
* Using judgement, knowledge and departmental guidelines, (under supervision where appropriate), to authorise diagnostic results and report them as per departmental protocols. To refer to more senior Scientific/ Medical staff as required.
* To fully participate in all aspects of the service including both the routine, non-core and shift service, as appropriate.
* To ensure that results and reports are produced in a timely manner particularly where these results will have an immediate impact on patient care such as an OPD clinic or A&E.
* To use reagent and other stocks efficiently, informing line manager when stock issues arise and to directly contact suppliers as directed by senior staff.
* To perform simple problem solving/troubleshooting, within expected competency level, on equipment in order to resolve problems/breakdowns.
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS
* BSc in Biomedical sciences (H)
* HCPC registration in Biomedical sciences (H)
* Evidence of CPD (H)
* MSc in Biomedical sciences
COMPETENCIES
* Multi-tasking skills, prioritisation skills and initiative
* Working out of hours
PROFESSIONAL
* Experience of a diagnostic speciality in Blood sciences
* Experience in Haematology and Blood Transfusion desirable
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 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.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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