The post holder will act as a qualified Specialist Biomedical Scientist in the Microbiology Department, working within a section of the laboratory and will rotate through all sections of the laboratory regularly, including Serology, Mycology, Parasitology and Molecular as well as bacteriology and antimicrobial susceptibility testing. The post holder will ensure that high quality patient results are produced in an efficient and cost-effective way in all sections in which they areworking. They will also: Process specialist investigations in the department of microbiology. To provide specialist advice to clinicians and service users as to appropriateness of tests and timescales of results. To provide specialist services such as training or problem solving for specialist equipment. To act as a mentor for more junior scientific and support staff. The laboratory has a number of automated and diagnostic systems, which includes, WASP, Vitek XL, Vitek MS Prime, BacTec, Panther, GeneXpert, BioFire TORCH, VIDAS3, Cobas, DS2 and Liaison. The post holder will assist the Senior Biomedical Scientists/ Team Managers to ensure that a high quality Microbiology Service is provided.