To provide a high quality and highly specialised diagnostic service through scientific and technical activities including performing laboratory investigations, analysing, interpreting and reporting results; ensuring that standards of quality and service delivery.
Participate in and advise on the routine workload, including complex and highly specialised techniques, using specialist knowledge and experience of practices underpinned by theoretical knowledge and practical expertise.
To have and use an extensive knowledge of the disease process and the clinical relevance and appropriateness of diagnostic tests requested. Therefore, understand why certain tests (including the abbreviations and medical terminology) are requested in certain pathological situations and to advise clinicians regarding the clinical relevance and appropriateness of diagnostic tests.
Take a lead role in service development and equipment or procedural evaluation, including the implementation of new techniques.
We are seeking capable, enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join our friendly and dedicated team in the Haematology & Blood Transfusion department within Blood Sciences. This post is based at the County Hospital site, but successful candidates are also expected to provide cover as required at the Royal Stoke University Hospital site in Stoke-on-Trent. You must have full HCPC registration for appointment as a Senior Biomedical Scientist along with an IBMS Specialist Portfolio in Haematology/Transfusion or equivalent and either an MSc, Higher Specialist Diploma or equivalent in biomedical science plus additional specialist training relevant to the post.
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by our staff, patients, and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
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