Advanced Biomedical Scientist - Microbiology *£2,000 Incentive*

Integrated Care System; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking an Advanced Biomedical Scientist to join its Microbiology service at Ipswich Hospital. This role involves significant responsibilities, including leading the laboratory team, managing investigations, and improving service quality, with a recruitment incentive of £2,000 offered. Candidates should have relevant qualifications and be committed to delivering high-quality patient care.

Benefits

27 days annual leave (pro rata)

Generous pension scheme

NHS staff discounts

Qualifications

• HCPC Registration as a Biomedical Scientist.
• Biomedical Science Degree or equivalent.
• Appropriate Post Graduate qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Lead Biomedical Scientist for a specialist area.
• Manage day to day activities of the team.
• Provide specialist advice to clinicians.

Skills

Specialist knowledge

Management experience

Quality Management

Pathology IT systems

Education

HCPC Registration

Biomedical Science Degree or equivalent

Post Graduate qualifications (e.g. IBMS Higher Specialist diploma)

Job description

Go back East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Advanced Biomedical Scientist - Microbiology *£2,000 Incentive*

The closing date is 21 July 2025

This post attracts a recruitment incentive of £2,000 pro rata (conditions apply)

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Advanced Biomedical Scientist who is professional, reliable, innovative and flexible to join our friendly, hardworking team to assist with the running of the Microbiology service at Ipswich Hospital.

Our Microbiology laboratory provides a full microbiological service for the diagnosis of infection including bacteriology, serology, parasitology, TB and molecular sections. We consist of over 50 members of staff and working closely with our other ESNEFT Microbiology laboratory situated in Colchester, we perform a wide repertoire of both traditional and automated testing.

Our vision is to deliver an innovative, high-performing service that is focussed on high quality results for effective patient care.

We are clinically led and designed to achieve the benefits of scale that can be realised by working together to meet the needs of our service users and support the excellent clinical care provided by our hospitals.

We are committed to attracting, developing and retaining the best pathology staff. You will play an integral part in the development of the Microbiology team and their careers.

Join us to develop your career and help us achieve our vision.

Main duties of the job

• Responsible as lead Biomedical Scientist for a specialist area
• Manages and coordinates the day to day activities of the team
• Leads on service improvement
• Processes specialist investigations and responsible for standard and quality of results
• Provides specialist advice to clinicians as to appropriateness of tests and timescales.
• Provides specialist service e.g. training, advanced trouble shooting, problem solving for specialist area.
• To work flexibly in reflection of service needs which may include an extended working day and/or participation in delivery of a 24 hour, 7 day per week service.
• The work of the service brings staff into constant contact with human body fluids, tissues and hazardous chemicals. This may include blood, pus, urine, faeces, and respiratory secretions.

Our pathology department is part of the collaborative East Coast Pathology Network (see attached document)

About our Pathology Service: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBrydUl_c5w

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Education

• HCPC Registration as a Biomedical Scientist
• Biomedical Science Degree or equivalent
• Appropriate Post Graduate qualifications e.g. IBMS Higher Specialist diploma or IBMS Diploma in Biomedical Science, Masters or equivalent or working towards
• Evidence of CPD
• Holding or working towards a qualification that supports management responsibilities such as health and safety, training officer, or quality management associated with post

Knowledge & Experience

• Highly specialist knowledge and experience across a range of work procedures and practices underpinned by theory and practice relevant to post
• Extensive practical experience of working in a Biomedical Science laboratory
• Experience of managing people
• Experience of Pathology IT systems
• Practical experience of Quality Management and Quality Management Systems
• Experience of performing and evaluating Risk Assessments
• European Computer Driving Licence or equivalent
• Previous relevant experience of working in the NHS
• Previous experience working as an Advanced Biomedical Scientist.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust