Band 5 Biomedical Scientist-Clinical Chemistry

Integrated Care System; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Band 5 Biomedical Scientist in Clinical Chemistry to join their busy team. You will require a BSc in Biomedical Science, HCPC registration, and experience in clinical laboratories. The post involves rotating across main hospital sites and supporting a 24/7 shift system. This role fosters career development in a fast-paced clinical environment.

Qualifications

• BSc in Biomedical Science or equivalent with HCPC registration.
• Proficiency in laboratory techniques and automation.

Responsibilities

• Support the departmental shift system as required, including weekends.
• Assist in providing high quality, timely and specialised services.

Skills

Experience in clinical laboratories

Laboratory techniques and automation

Education

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science or equivalent

State registration with Health Professions Council (HPC)

Job description

Go back University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Band 5 Biomedical Scientist-Clinical Chemistry

The closing date is 09 August 2025

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust is one of the largest acute hospital Trusts in England, serving the populations of Birmingham and Solihull. The Trust is composed of four main hospital sites; Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEHB), Heartlands Hospital, Good Hope Hospital and Solihull Hospital (HGS). The post-holder will be required to rotate across all sites, although the main bases will be at Queen Elizabeth Hospital or Heartlands Hospital. We currently have vacancies primarily based at both QEH and Heartlands Hospital.

The department provides a 24/7 diagnostic and monitoring service for routine and urgent automated investigations. The Clinical Chemistry department is equipped with Abbott Alinity c and i series analysers and the Abbott a3600 track.

Specialist Chemistry provides a wide range of services to the Trust as well as other Hospital Trusts. Equipment includes IDS iSYS, Cascadion, Shimadzu HPLC and Sciex Tandem Mass Spectrometry analysers, with several tests measured including immunosuppressant's and steroids. There are manual methods using radio-immunoassay for alpha-subunits and ELISA for faecal Elastase.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join our busy, friendly team and support our progressive department in providing high quality, timely and specialised services. We are UKAS accredited to ISO 15189 standards, MHRA approved and IBMS accredited for training.

This is an exciting opportunity to gain experience of working in a fast-paced department that is continually growing, and to expand and develop your existing knowledge and skills within high through put labs.

You must have a BSc in Biomedical Science or equivalent with HCPC registration and with experience of working in Chemistry. Staff will have the opportunity to rotate into Automated and Specialist Chemistry labs at both QEH and BHH. Staff based at BHH will also get the opportunity to rotate into Immunology.

The laboratory operates a 24/7 service and, after appropriate training, you will be expected to support the departmental shift system as required - including weekends. Shifts include Early (7:30-3:30pm), Day (9:00-5:00pm), Late (2:00-10:00pm) and Nights (9:45pm-7:45am).

About us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Job responsibilities

Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• * BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science or equivalent academic achievementthatis ratified by the Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS)
• * State registration with Health Professions Council (HPC)
• * Evidence of continuing professional development and proficiency in accordance with HPC guidelines.
• * Working towards completion of post registration specialist competency portfolio

Experience

• * Experience of working in clinical laboratories.
• * Experience of laboratory techniques and automation.

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.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust