Biomedical Scientist

Northumbria Healthcare Nhs Foundation Trust; Cramlington; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Cramlington is seeking a specialist registered Biomedical Scientist to join their Haematology/Blood Transfusion Department. The successful candidate will ensure high quality diagnostic services while also supervising and training new staff. Essential qualifications include a degree level or equivalent in a relevant field and HCPC registration. The role emphasizes compassionate leadership and fostering team collaboration. Candidates should display excellent technical and interpersonal skills, with a commitment to continual professional development.

Qualifications

• Must have HCPC registration.
• Experience in supervising and training others is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality diagnostic service.
• Supervise and train Trainee/Newly Qualified Biomedical Scientists.
• Role model compassionate and inclusive leadership.

Skills

Excellent technical skills

Interpersonal skills

IT skills

Commitment to specialist knowledge development

Education

Relevant professional qualification to degree level or equivalent

Job description

The post holder will practice as a specialist registered Biomedical Scientist in the Haematology / Blood Transfusion Department, working as part of a team in the provision of a high quality diagnostic service to Northumbria Healthcare NHS FoundationTrust and General Practitioners. They will also participate in the supervision, training and development of Trainee/Newly Qualified Biomedical Scientists and Medical Laboratory Assistants.

To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

You will need to possess a relevant professional qualification to degree level or equivalent and HCPC registration.

Excellent technical, interpersonal, IT skills and a commitment to the development of your specialist knowledge is essential.

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state‑of‑the‑art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.