Biomedical Scientist, Blood Sciences Department

Health Services Laboratories; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Stevenage is seeking a newly qualified HCPC Registered Biomedical Scientist for its Blood Sciences Department. In this role, you will perform routine operation and maintenance of various analysers, oversee support staff duties, and validate patient results into the pathology system. You will work flexible hours covering a 24/7 service in a multidisciplinary laboratory environment. The position offers comprehensive training and development opportunities, along with an attractive benefits package.

Benefits

Training and development opportunities

Annual salary review

Discounted gym membership

Cash healthcare plan

Sick pay entitlement

Permanent health insurance

Life assurance

Employee assistance programme

Season ticket loan scheme

Access to additional staff perks

Company pension scheme

Competitive annual leave allowance

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Must be a newly qualified HCPC Registered Biomedical Scientist.
• Experience with Blood Sciences laboratory operations is crucial.
• Ability to manage and oversee support staff's duties.

Responsibilities

• Perform routine operation and maintenance of analysers.
• Validate and authorize patient results in the computer system.
• Assist senior staff to maintain laboratory standards.

Skills

Routine operation of analysers

Maintenance of laboratory equipment

Troubleshooting skills

Validation of patient results

UKAS/MHRA standards knowledge

Continuous Professional Development (CPD)

Education

HCPC Registered Biomedical Scientist

Tools

Roche Cobas analysers

Sysmex analysers

WinPath and Helix pathology systems

Job description

About us

Sonic Healthcare is an internationally renowned healthcare provider with a demonstrable track record of medical services across the world. Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Sonic is an ASX Top 50 company that has grown to become one of the world’s leading healthcare providers, specialising in pathology, radiology and primary care medical centres. We have operations in Australia, the USA, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Ireland and New Zealand.

Sonic Healthcare UK encompasses the two main entities in the UK, The Doctors Laboratory (TDL) and Health Services Laboratories (HSL). HSL is a partnership between The Doctors Laboratory (TDL), Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH). HSL was formed to provide pathology services to the NHS Trusts and has expanded further to provide services to other NHS Trusts. Over 3,500 staff work at Sonic Healthcare UK, primarily under the TDL or HSL banner.

Our purpose is to deliver medically‑led diagnostics, innovation, value and long‑term investment to healthcare. With our core laboratory based at The Halo Building in London WC1H 9AX, we also have an expanding site in Manchester as well as smaller hospital‑based laboratories across the country. We maintain rigorously high standards of quality, whilst also delivering efficiencies to healthcare through careful workforce planning, pioneering technology and significant investment in infrastructure and IT.

Due to the nature of work that Sonic Healthcare UK undertakes, our clients require that employees filling certain roles, need, as part of their on‑boarding to complete a DBS Check. This role falls in the category of requiring a DBS check (standard).

About the role

A vacancy has arisen for a newly qualified HCPC Registered Biomedical Scientist in our Blood Sciences Department based at the Lister Hospital Essential Services Laboratory (ESL.) Health Services Laboratories now provide Pathology services to the East and North Hertfordshire Trust following implementation of a new Pathology and Phlebotomy services programme commissioned by the Herts and West Essex Integrated Care Board with services commenced from 1st March 2025.

The role will involve working in a multidisciplinary Blood Sciences laboratory. Duties will include routine operation, maintenance and troubleshooting of various analysers across the Blood Sciences disciplines. These include Roche Cobas analysers for Biochemistry, Sysmex analysers for Haematology and Grifols for Blood Transfusion. The successful candidate will oversee duties of support staff in the laboratory and be responsible for validation and authorisation of patient results into the pathology computer system (WinPath and Helix). Staff will be required to assist senior staff in maintaining UKAS / MHRA standards, as well as keeping up with their own CPD. Staff development is vital to the organisation and support will be provided to become a multidisciplinary team member within the Blood Sciences laboratories.

You will be required to work 37.5 hours per week flexibly and within a shift system to cover a 24 / 7 service.

Benefits

• Training and development opportunities – supporting professional development
• Annual salary review - No banding restrictions : As we are a private company we are not restricted by salary bandings and so are able to negotiate appropriate salaries based on experience. This also means that annual salary reviews do not hit a band ceiling.
• Discounted gym membership – we have a corporate gym membership scheme with Better Gyms
• Cash healthcare plan – cash back on a variety of healthcare costs including dentist and opticians
• Sick Pay Entitlement – 5 paid days in the first year of employment, 20 days thereafter
• Permanent Health Insurance and Death in Service Cover
• Life Assurance – providing salary continuation for long term illness (six months qualifying period)
• Employee Assistance Programme – supporting staff wellbeing
• Season Ticket Loan Scheme – interest free loan for the cost of annual travel ticket
• Perkbox – Access to additional staff perks and benefits such as high street discounts
• Company Pension Scheme – company and staff contributions which increase with service
• Competitive annual leave allowance -28 days
• Flexible working hours – we support and offer flexibility around shift patterns and working schedule