Biomedical Scientist Histopathology (Band 5)

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking healthcare organization dedicated to quality and inclusivity. As a Biomedical Scientist in Histopathology, you will play a vital role in delivering high-quality pathology services. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the establishment of a new hospital while ensuring compliance with UKAS accreditation. You will work collaboratively with a dedicated team, enhance your skills in a supportive environment, and make a meaningful impact on patient care. If you are passionate about advancing your career in a dynamic and innovative setting, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Cycle to Work

Travel Scheme

Childcare Vouchers

Onsite Nursery

Buying and Selling Annual Leave

Car Leasing

Employee Assistance Programme

Employee Health and Wellbeing

Extensive Reward Scheme

Counselling Service

Qualifications

• Must hold HCPC State Registration and a BSc in Biomedical Science.
• Experience in NHS Histopathology is essential.

Responsibilities

• Participate in laboratory training and audits.
• Collaborate to implement improvements across Airedale and Bradford.

Skills

Pathology IT systems

Pathology Quality management systems

NHS Histopathology laboratory experience

Continuous Professional Development

Education

BSc Biomedical Science or equivalent

HCPC State Registration

Membership of IBMS

Job description

Biomedical Scientist Histopathology (Band 5)

NHS AfC: Band 5

Be part of our future landscape

At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.

These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come.

Job overview

Integrated Pathology Solutions LLP is an innovative joint-venture pathology service between Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust. This partnership delivers a high-quality pathology service through collaboration between three Trusts for the benefit of patient and service users.

The Department of Histopathology is looking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the team as a Band 5. It would be advantageous for the successful candidate to have previous experience of working within an NHS Histology Laboratory.

Main duties of the job

The candidate would also be expected to participate and help facilitate other areas of the laboratory including training and audits. This would be in addition to working with the senior team to ensure all aspects of UKAS accreditation are continually fulfilled.

The candidate should be able to help identify improvements and collaborate with colleagues to implement changes across both Airedale and Bradford. The post holder must be willing to rotate to Airedale and Bradford Hospitals.

The Department of Histology is ISO15189:2012 accredited and is also a recognized HCPC / IBMS training laboratory.

Working for our organisation

We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:

• Cycle to Work
• Travel Scheme
• Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
• Onsite Nursery
• Buying and Selling Annual Leave
• Car Leasing
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee Health and Wellbeing
• Extensive Reward Scheme
• Counselling Service
• Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
• Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.

Our values:

• Committed to Quality of Care
• Compassion
• Working together for patients
• Improving Lives
• Everyone Counts
• Respect and Dignity

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details of this job vacancy, please see attached full job description and person specification.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Holds HCPC State Registration
• BSc Biomedical Science or equivalent
• Membership of profession body such as IBMS

Experience

• Discipline specific experience and knowledge
• Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
• Experience of Pathology IT systems
• Experience of Pathology Quality management systems
• Experience of working in a NHS Histopathology laboratory

We are happy to discuss flexible working opportunities.

NOTE: This vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient suitable applications are received.

If you are offered a position which requires you to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £41.90, Standard £21.90 or Basic £21.90) from your first full month's salary. This is a condition of your employment.

This post will require a submission for Disclosure to check for any unspent criminal convictions.

For further information please contact Alison Boyle or a member of the Senior Team on 01535 293457.