Biomedical Scientist - Microbiology (Bacteriology) - Band 6

Mediplacements; Scotland; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Job summary

Mediplacements is seeking an Experienced Specialist Biomedical Scientist for a Bacteriology laboratory placement in the United Kingdom. The position covers specific tasks within the bacteriology lab and runs for 6 months starting ASAP.

Key duties include processing positive blood cultures, storing isolates on beads, preparing organisms for EUCAST and Vitek testing, and reading urines with chromogenic agar. Shifts are Monday to Friday 09:00–17:00 in a busy hospital microbiology service.

Qualifications

• Experience in processing positive blood cultures.
• Ability to store isolates on beads and prepare organisms for EUCAST.
• Proficient with reading urines using chromogenic agar.

Responsibilities

• Processing of positive Blood cultures.
• Storage of isolates on beads.
• Processing organisms for EUCAST.
• Processing organisms for Vitek.
• Reading of urines using chromogenic agar.

Skills

Blood culture processing

Urine reading with chromogenic agar

Bead storage of isolates

EUCAST preparation

Vitek testing

Tools

Winpath

BacTAlert

Virtuo

Vitek MS Prime

Vitek 2 AST

Job description

Mediplacements is seeking an Experienced Specialist Biomedical Scientist for a Bacteriology laboratory placement in the United Kingdom. The position covers specific tasks within the bacteriology lab and runs for 6 months starting ASAP.

Key duties include processing positive blood cultures, storing isolates on beads, preparing organisms for EUCAST and Vitek testing, and reading urines with chromogenic agar. Shifts are Monday to Friday 09:00–17:00 in a busy hospital microbiology service.