Biomedical Scientist - Microbiology Scotland

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

PLACEMENT DETAILS

Job # 326

Grade: Band 6

Location: Bacteriology Laboratory,

Duration: ASAP for 6 months

Description: Experienced Specialist Biomedical Scientist to cover specific tasks within the Bacteriology laboratory.

Essential experience:

Processing of positive Blood cultures

Storage of isolates on beads

Processing organisms for EUCAST

Processing organisms for Vitek

Reading of urines using chromogenic agar

Desirable experience:

Use of Winpath enterprise Laboratory IT system

Use of BacTAlert / Virtuo

Vitek MS Prime

Vitek 2 AST

SHIFTS Monday Friday 09:00 17:00

Why Join Us

Opportunity to work within a busy and progressive Microbiology service.

Gain valuable experience in an acute hospital setting.

Competitive salary

Supportive multidisciplinary working environment.