Biomedical Scientist Section Manager

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust seeks a driven Biomedical Scientist Section Manager to lead their Biomedical Scientist team. The role involves managing laboratory operations, ensuring high-quality diagnostic services and supporting team wellbeing in a dynamic healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• In depth clinical bacteriology knowledge.
• Experience in laboratory management.
• Ability to support complex laboratory investigations.

Responsibilities

• Manage laboratory team and support diagnostic service delivery.
• Provide training and supervision to staff.
• Perform and oversee clinical technical services.

Skills

Clinical bacteriology

Team leadership

Diagnostic investigations

Job description

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We are seeking a dynamic, pro-active and highly driven Section Manager to join our team. The key element of this role is being laboratory based supporting the Biomedical Scientist team to deliver an excellent diagnostic service through the completion of accurate and effective investigations.

The post holder must have an in depth clinical bacteriology knowledge, including but not limited to organism identification and antibiotic susceptibility knowledge.

As a Biomedical Scientist Section Manager the post holder will be responsible for the delegated tasks required for the delivery of a clinical technical service that will achieve the objectives of efficient and effective patient care. They will be expected to lead and work as part of a team within the laboratory, performing the work to the required standards. They will be expected to act as line manager for members of the team, ensuring staff wellbeing and morale is supported at all times.

Diagnostic work includes examination of cerebrospinal fluid, peritoneal dialysis fluid, urine, faeces, sputum, blood/serum, pus and diverse secretions. Investigations include for example, serological assays for HIV and Hepatitis B, identification of micro-organisms, lice, fleas and films for identification of intestinal parasites.

To be an efficient and flexible member of the Pathology team providing a consistently high quality and professional service to all users of the service.

Key Result Areas

To provide specialist knowledge and training to the Biomedical Scientist team to support complex laboratory investigations.

To provide and co-ordinate specialist clinical technical services to patients that may include research and audit samples.

To undertake the day-to-day management of a section within the laboratory under the direction of the line manager.

Contributes to providing a professional clinical laboratory service, working effectively as a team member as part of the overall department.

To provide the necessary training and supervision to staff within the section.

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Susan Lovegrove Job title: Microbiology Service Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01902 695280

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Research, Analyst, and Information Technology

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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