Biomedical Scientist - Virology and Molecular Sciences

Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Preston; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 5 HCPC Biomedical Scientist to join our Virology team at Blackpool Teaching Hospital. You will perform a range of tests, assist on the shift rota, and contribute to service delivery in a busy UKAS ISO15189 accredited laboratory.

We value motivation, ICT literacy and strong teamwork as essential to supporting diagnosis and patient care, with training provided to become competent across the Virology portfolio.

Qualifications

• Perform a range of laboratory tests autonomously and understand the scientific basis for tests and disease processes.

Responsibilities

• Be able to work on a shift rota, covering seven days a week.
• Communicate using information technology.
• Direct more junior staff regarding technical/work issues.
• Deal with telephone enquiries from nurses, clinicians and healthcare practitioners, giving technical advice on results and use of the service.
• Maintain and record inventory to ensure accurate stock management.
• Assist in effective verbal and written communication by qualified and unqualified staff.
• Report issues to an appropriate person.

Skills

Laboratory tests

Shift work

IT communication

Leadership

Telephone enquiries

Inventory management

Verbal/written communication

Issue reporting

Education

Accredited Biomedical Science degree

HCPC registration portfolio

Tools

Alinity

Ingenius

Vidas

Cobas 4800

Job description

Biomedical Scientist - Virology and Molecular Sciences

Company:

Company: Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

A Vacancy at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Are you fascinated by viruses? Then you are the right person to join our team of Biomedical Scientists, in Virology.

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Band 5 HCPC Biomedical Scientist to join our team based in Virology at Blackpool Teaching Hospital Hospital. Previous experience of working in an NHS laboratory would be desirable. Consideration will be given to those with an accredited biomedical science degree working towards their registration portfolio.

We are a very busy, well-equipped laboratory and receive a variety of patient samples, such as blood urine, faeces and swabs from both hospital and community patients in Blackpool and the Fylde coast. We are accredited by UKAS (ISO15189) and are an IBMS approved training laboratory.

Previous applicants need not apply

As a Biomedical Scientist, you are an integral part of the team; responsible for identifying pathogens which cause disease either by PCR or analysing serological results in order to aid the diagnosis of infection.

We provide the information that medical staff use to determine appropriate treatment options to help our patients quickly and effectively. As well as this, you would be involved with the maintenance and troubleshooting of various automated systems including Alinity, Ingenius, Vidas and Cobas 4800.

You will need to be enthusiastic about providing an excellent standard of work which contributes to patient care. You should be highly motivated, computer literate, demonstrate good interpersonal skills, and always remain respectful of the Trust values. You will be supported in your training by our dedicated team of experienced staff who will ensure all your training needs are met to become competent in all areas.

This position is full time working 37.5 hours a week between the hours of 8am and 6pm, weekends and Bank Holidays. Once established, you will partake in the weekend rota whereby lone working may be required

We have fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

• Perform a range of laboratory tests autonomously and demonstrate an understanding of the scientific basis for tests and the disease processes under investigation.
• Be able to work on a shift rota, covering seven days a week
• To communicate, as appropriate, using information technology
• To direct more junior staff regarding technical and work issue
• Dealing with telephone enquiries from nurses, clinicians, healthcare practitioners, giving technical advice on results and use of the service
• Appropriate recording of Inventory management within the section to ensure accurate stock management.
• To assist in effective verbal and written communication by qualified and unqualified staff
• Report any issues to an appropriate person

We look forward to you joining our close-knit Virology family. The environment is busy – but you will embrace this and enjoy the challenge of working to tight turn-around-times and targets. You will go home after your working day knowing you have made a positive difference to the patients we serve.

An advert can only contain so many words – but we are available to answer any questions you may have regarding the role before you apply

This advert closes on Wednesday 28 Oct 2026

Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust