Senior Biomedical Scientist

Synnovis; London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Synnovis as a Senior Biomedical Scientist in a state-of-the-art facility. This position offers the chance to work with advanced automated systems, ensuring high standards in blood sciences delivery. Ideal candidates should possess an accredited BSc degree and HCPC registration, with a focus on continuous professional development in a dynamic team environment.

Benefits

Contributory pension scheme

Generous annual leave entitlement

Funding for advanced qualifications through development programmes

Participate in innovation projects with funding opportunities

Qualifications

• HCPC registered Senior Biomedical Scientist with experience in busy automated laboratories.
• Evidence of ongoing Continuous Professional Development (CPD).
• Leadership experience in managing and supervising teams.

Responsibilities

• Analyse samples and record results following SOPs.
• Maintain required conduct standards and provide technical advice.
• Participate in service development and implement new techniques.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Analysis

Problem Solving

Education

BSc (Hons) IBMS accredited degree or equivalent

HCPC State registration as a Biomedical Scientist

Specialist portfolio in relevant discipline

Tools

Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS)

Automated analysers

Job description

Employer Synnovis Employer type Private Sector Site Friars Bridge Court Town London Salary £55,613 to £62,460 pro rata depending on experience Closing 15/06/2025 23:59

Senior Biomedical Scientist

Synnovis Pay Band 7

The place to work in pathology

We are looking for top talent to join the UK’s leading and fastest growing pathology company – a scientific organisation with a clinical purpose.

Working in partnership with our service partners, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospitals, King’s College Hospital and Princess Royal University Hospital we aim to set the standard for the future of pathology.

Job overview

This is an exciting new opportunity to join our Blood Sciences department in Synnovis Analytics. The department is one of the largest consolidated Blood Sciences Laboratories in a new purpose-built Hub laboratory based at Blackfriars in London.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and proactive individual to join our department as an HCPC registered Senior Biomedical Scientist, with experience in working in busy automated laboratories.

You will join our multi-disciplinary Blood Sciences team, primarily supporting the serum workflow area, which includes Biochemistry, Immunology and Serology sections.

You will be reporting to the Blood Sciences Operational Management team and hold a variety of responsibilities to ensure the successful delivery of Blood Sciences services, in line with our corporate objectives.

The ideal candidate will be a quick learner and good team player and someone with aspirations of developing their biomedical scientist career in a diverse and multi-disciplinary setting. This is a great opportunity to experience working on fully automated track systems, with a variety of automated analysers.

The post holder will join our team of Senior BMS staff on a 9 months’ fixed term contract.

Main duties of the job

This role is primarily based on Floor 2 of the Hub, automated multi-disciplinary Blood Sciences Department.

As HCPC registered Senior Biomedical Scientist your main duties will include, but not limited to:

· Analyse samples in line with local Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) including but not limited to recording results and necessary action on the Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), ensuring all Information Governance (IG) requirements are met.

· Maintain standards of conduct required by the HCPC to practice as a registered Biomedical Scientist.

· Provide technical advice to clinical colleagues as required and within limits of competency.

· Participate in the strategic development and service improvement of the analytical service, be responsible for the implementation of new techniques, equipment, and tests, as directed including all verification and validation work. Where necessary this will include analysing clinical trial samples.

· Ensure all incidents and events are correctly reported by junior staff in Q-Pulse quality management database and other relevant software and support them in learning quality procedures and investigations.

· Monitor, and report on EQA and IQC procedures and be responsible for correcting problems that have been identified.

· Provide supervision for all employees, including participating in early, late and weekend shifts when required.

· Demonstrate ongoing laboratory-based competency against training plans.

• Demonstrate professionalism, patience and empathy when explaining complex subjects, and in particular when communicating with people who do not share same level of knowledge or understanding.

Working for our organisation

Your development and learning

Our organisation brings together the very best in clinical, scientific and operational expertise, and displays in action the core values at the heart of our brand: science for life, collaboration for the benefit of everyone, and innovation and quality.

You will have a suite of learning opportunities available through The Synnovis Way Development programme, the Scientific Learning and Development Fund and the Synnovis Academy through which you can receive funding / support for advanced qualifications.

Through our Innovation Accelerator Fund, you can apply for finance to get that new innovative scientific project off the ground, and participate with the wider scientific community through symposiums, conferences and other peer group meetings.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

At Synnovis, we are currently shaping the future of pathology services by creating a world-leading Hub and Spoke pathology network with our NHS partners. A large part of this modernisation will involve moving 70% of our services to a purpose built, state of the art Hub laboratory in the heart of London, from 1 April 2024 our people and services have moved to our Hub laboratory in Blackfriars, Southwark, SE1, with some work remaining in refurbished essential services laboratories across our hospital network, focusing on the rapid turnover of urgent tests.

You will hold a variety of accountabilities in the laboratory environment. These include, but are not limited to:

• In conjunction with the Quality team, monitor, report and action errors, hazards, and incidents logged in the CAPA module of Q-Pulse. This may include taking part in investigations of incidents and providing expert insight into making improvements based on outcomes.
• Participate in appropriate clinical audits as required and directed.
• Ensure compliance with all regulatory and quality requirements of regulatory directives, accreditation bodies, and local management including

Care Quality Commission

• Synnovis policies and SOPs

• Any other body in area of responsibility.

• Encourage junior employees in their scientific expertise, knowledge and professional development, including the safe use of highly complex and sensitive equipment.
• Develop, prepare, write, and review relevant documents, including SOPs, COSHH and risk assessments in line with the ISO 15189 standard.
• Demonstrate ongoing laboratory-based competency against training plans.

For further details please see the attached JD.

Synnovis is a pathology partnership between SYNLAB UK and Ireland, and the NHS, including sites, Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, to deliver and transform pathology services across South East London.

The partnership provides services to 1.7 million people living in South East London, as well as to hundreds of thousands of patients from outside the region who use local healthcare services.

The partnership provides diagnostics, testing and digital pathology for hospital trusts, GP services and other healthcare providers.

Person specification

Qualifications

• BSc (Hons) IBMS accredited degree or equivalent
• HCPC State registration as a Biomedical Scientist
• Specialist portfolio in relevant discipline or equivalent experience (if HCPC Registration via IBMS Portfolio route) or FIBMS, MSc, FIBMS or equivalent experience in a similar role
• Evidence of ongoing Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
• Quality or Management qualification
• Willing to work towards higher levels of professional practice
• IBMS membership

Experience

• Leadership qualities with experience of coaching, coordinating and managing a team
• Knowledge of effective line management techniques including all aspects of people management, for example recruitment and rota and shift management
• Experience of supervising junior employees
• Experience in and ability to supervise analysis, interpretation and technical validation of routine, complex and specialist results
• Lead in area of special interest and expertise in one or more areas of the laboratory, for example Quality, Health & Safety, Training or IT
• Experience of working shifts and unsocial hours
• Relevant and recent experience in any of the following disciplines Serology, Immunology, Haemostasis and Immunochemistry and Haematology

Skills & Knowledge

• Competent in the interpretation and technical validation of results
• Manage the resolution of troubleshooting activity for highly technical and precision equipment and assays
• Ability to troubleshoot and train those who use the Laboratory Information Management Systems
• Ability to manage effectively in a changing dynamic environment with multiple conflicting priorities
• Competent in the investigation of abnormal and critical results
• Good verbal and written communication skills in English and interpersonal skill
• IT competency and problem solving (including use of Office 365 suite; Outlook, Sharepoint etc)
• Good awareness of current issues within pathology locally and nationally
• Experience in assay validation and verification processes
• Experience in incidence reporting and investigations

Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. All applicants are welcome to apply regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, race, nationality or ethnic origin, religion, or sexual orientation. Equality of opportunity is our policy.

Our Bank workers enjoy competitive market rates and flexible contract assignments across all of our sites, dependent on your availability and location.

For our Permanent workforce we offer a competitive benefits package.

All employees are entitled to:

• Contributory pension scheme
• Generous annual leave entitlement

Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. All employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their daily duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

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If you decide to apply for this post but do not hear back from us within three weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been short-listed on this occasion.

Thank you for your interest in Synnovis.

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