Senior Biomedical scientist: Cellular Pathology

Barts Health NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking a Senior Specialist Biomedical Scientist to join their dynamic team. This role offers the chance to lead and innovate within a busy histopathology department, ensuring high standards of patient care and quality management. With a commitment to excellence and a supportive work environment, this position provides ample opportunities for professional development and progression. If you are passionate about making a difference in healthcare and possess the necessary qualifications and experience, this role could be the perfect fit for you.

Benefits

Cycle to Work Scheme

Professional Development Opportunities

Supportive Work Environment

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years post State Registration laboratory experience.
• Experience in training and educational sessions for staff.

Responsibilities

• Manage laboratory sections and ensure quality control.
• Collaborate on new equipment and testing procedures.

Skills

Organizational Skills

Leadership Skills

Communication Skills

Interpersonal Skills

IT Systems Knowledge

Education

MSc in Biomedical Science

State Registration with HPC

Tools

Quality Management Systems

Laboratory Equipment

Computerized Laboratory Systems

Job description

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

Job overview

Senior Specialist Biomedical Scientist - Cellular pathology Band 7
Speciality Main area UHL Pathology - Histology.
Contract: Permanent, Full-time (37.5 hours per week)

Join our friendly and professional team at University Hospital Lewisham (UHL), Lewisham.

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the NHS East and South East London Pathology Partnership (ESEL) Cellular Pathology Department. We are seeking to appoint an experienced and highly motivated Senior Biomedical scientist with strong organisational, leadership skills and committed to meeting the needs of our patients to support our busy histopathology team.
The successful candidate will be primarily based at University Hospital Lewisham but may be expected to cover and support other ESEL sites depending on service demand. You will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the laboratory sections, quality management and will take direction from supporting Operational Leads in transforming the delivery of services.
We invite applications from enthusiastic candidates who have completed a relevant MSc or IBMS Special Examination (Fellowship) and who are interested in opportunities for progression and development within our organisation.

Main duties of the job

University Hospital London is easily accessible by public transport and benefits from strong bus and train links to southeast and central London. As part of Barts Health NHS Trust, you will also be working within a leading pathology network with excellent career progression opportunities.

The department process in the region of 14,100 surgical specimens per annum from a range of clinical specialities. Applications are welcomed from candidates with suitable experience. In return, we offer an excellent work environment, the department is fully computerised, and UKCAS 15189:2012 accredited.

About the Role
The successful candidate will be primarily based at UHL but may occasionally support other ESEL sites depending on service needs. The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specifications outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required.

Key responsibilities include:
• To take operational responsibility for a section of the laboratory as required.
• To collaborate in the development and evaluation of new equipment, protocols, and testing procedures. This will include leading the development and production of revised or new standing operational procedures.

Working for our organisation

The NHS East and South East London Pathology Partnership is an arms-length organisation providing pathology services to Barts Health NHS Trust, Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust. The Pathology Partnership is hosted by Barts Health.

The Pathology Partnership is based on well-established models for pathology networks, with the Royal London Hospital becoming the main hub laboratory for the network and Essential Service Laboratories (ESL) as a minimum at all other Hospital sites.

Pathology is made up of the following services - Blood Sciences including Haematology, Blood Transfusion and Biochemistry; Infectious Diseases including Microbiology and Virology; Cellular Pathology including Histopathology, non-gynae Cytology and mortuary services; Immunology; Cytogenetics and Molecular Haematology; Immunophenotyping; Clinical Transplantation and Retinoblastoma.

The 2020/21 total operating costs across the Partnership were c. £126m per annum with a workforce establishment of circa. 822 WTE. We strive to live by our We Care values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• To be responsible for a special function of the departmental services as agreed with line management including training officer and or quality officer within the speciality.
• To ensure that all internal Quality Control and external Quality Assurance programmes are implemented and maintained for the relevant section(s) and to interpret and act on the results accordingly and ensure that this information is communicated to all relevant members of staff.
• To assist in ensuring that the laboratories meet the Quality Management accreditation standards.
• To participate in performing validation/verification and SLA initiation of equipment used.
• In partnership with the Quality Manager, to implement and maintain a Document Control System for the Department of Histology.

We offer structured development pathways for experienced medical secretaries. Offering salary progression based on NHS or equivalent experience, ensuring fair recognition of your expertise.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once enough applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.

After applying via NHS jobs, your submitted application will be imported into a preferred Third-party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trc.jobs.

By applying for this post, you are agreeing to Barts Health NHS trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

If you are shortlisted, we will contact you via NHS Jobs email and text message with interview details, please check your inbox regularly.

Barts Health is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. If appointed to a post with direct access to these groups, a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check may be required.

Interested?
Apply now and be part of a dynamic and supportive team.
For more information, please contact:
Felix Onyango, LGT Cellular Pathology Operational Lead
[e-mail] | 0208 333 3029

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria

• State Registration with HPC.
• MSc in a Biomedical Science or equivalent qualification from an approved institution

Experience

Essential criteria

• Minimum of 3 year's post State Registration laboratory experience in a relevant discipline
• To organise In-house educational, training and tutorial sessions and encourage staff attendance
• To ensure that departmental training complies with current and future professional, Trust and national standards
• In partnership with Training Officers in other Pathology departments and with the laboratory service manager, to produce and maintain the current Training Programme.
• Working knowledge of IT systems such as e-mail, word processing, spreadsheets, databases and use of the Internet

Desirable criteria

• Assisting in the establishment and maintenance of a Quality Management System
• In partnership with the Quality Manager, to ensure the establishment and maintenance of an ethos of Total Quality Management within the Department of Histology
• Assisting in ensuring that the laboratories meet the Quality Management accreditation standards
• Performing regular audits in Cellular pathology

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria

• Good communication skills both written and verbal
• Good interpersonal skills
• Ability to work both within a team and unsupervised
• Able to communicate and empathise with patients and other members of the public
• Able to communicate with other health professionals
• Tactful and discrete
• Some appreciation of NHS/healthcare system

Desirable criteria

• Be able to participate in performing validation/verification and SLA initiation of equipment used

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

• Ability to work under pressure and achieve deadlines and targets
• Self motivated
• Able to show initiative
• Courteous.
• Ability to participate in educational and developmental programmes as set by the university and the Department

Desirable criteria

• To be willing to undertake management training

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals' who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.

After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs.

By applying for this post you are agreeing to Barts Heath NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so. As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.

Barts Health promotes active travel as part of its goal to reach Net Zero. Each site is accessible by public transport and the Trust has a cycle to work scheme and some sites have Brompton Hire Pods.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Application numbers

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received.
Documents to download

• JD& PS (PDF, 833.8KB)
• Our Values and Behaviours (PDF, 334.9KB)
• Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders (PDF, 92.0KB)
• Candidate Information Pack (PDF, 549.5KB)