Senior Biomedical Scientist, Cellular Pathology

NHS; Stockton-on-Tees; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is seeking a motivated Senior Biomedical Scientist for a fixed-term 12-month contract in Cellular Pathology. The role requires HCPC registration, management experience, and an MSc in Biomedical Science. Responsibilities include supervision, specimen analysis, and maintaining quality standards across a collaborative service. This position offers a rotational working schedule, including Saturdays.

Benefits

Health and well-being initiatives

Staff benefits

Opportunities for personal and professional development

Qualifications

• Extensive laboratory experience is required.
• Management or Supervisory experience is a plus.
• Experience with Quality Management Systems is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Provide supervision, training and management in a technical service environment.
• Participate in routine specimen dissection and maintain quality.
• Participate in regional and national groups for guideline development.

Skills

Advanced knowledge of laboratory techniques and Biomedical science

Negotiation and problem solving skills

Basic working knowledge of Pathology IT systems

Education

HCPC registration

MSc Biomedical Science or equivalent

Management or Leadership Qualification

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Senior Biomedical Scientist, Cellular Pathology

This advert may close once sufficient number of applications is reached

An exciting opportunity has arisen for amotivated and innovative Senior Biomedical Scientist for a fixed term 12 month contract in our newly refurbished Cellular pathology department. The post holder will be expected to work closely with other senior staff across pathology to deliver a high quality service to our users.

The successful candidate willbe aHCPC registered Biomedical Scientist. They will have completed the IBMS Specialist Portfolio and hold an appropriate higher qualification.

The role will include participation in routine specimen dissection, advanced technical support, supervision and staff management. There will be a requirement to contribute to the maintenance of departmental UKAS accreditation.

The department operates an extended working day Monday - Friday between 7am and 6pm. The successful candidate will be expected to work on a rotational basis between these hours which also include a 1:5 Saturday rotation.

The Department has UKAS accreditation, IBMS training approval and CPD is actively encouraged

The pathology departments at NTH and STH are working collaboratively to develop a joint service with services being delivered on both hospital sites. This will require cross site working as appropriate

Main duties of the job

This is a senior level laboratory post which will include provision of supervision, training and management to provide a technical service which meets both Trust and national standards.

The post holder will be expected to have an in-depth knowledge of Cellular pathology and be intrinsically involved in quality and service development.

The post holder will be expected to deputise for the relevant Lead scientist as required.

The post holder is expected to participate, as appropriate, in regional and national groups to develop guidelines and support development of Pathology provision across the wider NHS.

The post holder will analyse and process pathology specimens and provide technically accurate results.

The post holder will also participate in routine specimen dissection.

About us

At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.

We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition - a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.

We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

We recruit for values and "Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool"

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the detailed job description, main responsibilities of the role and full person specification attached

Person Specification

Qualifications

• HCPC registration.
• MSc Biomedical Science (or equivalent eg. IBMS Higher Specialist Diploma)
• Management or Leadership Qualification

Experience

• Extensive laboratory experience
• Management / Supervisory experience
• Experience of Quality Management Systems
• Evidence of contribution to or management of a service change project

Knowledge and Skills

• Advanced knowledge of laboratory techniques and Biomedical science.
• Basic working knowledge of Pathology IT systems and IT literate in all modules in MS Office
• Experience of UKAS accreditation
• oNegotiation and problem solving skills

Personal Attributes

• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to maintain high levels of concentration
• Able to work unsupervised

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.