Senior Biomedical Scientist - Main Lab/Training

UHNM; Stoke-on-Trent; Remote; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is looking for a Senior Biomedical Scientist to lead the Cellular Pathology laboratory at Royal Stoke University Hospital in Stoke-on-Trent. You will manage the main lab's day-to-day operations and supervise a dedicated team to ensure high-quality diagnostic services.

The successful candidate will train staff, develop SOPs, and uphold UKAS ISO 15189 standards while maintaining strong liaison with clinicians to enhance service delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor level degree and HCPC registration required.
• Experience in cellular pathology and post-registration practice.
• Engagement in CPD and ongoing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day technical activities in the main laboratory.
• Train and develop laboratory staff and students.
• Maintain SOPs, QA processes and safety standards.
• Collaborate with clinicians to improve service delivery.

Skills

Teamwork

Organisational skills

Communication

Training staff

Auditing

Education

BSc

MSc

HCPC registration

CPD

Tools

LIMS

Digital Pathology

IHC

Automation systems

Job description

Senior Biomedical Scientist - Main Lab/Training

Band 7

Main area Cellular Pathology Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent: 37.5 hours per week. 7 day working contract including bank holidays on a rotational basis. Shifts 7am to 3pm, 9am to 5.30pm, 12pm to 8pm Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (37.5 hours per week. 7 day working contract including bank holidays on a rotational basis. Shifts 7am to 3pm, 9am to 5.30pm, 12pm to 8pm) Job ref 205-8320566

Site Royal Stoke University Hospital Town Stoke-on-Trent Salary £49,387 - £56,515 Per Annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 19/10/2026 23:59

Job overview

We are seeking an individual who is highly motivated, proactive, and enthusiastic to join our friendly and dedicated team in the Cellular Pathology Department.

You should be a good team worker with excellent organisational and interpersonal skills and be able to prioritise tasks. Effective communication is essential. You should have a methodical and organised approach to work and be able to work under your own initiative once fully trained. in area of work.

Must hold Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration as a Biomedical Scientist.

Provide a high-quality, reliable, and efficient cellular pathology diagnostic service for patients.

Work in a laboratory setting adhering to quality standards such as UKAS ISO 15189.

Applications are invited from suitably qualified, competent and versatile individuals to join our dedicated, busy and friendly department.

Significant investment has been utilised over the previous year to advance technologies such as Vantage tracking, SMART automation, Digital Pathology and a new LIMS. The successful candidate will be at the forefront of these advances within Cellular Pathology.

Main duties of the job

The post will be based in the Cellular Pathology Department at the Royal Stoke University Hospital, Stoke-On-Trent

To be an efficient and flexible member of the laboratory team providing a high-quality diagnostic service through specialist scientific and technical activities; handle specimen receipt, booking in, tissue transfer, perform tissue embedding, microtomy (cutting sections), frozen sections, operate and monitor automated immunohistochemistry (IHC) and special diagnostic procedures

Responsible as a Senior Biomedical Scientist for the main laboratory area, to manage and co-ordinate the day-to-day technical activities of the laboratory

Specialist duties in training require the individual to work with the training team to identify, plan, and facilitate training and development needs for all laboratory staff

To deliver tutorials, slide sessions, and in-house lectures

To work within and maintain Standard Operational Policies (SOPs), training records and documentation systems

Perform equipment problem solving and maintenance

Follow strict Health & Safety policices

To maintain competence to practice and to improve professional expertise through engagement in Continuous Professional Development (CPD)

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke- on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people, and we’re highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, we know that investing in supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details or contact us for an informal discussion.

Person specification

Personal Qualities

• Must participate in the required rota pattern for the department.
• Prepared to work flexibly, including participating out of routine hours service arrangements when required to do so.
• Ability and willingness to fulfil the travel requirements of the post if/as relevant – primary place of work as per JD but occasionally may be reasonably asked to work at another site where the Trust has responsibility for Pathology Services.

Knowledge and Skills

• A minimum of 5 years post-registration practical experience of working in relevant Pathology discipline in a busy laboratory environment.
• One or more sub-specialised analytical or clinical areas
• Supervising / managing staff.
• Training a range of ‘students’ e.g. medical , scientific and support staff
• Participation in audit and service development projects.
• Active liaison with clinicians and healthcare professionals.
• Working in a team and alone Intermediate and accurate IT skills.
• Well-developed oral and written communication skills.
• Effectively apply skills and knowledge, work with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and contribute to their review
• Work within safe systems of work and report any deficiencies in those systems.
• Experience of working in an acute NHS Trust
• Ability to establish and maintain effective Pathology networks with internal and external colleagues.

Essential Qualifications

• BSc, Registration and Specialist
• MSc, HSD or alternative
• Registered Biomedical Scientist with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC).
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development (CPD).
• Knowledge of relevant laboratory data management systems and policies. Understands the importance of data integrity and confidentiality
• Knowledge of relevant quality procedures.
• Health and Safety knowledge.
• Up-to-date knowledge of national Clinical Pathology Accreditation standards and their application (as relevant to the speciality).
• Attended formal management course

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.