Specialist Biomedical Scientist

Integrated Care System; Preston; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a well-established NHS Trust as a Specialist Biomedical Scientist in a modern immunology laboratory. The role requires HCPC registration and offers opportunities for professional development within a collaborative network of pathology services. Your expertise will contribute significantly to delivering quality diagnostic services to local patients.

Qualifications

• Must be a HCPC registered biomedical scientist with immunology experience.
• Uses continuing professional development as a means of self-development.
• Experience in a clinical immunology pathology laboratory.

Responsibilities

• Perform tests autonomously and maintain laboratory equipment.
• Handle specimens correctly and ensure sample integrity.
• Use the main laboratory computer system for service requirements.

Skills

Problem Solving

Understanding of health and safety legislation

Knowledge of laboratory quality issues

Education

Degree suitable for HCPC registration

HCPC Registered Biomedical Scientist

Completed immunology specialist portfolio

IBMS membership

Job description

Go back Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Biomedical Scientist

The closing date is 15 July 2025

Are you an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual looking for a new challenge? Then look no further!

Come and join a well-established friendly team, working within a modern, well equipped, fully UKAS 15189 accredited regional immunology laboratory. You must be a HCPC registered biomedical scientist with immunology experience and an immunology specialist portfolio or equivalent.

Staff will be appointed to the band 5/6 pay scale, dependent on the criteria listed in the person specification. We may also consider applications from individuals who can demonstrate that they are close to completion of the immunology specialist portfolio.

We value our staff and fully support their professional development. We are an IBMS approved training laboratory.

This post will be appointed to Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, however candidates should be aware that Lancashire Teaching Hospitals is part of a pathology collaboration project. Four provider organisations in Lancashire and south Cumbria have committed to form a network and collaborate on pathology services, including Blackpool Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust. The intention is to form one pathology entity which will be is hosted by one of the existing provider organisations.

Main duties of the job

We are well equipped to provide an efficient high quality regional diagnostic service. Our equipment comprises of a Navios flow cytometer, DSII ELISA processors, Capillarys 2 Flex, Hydrasys 2 scan, Euroblot One, Bioplex, Helios slide processors, Phadia 2500, Phadia 1000, 2 x Phadia 250's and a BNII .

Staff rotate within the immunology department throughout three sections; autoimmunity, flow cytometry and immunochemistry and allergy using the latest automation and learning highly skilled manual specialist skills.

About us

We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area and give specialist care to 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 and staff, ensuring we keep thriving and 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 and enhance your career path.

You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold and 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.

*Please be aware that we are unable to offer sponsorship if appointed to the band 5 role*

Job responsibilities

Duties to include but not be limited to:

• Performs work duties to the standards required as a HCPC biomedical scientist
• Undertake the correct procedures for the handling of specimens, pre and post analysis
• Maintain and operate equipment used in the preparation and analysis of specimens
• Perform a range of laboratory tests autonomously and demonstrate an understanding of the scientific basis for tests and the disease processes under investigation
• Demonstrate awareness of factors affecting sample integrity, risks associated with the sample reagents, or method and other tests indicated by the outcome of the analysis
• Use the main laboratory computer system in accordance with service requirements

Please see the job description (band 5/6) for more information.

*Please note the interview date may be subject to change*

Person Specification

Qualification and Education

• Degree (or equivalent) suitable for HCPC registration
• HCPC Registered Biomedical Scientist
• Uses continuing professional development as a means of self- development
• Completed immunology specialist portfolio or equivalent (band 6)
• IBMS membership

Knowledge and Experience

• Experience of working ina clinical immunology pathology laboratory as a Biomedical Scientist
• Understanding of health and safety legislation pertaining to clinical laboratories
• Understand the components of a quality management system
• Has knowledge and/or experience of using instruments and methods used in the department
• Problem solving ability
• Understanding of laboratory quality issues

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.

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£29,970 to £44,962 a yearper annum, pro rata