Specialist Biomedical Scientist - Biochemistry

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS foundation trust in Ipswich is seeking a Band 6 Specialist Biomedical Scientist in Biochemistry. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining quality management systems, mentoring junior staff, and leading specialist areas. This role offers a supportive environment, career development opportunities, flexible working hours, and a range of benefits including generous leave and NHS discounts.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

Unsocial hours payments

27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata)

Access to NHS discounts

Health and Wellbeing programme

Qualifications

• You will need a completed Specialist Portfolio in Biochemistry.
• Experience in training junior staff is essential.
• Flexibility to work out of hours to cover a 24/7 service.

Responsibilities

• Maintain quality management systems and accreditation.
• Mentor and train junior staff.
• Lead on specialist area as directed by the Lead Biomedical Scientist.

Skills

Specialist Biomedical Scientist

Quality management and UKAS accreditation

Training and mentoring

Flexibility for out of hours

Autonomous working

Education

Completed Specialist Portfolio in Biochemistry

Tools

ROCHE system

Job description

Ipswich Hospital are looking for a Band 6 Specialist Biomedical Scientist Biochemistry to join our team where you will need a completed Specialist Portfolio in Biochemistry. We will consider at least 80% completed for a Band 5 developmental post.

You will join a friendly and diverse UKAS compliant hospital laboratory who are committed to the training and development of our staff. We have our own Biochemistry training lead who will assist with CPD and learning opportunities as you are encouraged and supported with your career development.

We are the hub lab for ESNEFT, conducting a large variety of tests including an automation section, non-mech and electrophoresis. We use a fully automated ROCHE system.

Once competent, experienced staff will participate in the out of hours roster which attracts a night rate enhancement for lone working.

Our vision is to deliver innovations, high-performing pathology services that is focussed on our customers and delivers high quality and fully compliant services.

We are clinically led and designed to achieve the benefits of scale that can be achieved by working together to meet our service users needs and support the excellent clinical care provided by our hospitals.

We are committed to attracting, developing and retaining the best pathology staff. We encourage our staff to undertake internal and external courses to aid their development. You will play an integral part in helping to train our junior staff to develop their skills and careers.

Main duties of the job

Our pathology department is part of the collaborative East Coast Pathology Network (see attached document).

About our Pathology Service

https://youtu.be/FBrydUl_c5w

Specialist Biomedical Scientist Job Information

You will enjoy a varied range of responsibilities from maintaining the quality management system and UKAS accreditation, training of less experienced members of staff, validating and authorizing results and most importantly providing safe quality service for our patients.

As an experienced member of staff you will be a mentor to our junior staff, assisting them with their development.

As a shift lead will be responsible for the running of the laboratory and you will need to have the flexibility to do out of hours to deliver a 24 hours, 7 days per week service. You will work independently and lead on the specialist area as directed by the Lead Biomedical Scientist.

The work of the service brings staff into constant contact with human body fluids, tissues and hazardous chemicals. This may include blood, pus, urine, faeces, and respiratory secretions.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A