Specialist Biomedical Scientist - Haematology & Blood Transfusion

Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust; Colchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in Colchester is looking for a Specialist Biomedical Scientist to join their busy department. This role involves maintaining quality management systems, training staff, and conducting laboratory investigations. The ideal candidate will be passionate about patient care and eager to develop their skills within a supportive environment. Opportunities for career advancement and a competitive benefits package are provided.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave

Qualifications

• Ability to maintain quality management system and UKAS accreditation.
• Experience in training staff and validating results.
• Skill in resolving complex equipment or process problems.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the quality management system and UKAS accreditation.
• Train less experienced staff and validate and authorise results.
• Perform manual, semi-automated and automated laboratory investigations.

Job description

Overview

A Vacancy at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust. If you want to advance your career in Haematology and Blood Transfusion, this is an opportunity to join a friendly, busy department with close links to our clinical consultant staff. We are MHRA compliant and UKAS accredited.

We have unsociable hours and a locally agreed fixed payment for night shifts. An enhanced relocation package may be available. Our vision is to deliver innovations and high-performing pathology services that are focused on our customers and deliver high quality, fully compliant services.

We are clinically led and designed to achieve the benefits of scale 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. You will play an integral part in helping to train our junior staff to develop their skills and careers.

About the pathology service

Our well-designed, up-to-date lab includes Grifols analysers in blood transfusion, blood track and Contronics temperature monitoring. In haematology and coagulation we have Sysmex XNs and ACL TOPS. For quality management we use the Q-Pulse system and we are upgrading our LIMS (WinPath Enterprise). The pathology service is part of the collaborative East Coast Pathology Network.

Specialist Biomedical Scientist Job Information

Responsibilities

• Maintain the quality management system and UKAS accreditation.
• Train less experienced staff and validate and authorise results to provide a quality service for patients.
• Resolve complex equipment or process problems and perform manual, semi-automated and fully automated laboratory investigations, including specialist investigations, within the defined service area.
• Participate in day-to-day stock control and usage, including maintaining Blood Transfusion and Haematology stock levels and records and monitoring usage for efficient use where appropriate.

About ESNEFT

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provides hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, clinics and in patients’ homes. We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 12,000 staff. We offer flexible working options, a wide range of training and development opportunities, a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata), and access to NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers various services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust we focus on improving our processes and removing delays for staff and patients. We are investing in digital transformation with Epic, bringing a leading electronic patient record system to ESNEFT to improve life in hospital for staff and patients.

Requirements and Opportunities

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, we want to hear from you. For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

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Advert closing date: Sunday 12 Oct 2025.