Specialist Biomedical Scientist Microbiology

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust in Worcestershire is seeking a Biomedical Scientist for the Microbiology Department. The post involves 37.5 hours per week over 7 days, including out of hours and on-call duties; a late shift rota and weekend bank holidays.

The department provides Microbiology services with Serology and Molecular, operates LIMS Clinsys Winpath, and uses systems like MALDI-TOF, Vitek, and GeneXpert.

Qualifications

• HCPC registration and NHS microbiology laboratory experience.
• Demonstrates CPD and up-to-date knowledge in microbiology.
• Understands good laboratory practice and safety.
• Willingness to work out of hours and on-call.

Responsibilities

• Supervise Biomedical Scientists, associate practitioners and MLA staff.
• Perform pre-analytical preparation and data entry of patient/specimen information.
• Analyse potentially infectious samples using manual or automated methods.
• Carry out troubleshooting and preventative maintenance on complex automated systems.
• Handle potentially infectious material and ensure validity of own results.

Job description

Job summary

The post holders wouldbe working 37.5 hours/week over 7 days, out of hours and on-call. Participation in the discipline specific on-call service will be required. Rostered Late shifts (12:00 20:00), Saturdays, Sundays and Bank holidays (08:00- 16:00) rota asrequired.

The Department provides Microbiology services (including Serology and Molecular) to the population of Worcestershire.

The Microbiology Department receivesapproximately 690,000 specimens per year. The department currently uses theClinsys Winpath computer LIMS system and iPassport QMS.

This is a modernwell equipped laboratory, with arange of automation including the Biomerieux MALDI-TOF, Vitek, and Virtuo Bloodculture analysers, the Sedimax Urine analyser, Mast Urisystem, the VIDAS3, COBAS 6800 and Cepheid GeneXpert system.

The Department has UKAS accreditation. It isapproved by the IBMS as a training laboratory. The Department has a proventrack record in training and is committed to further education and personaldevelopment of staff through CPD and post-registration training

Main duties of the job

• Tobe responsible for the work carried out in the designated section, supervisingBiomedical Scientists, associate practitioners and MLA staff, ensuring work iscompleted in line with service requirements
• Toperform pre-analytical preparation of specimens including matching of specimensand data entry of patient and specimen information into the Laboratory ITsystem with accuracy.
• Analysespotentially infectious samples using a range of highly specialised laboratoryprocedures, by either manual or automated techniques, to produce results of aquality consistent with excellent patient care. Undertakes these duties in allareas of the Department.
• Carrysout troubleshooting and preventative maintenance on highly complex automatedsystems. Ensures appropriate records are kept and liaises with senior staff andservice engineers where appropriate.
• Tohandle potentially highly infectious material and known highly infectiousmaterial, containing Hazard Group 2 & 3 pathogens, in order to performsubjective interpretation of diagnostic investigations and be responsible forthe validity of own results.

About us

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a largeacute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acuteservices to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to alarger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services fromthree sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and ourcaring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centredcare. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people towork with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin oureveryday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Being open and honest

Ensuring people feel cared for

Showing respect to everyone

We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System.

We are proud to have achieved Timewiseaccreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible workingwithin our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs

Any applicants who are offered posts requiring aDBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check(at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in SupportingInformation section for more details on DBS checks and costs.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrate post HCPC registration Laboratory experience
• Specialist knowledge in an NHS microbiology Laboratory.
• Participates in CPD maintaining up to date knowledge in microbiology.
• Understands good laboratory practice and laboratory Health and Safety.

Desirable

• Has participated in out of hours and on on-call
• Experience in Mycology
• Experience in Parasitology
• Good communication skills within the team and users of the department
• Can carry out troubleshooting on equipment or procedures.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registration with HCPC as a Biomedical Scientist
• IBMS Specialist Portfolio Bacteriology

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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UK Registration

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Employer details

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1DD

United Kingdom