Specialist Biomedical Scientist –Specialist Coagulation

Transformation Unit; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an HCPC registered Band 6 Specialist Biomedical Scientist to join the Specialist Coagulation Laboratory in Blood Sciences. The role involves providing high-quality specialist coagulation services across sites with occasional after-hours work.

You will contribute to analytical Haematology and Transfusion testing, support quality assurance, and help develop the service within a dynamic NHS laboratory team.

Qualifications

• Qualified as an experienced State Registered Biomedical Scientist.
• CPD
• HCPC registration

Responsibilities

• Assess suitability of samples received and validate routine analyses.
• Ensure data integrity when entering results into the laboratory information system.
• Supervise and train trainee staff and colleagues as required.
• Provide technical interpretation and support for haemostasis and thrombosis analyses.

Skills

Communication skills

Supervision

Computers

Education

HCPC registration

Job description

Employer Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Liverpool Clinical Laboratories Town Liverpool Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 16/11/2026 23:59

Specialist Biomedical Scientist –Specialist Coagulation

Band 6

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced suitably qualified HCPC registered Band 6 Specialist Biomedical Scientist to join a dynamic workforce within the Specialist Coagulation Laboratory of Blood Sciences. Working as part of the team you will contribute to the provision and further development of this high-quality specialist service.

The successful candidate will be primarily based at The Royal Liverpool site and support coagulation at other sites to meet the demands of the service. They will be required to work outside of routine working hours to meet the demands of the service where necessary (shift and on-call including stand‑by).

You should have a high level of analytical and technical skill, including statistical analysis. They should have up to date knowledge of current practices and advances in Haematology, with specific experience in Haemostasis and Thrombosis desirable.

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, suitably qualified and HCPC-registered Band 6 Specialist Biomedical Scientist within the Specialist Coagulation Laboratory (Blood Sciences). You will join a dynamic team, contributing to the delivery and continued development of a high-quality specialist service.

The post is primarily based at the Royal Liverpool site, with flexibility to support coagulation services across other sites to meet service demand. You will be required to work outside routine hours as required. You will have a high level of analytical and technical skill, including statistical and quality analysis, and up‑to‑date knowledge of current practice and advances in Haematology. Experience in Haemostasis and Thrombosis is expected.

Working for our organisation

NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHL Group) was formed on 1 November 2024, born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our communities.

We are one of the largest employers in region, with over 18,900 colleagues who are dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services that extend to more than two million people in the North West.

We operate from five hospital sites: Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside, and hosts a number of regional services including an award‑winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to several elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital provide specialist services incardiothoracic surgery,cardiology and respiratory medicine, both in the hospital and out in the community. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single en-suite bedrooms and mainly focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached JD

To assess the suitability and appropriateness of samples received, liaising with medical staff as appropriate.

• To ensure satisfactory completion and validation of routine and specialist haematology & transfusion analyses.
• To use specialist knowledge across a range of procedures, authorise test results and initiate further tests as appropriate; e.g. Paul Bunnell, haemaglobinopathy investigation, haematinics.
• To ensure data integrity when entering demographics and results into the laboratory information system.
• Use aquired skills and experience for film reporting, malaria diagnosis and selection of films for referral to Haematologist.
• To take responsibility for finishing, checking, validating, and authorising colleagues’ work as necessary.
• To check the validity and reliability of analytical processes, maintaining and monitoring satisfactory performance by internal quality control and external quality Aug 22 assessment.
• To ensure prompt referral of results, which exceed action limits, to senior or department medical staff, wards and GPs, performing technical interpretation of partial, complex or conflicting results to facilitate patient care.
• To set up and check instrumentation for correct operation, troubleshooting and correcting minor faults, reporting major faults to senior staff or instrument engineers as appropriate. Maintain instrument, QC and reagent logs, and utilise resources cost effectively. To monitor and store consumables and reagents.
• To assume enhanced responsibiliy in the absence of supervisory and other staff as necessitated by regular rota commitments.
• To take responsibility for selection of correct blood, and blood products, involving antibody identification and patient phenotyping, to make best use of stocks, and to ensure the integrity of all blood and blood products for patient transfusion, using aquired knowledge of laboratory procedures and National Blood Transfusion guidelines.
• To participate in developmental work, performing specialised tests when necessary, and assisting in any clinical trials.
• To work independently at large, offsite, outpatient clinics providing POCT at a satellite laboratory requiring data entry, processing and generation of treatment reports. When required to visit wards, or clinics to perform ‘Bleeding Times’ on patients.
• To participate in the trusts annual joint review process, relevant to grade
• To provide a rapid, reliable and efficient results service by performing a comprehensive range of routine and specialist haematology & transfusion analyses, or referral to other providers as needed.
• To work within the accepted rules and procedures of both the Trust and the department.
• To apply specialised knowledge and skills in key areas where necessary.
• To offer guidance on the services available from the speciality, information about the analyses performed, and to refer medical queries to Haematologist for clinical advice.
• To communicate with clinical and haematology staff to resolve critical patient concerns.
• To assist in the supervision and instruction of trainee and less experienced Biomedical Scientists, laboratory assistants and support staff.
• To continually improve service provision, undertaking developmental work as required.

The Specialist Biomedical Scientist is a member of the clinical support team, whose purpose is to assist in the monitoring and treatment of patients within the hospital and community by offering accurate and timely analyses. They will be expected to apply professional judgement and developed specialist skills and knowledge to technically difficult situations, working under pressure as part of a team. They will inform users of the service on accepted laboratory protocols, communicating complex information concisely and clearly in critical situations in order to facilitate positive patient outcomes and early patient admission, referral or discharge.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Qualified as an experienced State Registered Biomedical Scientist
• CPD
• HCPC registration

Experience

• Significant experience of modern laboratory techniques and good knowledge of current professional issues.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of specialist Haematology and Transfusion procedures to post-graduate diploma level (or equivalent) acquired though CPD, short courses and ongoing specialist training
• Knowledge of COSHH legislation, fire regulations, Data Protection Act, postal regulations, Ionising Radiation Rules and Regulations
• Awareness of hazards and dangers and the correct protocol to follow in the event of intrusion, fire or other emergency situation. Awareness of remedial action for uncontained infectious, chemical or radioactive material
• Service development.Contribute to the implementation of services, making suggestions and input into service and policy.
• Quality.Good understanding of the importance of IQA, and external quality control systems eg: NEQAS
• Data processing and management.Knowledge of the implications of the Caldicott Report and Data Protection Act

Skills

• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to supervise and train others
• Computer literate – capable of utilising complex proprietary information systems and generic software
• Developed skills to communicate complex information between diverse staff groups

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The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work‑life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.

The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under‑represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.

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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.

Application numbers

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