Specialist Services

Buckinghamshire Healthcare Nhs Trust; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working opportunities

NHS benefits: annual leave & pension

Health and wellbeing services

Job summary

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking a HCPC registered Biomedical Scientist to join the Microbiology/Serology Department at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury. You will contribute to a 7-day rota and support a range of diagnostic tests using modern analysers, while maintaining quality and safety standards.

You will participate in training, develop your expertise across sections, and support colleagues in a busy laboratory serving the Trust and surrounding community.

Qualifications

• Safety regulations relating to safe working in pathology laboratories and categorisation of biological agents.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication for clear precision.
• Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative.
• Experience with analytical instruments and practical use.
• Knowledge of laboratory quality management systems.
• Experience in cascading training to staff

Responsibilities

• Rotate through sections of the busy Microbiology/Serology Department to learn all aspects of the service.
• Help deliver a comprehensive clinical microbiology/serology service to Trust hospitals and community.
• Participate in training and development of technical, medical and support staff.
• Ensure compliance with quality, health, safety and security procedures.

Skills

Safety regulations

English communication

Teamwork & initiative

Analytical instruments

Quality management

Training & cascading

Education

HCPC registration

Biomedical Science degree or equivalent

CPD participation

IBMS Specialist portfolio or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job overview

Applications are invited from suitably qualified HCPC registered Biomedical Scientists with strong post HCPC registration experience in a diagnostic laboratory who have completed the specialist portfolio in Microbiology. However, consideration may be given to candidates newly HCPC registered with strong Microbiology experience.

Stoke Mandeville Hospital is located on the edge of the market town of Aylesbury, North-West of London in central Buckinghamshire, with a direct rail link to Marylebone Station in London. It is well known for being the birthplace of the Paralympics and houses a world famous spinal unit along with the regional burns and plastics unit, maternity, cancer care and ophthalmic unit.

The laboratory operates a seven day rota and qualified Biomedical Scientists will be expected to participate in the shift system to contribute towards the continuity of care for patients in the Trust hospitals. The laboratory is covered for 24 hours and staff will be expected to be part of that cover.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will be part of a friendly team working in the various sections of this busy Microbiology/Serology Department based at Stoke Mandeville providing a service for the hospitals in the Trust and surrounding community. You will need to be motivated, highly reliable, trustworthy and able to work to tight deadlines and under extreme pressure. The laboratory processes more than 400,000 specimens a year and is well equipped with analysers such as the Mast UriSystem, Serosep EntericBio, BD Bactec and MGIT, Bruker MALDI ToF, Biofire FilmArray, Cepheid GeneXpert, BD Kiestra InoqulA, BD Phoenix, BD Max, Hologic Panther Fusion, Abbott Alinity and the Liaison XI.

You will play a key role in helping to deliver and develop our comprehensive, clinical microbiology/serology service. With much new technology throughout the department, you will rotate throughout and learn all aspects of the diagnostic microbiology departments. You will help to meet quality standards necessary for accreditation, and ensure that protocols are followed and documentation maintained in a way that maintains Quality, Health, Safety and Security for individuals, the Department and the Trust

You will be expected to actively participate in the training and development of technical, medical and support staff as well as be proactive in your own development and that of the service.

Working for our organisation

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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

• We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
• A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.

What do we stand for?

• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our care values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

Person specification

Skills Abilities & Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Safety regulations relating to safe working in pathology laboratories and categorisation of biological agents according to hazard.
• Good written and verbal skills in English to ensure clear precise communication
• Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative.
• Computer keyboard skills & basic use of Microsoft office suite.
• Understanding of relevant analytical instruments and practical use
• Knowledge and understanding of laboratory quality management systems
• Experience of cascading training

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of standard diagnostic methods in the relevant pathology discipline.
• Several years experience of working in a diagnostic pathology laboratory post registration

Education & Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registration with the Health Professions Council as a biomedical scientist.
• A Biomedical Science Degree or equivalent.
• Can demonstrate participation in CPD
• Relevant IBMS Specialist portfolio or equivalent.

Special Circumstances

Essential criteria

• Must be able to work some weekends and Bank Holidays, and participate in rota to ensure 24-hour cover
• Demonstrate inclusion in lone working and/or on-call rotas
• Willingness/ability to travel to other sites.

PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.

Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.

Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.

Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.

Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.

Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.

Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.