SYBP Biomedical Scientists - Haematology DBTH

Integrated Care System; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Integrated Care System is looking for enthusiastic Biomedical Scientists to join their Haematology teams in Doncaster. You will provide key scientific services in a fully accredited laboratory, contributing to clinical diagnostics and patient care within a progressive NHS organization. Opportunities for career advancement and continuous professional development are integral to this role.

Qualifications

• HCPC registration required.
• Targeting individuals for Band 5 or 6 based on experience.
• Commitment to continuous professional development.

Responsibilities

• Provide scientific services as a Biomedical Scientist.
• Participate in a 24/7 shift rota.
• Perform complex analytical procedures using scientific experience.

Skills

Keyboard skills

Health & Safety awareness

Effective communication

Time management

Manual dexterity

Ability to work as part of a team

Education

IBMS accredited BSC in Biomedical Sciences or equivalent

Registered with HCPC as a Biomedical Scientist

Completion of IBMS post graduate registration portfolio

Job description

Go back Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

SYBP Biomedical Scientists - Haematology DBTH

The closing date is 21 July 2025

Are you looking for an exciting new challenge in a place to take your career to the next level?Would you like to join a friendly, progressive, innovative team in pathology services across South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw based at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals?Do you want to work in a fully UKAS-accredited, modern laboratory environment where you can make a difference?

Then read on.

The South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw (SYB) Pathology Network is a fully integrated network providing pathology services across five regional sites

• Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (DBTHFT)
• The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust (TRHFT)
• Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust (SCFT)
• Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (STHFT
• Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (BHFT)

We are inviting applications from enthusiastic, driven individuals to join our Haematology teams at the Doncaster site.

SYB Pathology aims to provide the best possible service for patients and clinicians, improving health outcomes, driving research and innovation, delivering healthcare efficiencies, and ensuring a sustainable workforce, providing job satisfaction and career progression opportunities for all staff.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will act as an HCPC-registered Biomedical Scientist providing scientific services to patients as an aid to clinical diagnosis. The successful candidate will be required to participate on the 24/7 shift rota and undertake a wide range of complex analytical procedures, performing a range of manual, semi-automated and automated tests using scientific knowledge and experience to comment upon and validate results in line with ISO 15189.

Suitable candidates will require Haematology experience post-registration and ideally have experience of working out of hours. Candidates must be in possession of an IBMS specialist portfolio in either Haematology or Blood Sciences, or equivalent to be appointed at Band 6. However, registered candidates either working towards or aspiring to complete their specialist portfolio will be considered for appointment at band 5.

Please also note this vacancy is banded dependent upon applicants experience relevant to this post. The banding of the successful applicant/s will start at Band 5 unless applicants meet the necessary threshold of skills and experience required to start on Band 6.

About us

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

STHFT operates with a budget of £1.2 bn, has a workforce of over 18,500 employees, covers five hospital sites, provides care from over forty community settings, and has an excellent reputation for research.

As an organisation we value and respect our staff and the community we serve. We provide excellent staff benefits; this includes commitment to professional development but also many initiatives to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

The South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Pathology Network are invested in training, developing, and supporting staff in all aspects including academic courses from certificates of achievement, registration, specialist and higher specialist IBMS portfolios, apprenticeships and leadership and management qualifications.

We pride ourselves in enabling opportunity across all our sites to develop staff and provide a strong and sustained service for the future.

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• (Band 5 & 6) IBMS accredited BSC in Biomedical Sciences or equivalent (2)
• (Band 5 & 6) Registered with HCPC as a Biomedical Scientist (2)
• (Band 5) Completion of IBMS post graduate registration portfolio or equivalent (2)
• (Band 5 & 6) Commitment to complete and maintain Mandatory Training and required Laboratory competencies (2)
• (Band 5 & 6) Commitment to complete the relevant Specialist BMS IBMS portfolio (2)
• (Band 6) IBMS Specialist Diploma in a relevant specialist subject (2)
• (Band 6) Commitment to continuous professional development required to maintain HCPC registration (2)
• (Band 5 & 6) Evidence of continued CPD including relevant courses with regards to H&S, leadership, quality or training (2)

Experience

• (Band 5 & 6) Experience with a range of laboratory techniques (2)
• (Band 6) Detailed understanding of job content (2)
• (Band 6) Ability to work with other colleagues to improve and develop working practices (2)
• (Band 6) Discipline specific NHS experience in a UKAS accredited laboratory (Microbiology/Virology/Histopathology/ Bood sciences * laboratory) (2)
• (Band 6) Multi - disciplinary awareness (2)
• (Band 6) Experience with a wide range of laboratory techniques in use across Blood sciences (2)
• (Band 6) Experience working within a laboratory providing local, regional or national tertiary reference facilities (2)
• (Band 6) Experience in the implementation of new methodologies and /or equipment (2)
• (Band 6) Experience with the UKAS accreditation process (2)
• (Band 6) Experience in demonstrating leadership qualities (2)
• (Band 5) Discipline specific NHS laboratory experience (2)
• (Band 5) Multi - disciplinary awareness (2)
• (Band 5) Experience in demonstrating leadership qualities (2)

Skills and Knowledge

• (Band 5 & 6) Keyboard and basic IT skills (2)
• (Band 5 & 6) Have an awareness of Health & Safety issues (2)
• (Band 5 & 6) Can communicate effectively with staff of all grades (2)
• (Band 6) Evidence of effective time management skills and with a methodical approach (2)
• (Band 6) Evidence of good manual dexterity (2)
• (Band 6) Able to follow and work to SOP and Policy (2)
• (Band 6) Ability to work individually and part of a team. (2)
• (Band 6) Maintains composure in pressurised situations (2)
• (Band 6) Ability to plan and prioritise allocated work (2)
• (Band 6) Ability to concentrate for extended periods of time whilst performing scientific analysis (2)

Personal Qualities

• (Band 6) Understand and follow clear instructions. (2)
• (Band 6) Participation in weekend and evening work and out of hours shifts as required. This includes participation in a 24/7 shift pattern. (2)
• (Band 6) Commitment to role (2)

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.

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£29,970 to £44,962 a yearpa/pro rata for part time staff