Healthcare Science Assistant Practitioner

5 months ago

Edinburgh, United Kingdom NHS Scotland Full time

**This post is a 12 Month Fixed Term / Secondment position**

**About the Organisation**:
National Services Scotland (NSS) is a national NHS Board operating right at the heart of NHS Scotland providing invaluable support and advice at a strategic and operational level. NSS supports customers to deliver their services more efficiently and effectively and we offer shared services on a national scale using best-in-class systems and standards. Our priority is always the same - to improve the health and well-being of the people of Scotland. We do this by working in partnership with colleagues across Health and Social Care to deliver fit for purpose solutions and systems, delivering high quality services that help our stakeholders to free up resources so they can be re-invested into essential services.

**The Post**:
Applications are invited from suitably qualified individuals to join the Histocompatibility & Immunogenetics (H&I) team based in the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service department in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. This busy H&I laboratory is a well-equipped, MHRA, UKAS and EFI accredited lab providing support for the East of Scotland solid organ transplantation programme, autologous HSC transplantation programme and specialist transfusion testing.

As well as involvement in day to day activities in the lab, such as booking in of samples, DNA extraction and serum separation, the successful applicant will join a team involved in a UK wide project, Quality of Organ Donation (QuOD) which aims to provide a resource of samples from deceased donors for future study.

Applicants must have a minimum of SVQ Level 4 in Laboratory Science or equivalent (e.g. HND in Applied Science), although an honours degree in a relevant Biological Science discipline is desirable. Experience of working in a NHS Clinical laboratory is also desirable but not essential, as training will be provided. Applicants must be reliable, enthusiastic, have good interpersonal skills and be able to work individually and as part of a team.

**Location and Working Pattern**:
This post is based in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.

The work pattern is Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week.

It is a condition of this employment that you must live and remain a resident within the UK for the post in which you will be employed with NSS.

**Benefits**:
Our** **benefits package includes pension scheme, comprehensive range of work life balance policies, occupational health services, learning resource centres and discounted leisure, financial and shopping benefits. Click here to view the full range of NHS NSS Employee Benefits.

**Further information**:
NHS National Services Scotland is an equal opportunities employer and as committed participant in the disability confident scheme, guarantees to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies

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