Trainee Biomedical Scientist

5 months ago


Gateshead, United Kingdom Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust Full time

To support the development of the South of Tyne Clinical Pathology Services, an opportunity has arisen for a Trainee Biomedical Scientist (annex U Band5) to join a friendly professional team within our Point of Care and Bowel Cancer Screening Department, the post holder will contribute to the provision of the clinical laboratory service, as part of a team of Biomedical Scientists and support workers, which provide a service across the three hospital sites; Gateshead, Sunderland and South Tyneside.

The Gateshead site is a new state of the art laboratory with all staff rotating into this area to train on new processes. The purpose of the post is to ensure that the Point of Care and Bowel Cancer Screening Department is able to meet the needs of the service both now and in the future. Staff will be required to rotate across all laboratory sites and participate in the departments shift rota pattern.

Salary offered will be dependent on current position, qualification and previous experience within the NHS.

The post will be on Gateshead Health NHS Trust terms and conditions of employment.

Calm supportive disposition

Excellent interpersonal/communication skills

Personable approach

Demonstrated ability to work autonomously

Adaptability in a changing environment

The willingness to work flexibly

Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.

Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.

We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.

Our values should be the ‘golden thread’ which runs through everything we do - they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronym ICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.

We have a number of staff networks including the BAME network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women’s Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our armed forces network is one of our emerging networks.

As part of the team the post holder will have developed knowledge, experience and competency in diagnostic techniques and must have or within 12 months be able to achieve Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) State Registration. Registration enables the post-holder to work unsupervised. It is a primary role of the post to provide advice to clinical users of the service regarding test requirements and expected turnaround times. The post holder will be expected to further develop knowledge and skills of the specialist diagnostic techniques of the Point of Care department.

This vacancy is part of our ‘refer a friend’ scheme, this means if a friend who currently works for us has told you about this vacancy you could both receive a cash payment. The full scheme details are included with the additional documents for this role.



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