Trainee Biomedical Scientist

We are a fully ISO 15189 accredited service and are recognised by the “IBMS” and the “National School for Healthcare Science” for training.

We are a dynamic diverse team currently training Trainee Biomedical Scientists, Trainee Clinical Scientists, Senior, Principal and Consultant clinical scientists, Senior Clinical Fellows and apprentices at several levels.

The philosophy of the department is to invest and develop staff, to strive for a workforce fit for the future.
- To undertake training in routine analytical work involving automated and manual techniques in accordance with the training schedule
- To undertake scientific tasks within all appropriate sections of the department under the supervision of Specialist and Senior Biomedical Scientist staff.
- Undertake formal internal training and assessment programmes leading to completion and verification of the IBMS Certificate of Competency Registration Portfolio (CCRP) leading to Health & care Profession Council registration.
- To comply with all quality control measures as laid down in Standard Operating Procedures and in line with the Quality Management Systems, keeping Specialist and Senior BMS staff informed of any problems that may require further action.
- The postholder will be required to make appropriate decisions regarding the safe and efficient day to day running of the section of the laboratory they are working in. However, they must be able to recognise when to seek advice from more senior staff.
- To assist in the development and implementation of systems and procedures within the department to enable the development and improvement of the service

We have an extensive repertoire and scope of practice, you would be using much of the latest high-quality innovation and technology, for instance Bruker Maldi-ToF, Biofire film array, Elite Ingenius molecular platform, Alinity M molecular platform, Abbott M2000, Serosep Enteric PCR, Luminex respiratory PCR, Biomek i5 robotic extraction platform, 2 Liaison XLs, IQ Sprints, Virtuo automated blood culture platforms on 2 hospital sites, Beckman Coulter Microscan (broth dilution) for AST and Autoplak automation for plate inoculation. We are also busy expanding our Mycology service having recently introduced the Galactomannan test to accompany our anti-fungal susceptibility testing.

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