Biomedical Scientist/Biomedical Scientist Trainee

3 weeks ago


Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation... Full time
Job Title: Biomedical Scientist/Biomedical Scientist Trainee

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Biomedical Scientist to join our team at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing a comprehensive Point of Care Testing (POCT) service, performing routine and specialist procedures, and investigations to aid in the diagnosis and management of patients.

Key Responsibilities:
  1. Provide timely and accurate test results using appropriate equipment.
  2. Routine and specialist Blood Sciences analyses, validation, interpretation, and reporting of results.
  3. Maintain complex analytical equipment.
  4. Supervise, teach, advise, and inform all grades of staff.
  5. Comply with Standards of Proficiency for State Registration.
  6. Maintain patient confidentiality and comply with all aspects of Caldicott.
Knowledge and Personal Development:
  1. Build upon acquired technical and analytical knowledge through specialist training and experience.
  2. Maintain specialist technical and analytical knowledge by participating in Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
  3. Maintain state registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) by complying with Standards of Proficiency and Conduct.
  4. Ensure compliance with all local and national standards of work practice, e.g. Clinical Pathology Accreditation (CPA).
  5. Maintain knowledge and expertise necessary to perform specialized procedures during rotation through highly specialized laboratories associated with a teaching hospital.
  6. Participate in Personnel Development Plans and Appraisals.
Communication and Relationships:
  1. Assess suitability and appropriateness of samples received, liaise with medical staff as necessary.
  2. Deal sympathetically with colleagues, other healthcare professionals, and staff from external organizations.
  3. Use empathy and understanding to overcome technical, clinical, and linguistic barriers to understanding.
  4. Negotiate with service users resolving contentious issues that conflict with laboratory service targets.
  5. Report and explain results to clinicians, biochemists, and other service users.
  6. Provide specialist advice to clinicians and other service users regarding specimen types, investigations required, and appropriateness of test and timing of collection of specimen and turnaround times.
Scientific and Technical:
  1. Use specialist knowledge across a range of procedures, authorize test results, and integrate and initiate further tests as appropriate.
  2. Take responsibility for finishing, checking, validating, and authorizing colleagues' work as necessary.
  3. Check validity and reliability of analytical processes, maintaining and monitoring satisfactory performance by internal quality control and external quality assessment to ensure accuracy and precision of POCT equipment.
  4. Manipulate materials and objects, such as microscopes and pipettes, for accurate and reliable determination of results.
  5. Monitor Quality control and reagent logs in ward areas and utilize resources cost-effectively.
  6. Participate in flexible working when the service demands, i.e. to accommodate early morning or late evening staff training sessions.
Resources:
  1. Ensure data integrity when entering demographics and results into the laboratory information system using specialized laboratory software.
  2. Liaise with IT support in resolving any computer system difficulties.
  3. Monitor and store consumables and reagents in appropriate conditions. Audit fridge/freezer temperature in POCT areas.


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