Specialist Biomedical Scientist

2 days ago

Blackburn, United Kingdom East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust Full time

Job summary

Cellular Pathology has a vacancy for a Band 6 Specialist Biomedical Scientist. This is a permanent position, hours per week. The successfulcandidate will be hardworking, reliable, flexible and must work well within a team.

Cellular Pathology comprises Histology and Non-gynae cytology, supported by a comprehensive immunohistochemistry service.

We receive around 33,000 histology and 3,000 non-gynae requests per year. The post will be based at Royal Blackburn Teaching ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we may use this to contact you regarding your those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.

Main duties of the job

Work at a specialist level across a range of manual and automated procedures including: Specimen reception, BMS cut up, microtomy, cryotomy, non-gynae cytology, immunocytochemistry.

Perform internal and external quality control, monitor results

Handle specimens of relevant categories in BMS cut up

Work independently, planning own workload and troubleshooting when necessary.

Train and develop students and other staff

About us

At East Lancashire Hospitals Trust, our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide highquality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 7,000 staff, many of whom areinternationally renowned and have won awards for their work.

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust is currently working collaborativelywith 3 other local Trusts as part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Pathology Collaboration, in a bid to secure our services for the future.

Whilst this role is currently based here at Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital, this may not be the case in the future and the service may be relocated to another hospital or an off-site location.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information about the role

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Accredited Degree in Biomedical or Healthcare Science Specialist diploma in Cellular Pathology (or evidence of equivalent knowledge) Evidence of recent, relevant CPD

Desirable

MSc biomedical or cellular sciences IBMS HSD in Cellular Pathology IBMS certificate of extended practice

Experience

Essential

Post-registration experience in an NHS cellular pathology lab

Desirable

Experience of non gynaecological cytology/immunocytochemistry Experience in dissection beyond specimen transfer

Knowledge

Essential

Evidence of sound theoretical knowledge LIMS experience

Desirable

Audit training and completion Advanced IT Experience - Tracking, Digital, LIMS, data

Personal attributes

Essential

Evidence of good teamworking Flexible and can adapt to changing work patterns Organised with good time management skills

Desirable

Involvement with Lean, improvement or other projects

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