Band 7 Senior Biomedical Scientist

Job overview

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust is one of the largest acute hospital Trusts in England, serving the populations of Birmingham and Solihull. The Trust is composed of four main hospital sites; Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEHB), Heartlands Hospital (BHH) Good Hope Hospital (GHH) and Solihull Hospital (SH). The post-holder will be required to work and rotate across all sites, although the main bases will be Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull Hospitals.

The department provides a 24/7 diagnostic and monitoring service for routine and urgent automated investigations. The Clinical Chemistry department has recently undergone a total laboratory automation equipment refresh. Equipment includes the Abbott Alinity c and i series analysers on all sites and both BHH and QEHB have a fully tracked solution.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our busy, friendly team and support our progressive department in providing high quality, timely and specialised services. We are UKAS accredited to ISO 15189 standards, MHRA approved and IBMS accredited for training.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

This is an exciting opportunity to gain experience of working in a fast-paced department that is continually growing and to expand and develop your existing knowledge and skills.

You must have a BSc in Biomedical Science (or equivalent) with HCPC registration and experience of working in a chemistry lab. An MSc or Higher Specialist Diploma is also essential. A candidate who is nearing completion of an MSc or Higher Specialist Diploma (completion within one year) may be considered but a candidate who has experience and can demonstrate skill at a B7 level is most desired.

The successful candidate will take a pragmatic, flexible and enthusiastic approach to their daily workloads which will include but is not limited to; staff oversight and management, management of their own quality workload, mentoring and training of staff, IQC troubleshooting, analyser troubleshooting and other day to day lab tasks. The successful candidate will also have the opportunity to take part in an out of hours duty manager rota.

The laboratory operates a 24/7 service and, after appropriate training and competency completion, you will be expected to support the departmental shift system as required to support both the service and staff.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

Job description

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Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

State registration with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)

MSc, Equivalent academic achievement ratified by the Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS) OR Equivalent Level 7 Post Graduate Certification or Diploma

Evidence of continuing professional development and proficiency in accordance with HCPC guidelines.

Post registration specialty training in accordance with Institute of Biomedical Sciences (IBMS) guidelines

Experience

Essential

Evidence of continuing professional Development

Discipline specific proficiency for HCPC registration

Experience in a specific laboratory discipline

A specialised knowledge of: biomedical science theory and practice in the relevant field

Troubleshooting in a specialised laboratory environment

Quality control and assurance

Practices laboratory health and safety

Knowledge and understanding of laboratory quality management systems and relevant regulatory body accreditation standards.

HCPC and IBMS professional standards, ethics and proficiencies

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.