Biomedical Assistant Team Leader

Job overview

As a Biomedical Assistant Team Leader, you will be responsible for the day to day running and organisation of workload and staffing within the Pre- analytics Sections of Barnsley Blood Sciences.

The Pre-analytics Section covers the Blood Sciences Reception area and a team of Biomedical Assistants who work within Blood sciences.

The main function of the Central Reception area is the receipt of all Pathology requests from Barnsley Trust and Primary Care.

Routine samples are either registered for analysis or re-distributed to additional laboratories within Barnsley Pathology. This area runs 24/7 365 days a year.

The Biomedical Assistants work core hours (Monday -Friday 08:45-21:00) and maintain the urgent sample pathway, package and post all analysis not performed on site and support the registration processes in Blood Transfusion.

This role will manage circa 30wte band 2 and band 3 staff and will be supported with an existing Band 4 Central Reception supervisor.

Main duties of the job

Day to day organisation of the areas workflows.

Direct supervision of both areas 08:45-20:00.

Maintenance of documentation and quality procedures for these areas.

First line human resources duties, including:

• Maintaining staffing rosters, including organisation of overtime with line managers
• Sickness reviews and return to work (up to stage 2)

To carry out complex analytical and processing procedures.

To be responsible for the production of accurate and timely Laboratory testing.

To maintain high scientific and technical standards.

Promote and maintain a high standard of relevant education and training.

Adhere to all STH Trust, SYBP and Departmental Policies.

To stimulate and take part in scientific and technical developments.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term contract basis for a period of 12 months due to the post being part of an organisational change within the Laboratory Medicine department. The fixed term contract status of the post holder will be reviewed in accordance with the Trust's legal obligations regarding fixed term contracts and the management of organisational change.

Please note all existing NHS staff will only be considered on a secondment basis. This must first be agreed with your current line manager.