Biomedical Scientist (Clinical Chemistry) - Registered/Specialist

Job overview

Are you looking for an exciting new challenge in a place to take your career to the next level? Would you like to join a friendly, progressive, innovative team and play a part in the transformation of pathology services across South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw?

South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw (SYB) Pathology provides high-quality and innovative laboratory services from 7 laboratory sites at Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust.

We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic Biomedical Scientist with a flexible approach to work and interested in progressing their career in a fully UKAS-accredited, modern laboratory environment to work in our Blood Sciences service in the Acute, Metabolic and New Born Screening Clinical Chemistry Laboratories, primarily based at the Sheffield Children’s Hospital but with a requirement to work in all Sheffield Teaching Hospitals laboratory sites on a rotational rota basis.

The post holder will work as a Biomedical Scientist providing scientific services to patients as an aid to clinical diagnosis. The successful candidate will be required to participate in the 24/7 OOH rota covering a 7-day working week, including evenings, nights, weekends and bank holidays.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be an HCPC-registered Biomedical Scientist in order to provide scientific services to patients as an aid to clinical diagnosis. You will undertake a wide range of complex analytical procedures, performing a range of manual, semi-automated and automated tests using scientific knowledge and experience to comment upon and validate results in line with ISO 15189. Suitable candidates will require Clinical Chemistry laboratory experience and ideally have experience of working out of hours.

If applying for a Band 6 role, candidates will have completed (or be ready for assessment) the IBMS specialist portfolio in Clinical Chemistry or be ready for assessment.

Successful candidates with HCPC registration but have not completed the IBMS specialist portfolio Clinical Chemistry will be appointed at Band 5.

Duties include:

Assisting in maintaining high scientific and technical standards.

Maintaining complex pieces of laboratory equipment to ensure accurate and reliable results are produced for patients.

Being accountable for own professional actions and work for long periods of time without direct supervision.

Assisting in monitoring quality standards, perform audit as directed in line with service needs.

Monitoring stock levels and assist senior members of staff with ordering and organising stock as required.

Participating in regular CPD activities to maintain up to date knowledge and experience.

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.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.