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Job requirements
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Essential
72 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Core Behaviours and Skills
Basic computer skills are essential to carry out your work.
- Core Behaviours and Skills
Gain new knowledge through experience, formal study and participation in relevant training schemes.
- Core Behaviours and Skills
Become an integral member of a team providing a clinical technical service.
- Core Behaviours and Skills
Work independently when and as directed by supervisors.
- Core Behaviours and Skills
Communicate clearly and effectively whether orally, graphically or electronically.
- Core Behaviours and Skills
Plan the designated workload and assist in the organization of tasks undertaken by support workers.
- Core Behaviours and Skills
Work with precision and follow accurately the documented laboratory standard operating procedures.
- Core Behaviours and Skills
Operate highly complex laboratory equipment safely and efficiently.
- Core Behaviours and Skills
Input and extract patient data from the laboratory computer system.
- Core Behaviours and Skills
Interpret, validate and authorize the results of the section.
- Core Behaviours and Skills
Demonstrate relevant tasks to others as appropriate.
- Core Behaviours and Skills
Contribute actively towards the improvement of service quality by participation in relevant discussions with other team members.
- Core Behaviours and Skills
Participate actively in the departmental appraisal scheme.
- Core Behaviours and Skills
Take account of changes in service delivery by demonstrating a flexible approach to work.
- Core Behaviours and Skills
Perform tasks accurately and in accordance with departmental standard operating procedures.
- Core Behaviours and Skills
Enter, manage and retrieve patient information using the laboratory computer system.
- Core Behaviours and Skills
Demonstrate relevant job related tasks to new or more junior staff.
- Core Behaviours and Skills
High degree of dexterity and precision when manipulating small tools such as pipettes, handling very small volumes of clinical material or when preparing microscope slides for examination.
- Core Behaviours and Skills
Working with both speed and accuracy will be required.
- Knowledge and Understanding
Carry out a range of basic and more complex technical procedures.
- Knowledge and Understanding
Understand the safe and effective use of highly complex laboratory equipment.
- Knowledge and Understanding
Recognise system failures and errors.
- Knowledge and Understanding
Understand the need to report adverse events in the event of errors and failures.
- Knowledge and Understanding
Participate actively in departmental internal and external quality assurance schemes.
- Knowledge and Understanding
Recognise when expected levels of quality have not been met.
- Knowledge and Understanding
Participate in the maintenance of a safe working environment.
- Knowledge and Understanding
Awareness of the hazards associated with your work, including fire, manual handling, breaches of security, and controlled and uncontrolled exposure to chemical, biological and radioactive materials.
- Knowledge and Understanding
Maintain patient confidentiality.
- Knowledge and Understanding
Recognise the absolute requirement to protect sensitive information that is related to patient care.
- Knowledge and Understanding
Observe the requirements of departmental policies relating to service provision, for example sample labelling and adverse event reporting.
- Knowledge and Understanding
Prioritise, perform and interpret clinical technical investigations according to standard operating procedures.
- Knowledge and Understanding
Authorise the results of investigations.
- Knowledge and Understanding
Participate actively in the laboratory quality assurance programme.
- Knowledge and Understanding
Participate in laboratory audit processes and support appropriate clinical trials involving the laboratory.
- Values and Flexible Working
Recognise the importance and value of personal honesty and integrity.
- Values and Flexible Working
Commitment to patient service and confidentiality.
- Values and Flexible Working
Kind.
- Values and Flexible Working
Open & Honest.
- Values and Flexible Working
Responsible.
- Values and Flexible Working
One Team.
- Values and Flexible Working
Demonstrate a flexible approach to work.
- Values and Flexible Working
The Pathology department provides a 24 hour, 7 day service and you may be required to work on bank holidays.
- Quality, Safety and Governance
Complying at all times with the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Policies, including Health and Safety policies.
- Quality, Safety and Governance
Following agreed safe working procedures, and reporting incidents using the Trust Incident Reporting system.
- Quality, Safety and Governance
Comply at all times with the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Infection Control policies, in particular by practising Universal Infection Control Precautions.
- Quality, Safety and Governance
Hand hygiene must be performed before and after contact with patients and their environment.
- Quality, Safety and Governance
Comply with all policies and procedures designed to ensure equality of employment and that services are delivered in ways that meet the individual needs of patients and their families.
- Quality, Safety and Governance
Contribute to service improvements based on patient feedback.
- Quality, Safety and Governance
Actively participate in the laboratory quality assurance programme.
- Quality, Safety and Governance
Report adverse events according to Trust risk management procedures.
- Communication and Personal Qualities
Communicate complex and sensitive information to colleagues and other healthcare staff.
- Communication and Personal Qualities
Communicate accurately sensitive and complex information to users of the service in a manner that is in accordance with departmental procedures.
- Communication and Personal Qualities
Issue written, electronic or verbal reports to clinicians and other practitioners.
- Communication and Personal Qualities
Provide technical clinical advice to clinicians and other practitioners.
- Communication and Personal Qualities
Provide service related information to patients.
- Communication and Personal Qualities
Personal honesty and integrity as a commitment to patient service and confidentiality will be recognised.
- Communication and Personal Qualities
Work, often under pressure, either independently or as part of the team.
- Communication and Personal Qualities
Maintain patient confidentiality at all times and not divulge patient information unless sanctioned by the requirements of the role.
- Technical and Clinical Laboratory Skills
Perform, sometimes under supervision, appropriate technical laboratory procedures and tasks that are consistent with the job holders' levels of knowledge, skills and experience.
- Technical and Clinical Laboratory Skills
Develop competence in all sections of the department.
- Technical and Clinical Laboratory Skills
Assess suitability and urgency of pathology samples and assign relevant tests and investigations.
- Technical and Clinical Laboratory Skills
Monitor the performance of highly complex laboratory equipment such as automated analysers and perform basic repairs in the event of malfunction.
- Technical and Clinical Laboratory Skills
Enter patient demographic information and the tests requested onto the laboratory computer system quickly and accurately.
- Technical and Clinical Laboratory Skills
The job holder will be expected to operate highly complex laboratory equipment.
- Technical and Clinical Laboratory Skills
Work with chemical and biological materials such as blood, other body fluids, body tissue and faeces on every shift in a clinical laboratory.
- Qualifications and Professional Registration
Successfully studied for an accredited degree in biomedical sciences, or other equivalent qualification acceptable to the Health Care Professions Council and the Institute of Biomedical Science.
- Qualifications and Professional Registration
Maintain registration with the Health Professions Council as a biomedical scientist.
- Qualifications and Professional Registration
Abide by the HCPC standards of proficiency.
- Experience and Continuous Professional Development
Develop your competencies and further your knowledge in all aspects of the speciality through practical experience, in house training and structured study subject to the requirements of continuous professional development (CPD).
- Experience and Continuous Professional Development
Take responsibility in agreement with his/her line manager for his/her own personal development by ensuring that Continuous Professional Development remains a priority.
- Experience and Continuous Professional Development
Undertake all mandatory training required for the role.
- Experience and Continuous Professional Development
Remain competent in established procedures and develop new skills as experience is accrued.
Desirable
1 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Technical and Clinical Laboratory Skills
Experience or competence in specialist investigations including blood grouping and cross matching; antibody identification; microscopy including fluorescent and electron microscopy; identifying micro-organisms and assessing their antibiotic susceptibility; epidemiological investigations; and molecular techniques such as polymerase chain reaction.
Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic person to join the flow cytometry team at the Haematological Malignancy Diagnostic Service (HMDS), St James Hospital, Leeds with a focus on haemato-oncology molecular work. This is an opportunity to become part of a highly successful department with extensive facilities and high levels of scientific expertise. This is a great opportunity for someone with a haematology/immunology background to gain specialised experience in an exciting field. The flow cytometry team contribute directly to diagnosing leukaemias and other malignancies and the role offers significant learning opportunities. The post holders will work alongside laboratory based Biomedical Scientists, other advanced Biomedical Scientists, Clinical Scientists and Consultant Haematologist/Haematopathologists to maintain and develop the service.
Main duties of the job
HMDS provides a specialist service for the diagnosis of leukaemia and lymphoma for a number of patients in North, West and East Yorkshire together with patients from outside the region and those enrolled on national clinical trials. The laboratory is UKAS ISO 15189:2012 accredited and is one of the largest of its type in the United Kingdom with a high throughput of specimens including lymph nodes, bone marrow trephine biopsies and tissue biopsies together with peripheral blood and bone marrow aspirates. These specimens are investigated by a wide range of techniques, including flow cytometry, immunocytochemistry, fluorescent in situ hybridisation and molecular biology. The laboratory is also very active in research and delivers central laboratory services for many national and international clinical trials. This post provides the opportunity to join this successful team at the forefront of diagnostic services.
About us
The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care. We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page. Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.
Details
- Date posted: 18 September 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 5
- Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year
- Contract: Fixed term
- Duration: 6 years
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Reference number: 002159
- Job locations: St James’s University Hospital, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS9 7TF, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
What you will bring to the role
The purpose of this role is to contribute to the delivery of a high-quality diagnostic service. The successful candidate will be expected to perform a range of routine and more complex investigations some of which may be under the supervision of more experienced biomedical scientists. Within the team you may be required to organise the tasks of support workers. You will be required to communicate information, often related to patient management and care, to colleagues, healthcare staff and other organizations.
Applicants should have an IBMS accredited Bsc (Hons) in biomedical sciences or equivalent and be state registered or very close to completing a registration portfolio. Previous experience in a flow cytometry laboratory and/or experience of laboratory haematology will be advantageous.
About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
Our Trust values
The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.
We are….
Responsible Open and Honest One Team Kind
Our Trust priorities
Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time
Our priorities:
People Improvement and Innovation Partnerships Outcomes
Sponsorship Eligibility
To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.
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This advert is for Biomedical Scientist with Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in Leeds, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Biomedical scientist role. The advertised salary is £32073.00 to £39043.00. The contract type is Fixed-Term. The application deadline is 02 Oct 2026.
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