# Biomedical Scientist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/biomedical-scientist/0a69775d-d3d9-4283-b384-7811ca0635f0 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/biomedical-scientist/0a69775d-d3d9-4283-b384-7811ca0635f0.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust - **Location:** St James's University Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Biomedical scientist - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32073.00 to £39043.00 - **Contract type:** Fixed-Term - **Employment type:** Full-time - **Closing date:** 2026-10-02T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-18T16:11:16.278Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9298-26-0980 - **Application URL:** https://vacancies.leedsteachinghospitals.jobs/Job/JobDetail?jobid=2162&source=JobtrainNHSJobs - **Employer website:** https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Core Behaviours and Skills **Essential** - Basic computer skills are essential to carry out your work. - Gain new knowledge through experience, formal study and participation in relevant training schemes. - Become an integral member of a team providing a clinical technical service. - Work independently when and as directed by supervisors. - Communicate clearly and effectively whether orally, graphically or electronically. - Plan the designated workload and assist in the organization of tasks undertaken by support workers. - Work with precision and follow accurately the documented laboratory standard operating procedures. - Operate highly complex laboratory equipment safely and efficiently. - Input and extract patient data from the laboratory computer system. - Interpret, validate and authorize the results of the section. - Demonstrate relevant tasks to others as appropriate. - Contribute actively towards the improvement of service quality by participation in relevant discussions with other team members. - Participate actively in the departmental appraisal scheme. - Take account of changes in service delivery by demonstrating a flexible approach to work. - Perform tasks accurately and in accordance with departmental standard operating procedures. - Enter, manage and retrieve patient information using the laboratory computer system. - Demonstrate relevant job related tasks to new or more junior staff. - 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. - Working with both speed and accuracy will be required. ### Knowledge and Understanding **Essential** - Carry out a range of basic and more complex technical procedures. - Understand the safe and effective use of highly complex laboratory equipment. - Recognise system failures and errors. - Understand the need to report adverse events in the event of errors and failures. - Participate actively in departmental internal and external quality assurance schemes. - Recognise when expected levels of quality have not been met. - Participate in the maintenance of a safe working environment. - 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. - Maintain patient confidentiality. - Recognise the absolute requirement to protect sensitive information that is related to patient care. - Observe the requirements of departmental policies relating to service provision, for example sample labelling and adverse event reporting. - Prioritise, perform and interpret clinical technical investigations according to standard operating procedures. - Authorise the results of investigations. - Participate actively in the laboratory quality assurance programme. - Participate in laboratory audit processes and support appropriate clinical trials involving the laboratory. ### Values and Flexible Working **Essential** - Recognise the importance and value of personal honesty and integrity. - Commitment to patient service and confidentiality. - Kind. - Open & Honest. - Responsible. - One Team. - Demonstrate a flexible approach to work. - The Pathology department provides a 24 hour, 7 day service and you may be required to work on bank holidays. ### Quality, Safety and Governance **Essential** - Complying at all times with the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Policies, including Health and Safety policies. - Following agreed safe working procedures, and reporting incidents using the Trust Incident Reporting system. - Comply at all times with the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Infection Control policies, in particular by practising Universal Infection Control Precautions. - Hand hygiene must be performed before and after contact with patients and their environment. - 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. - Contribute to service improvements based on patient feedback. - Actively participate in the laboratory quality assurance programme. - Report adverse events according to Trust risk management procedures. ### Communication and Personal Qualities **Essential** - Communicate complex and sensitive information to colleagues and other healthcare staff. - Communicate accurately sensitive and complex information to users of the service in a manner that is in accordance with departmental procedures. - Issue written, electronic or verbal reports to clinicians and other practitioners. - Provide technical clinical advice to clinicians and other practitioners. - Provide service related information to patients. - Personal honesty and integrity as a commitment to patient service and confidentiality will be recognised. - Work, often under pressure, either independently or as part of the team. - Maintain patient confidentiality at all times and not divulge patient information unless sanctioned by the requirements of the role. ### Technical and Clinical Laboratory Skills **Essential** - Perform, sometimes under supervision, appropriate technical laboratory procedures and tasks that are consistent with the job holders' levels of knowledge, skills and experience. - Develop competence in all sections of the department. - Assess suitability and urgency of pathology samples and assign relevant tests and investigations. - Monitor the performance of highly complex laboratory equipment such as automated analysers and perform basic repairs in the event of malfunction. - Enter patient demographic information and the tests requested onto the laboratory computer system quickly and accurately. - The job holder will be expected to operate highly complex laboratory equipment. - Work with chemical and biological materials such as blood, other body fluids, body tissue and faeces on every shift in a clinical laboratory. **Desirable** - 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. ### Qualifications and Professional Registration **Essential** - 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. - Maintain registration with the Health Professions Council as a biomedical scientist. - Abide by the HCPC standards of proficiency. ### Experience and Continuous Professional Development **Essential** - 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). - Take responsibility in agreement with his/her line manager for his/her own personal development by ensuring that Continuous Professional Development remains a priority. - Undertake all mandatory training required for the role. - Remain competent in established procedures and develop new skills as experience is accrued. ## Documents - [Job description (DOC, KB)](https://vacancies.leedsteachinghospitals.jobs/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=3853&JobId=2162) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.