Biomedical Scientist
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation TrustAlready thinking ahead to interview?
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Job overview
We are inviting applications from experienced, motivated, and enthusiastic HCPC registered candidates to join our friendly and hardworking team in the Biochemistry Department at Queens Burton Hospital
We have full UKAS ISO 15189 accreditation and are accredited with the IBMS as a training laboratory for both registration and specialist portfolios.
Based in the Biochemistry section of the laboratory, you will help to deliver technical excellence; attention to detail and a professional attitude in this busy department are crucial.
Our modern laboratories are equipped with Roche Cobas 8100 automated workflow system and ISE, c702 and e801 units
You will be based at Queen's Hospital Burton but maybe asked to work cross site at Derby.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be trained and competency assessed to join the 24/7 shift system; carrying out night, late, early, weekend and bank holiday shifts.
Experience and/or ability to work autonomously for long periods of time at varying start and finish times is essential. In the absence of experience, a commitment to proactively work towards this and an awareness of the requirements is needed.
Key elements of the role involve undertaking day to day sample processing and authorisation of clinical results in order to maintain agreed KPI’s and the supervision of support staff.
In addition, they will be involved in service development including quality management activities and various projects, so an aptitude with Microsoft Office programs is preferable. Experience of using Q-Pulse/Ideagen and WinPath would be an advantage.
Closing date of applications: 3rd March 2026
Interview date: 13th March 2026
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Your application (for shortlisting purposes) is assessed based on the Person Specification in the job advert (below).