# Biomedical Scientist

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Wye Valley NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Wye Valley NHS Trust
- **Location:** Microbiology Department, County Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Health science services
- **Grade:** Band 5
- **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 pa pro rata - salary dependant on experience
- **Contract type:** Permanent: Monday - Friday and potentially including on-call / out of hours / weekend working
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (plus evenings/ nights / weekend oncall cover)
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-02T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-19T13:20:49.055Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hereford/Hereford/Wye_Valley_NHS_Trust/Microbiology/Microbiology-v8233603
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8233603?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We are looking for a HCPC registered BMS to join our Microbiology team with experience in NHS Microbiology Laboratory.

To provide patients with the highest standard of diagnosis and treatment by working as part of the Microbiology laboratory team supplying high quality, specialised, microbiological analysis and surveillance.

To be responsible for the effective day-to-day running of key laboratory sections and defined sample benches within the laboratory.

Rotates through all the areas of the Microbiology laboratory and supports the 24/7 service rotas.

### Main duties of the job

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification.

Please note: If you have previously applied for this role at WVT and were unsuccessful, we kindly ask that you do not submit a further application.

### Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties 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.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- experience in microbiology
- Experience in NHS laboratory

**Desirable**

- Expansive knowledge of microbiology
- Experience in laboratories in general

### Education & Qualifications

**Essential**

- BMS degree or above or equivalent qualifications and experience
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
- Registered with HCPC

**Desirable**

- IBMS membership

### Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

**Essential**

- Working knowledge of laboratory bench areas
- Knowledge of safety, including infectious diseases, dangerous chemicals/gases and PPE
- Knowledge of laboratory computer systems or equivalent
- Ability to work accurately from written protocols
- Ability to use, control and maintain analytical equipment
- Ability to train and organise less qualified/experienced staff
- Highly developed physical skills to include the use of microscopes, pipettes, balances

## Documents

- [wvt benefits (pdf, 621.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1985)
- [229-cs-7118173 jdps (pdf, 356.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10543783)

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