Job requirements
Essential
22 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Personal Qualities
Must participate in the required rota pattern for the department.
- Personal Qualities
Prepared to work flexibly, including participating out of routine hours service arrangements when required to do so.
- Personal Qualities
Ability and willingness to fulfil the travel requirements of the post if/as relevant – primary place of work as per JD but occasionally may be reasonably asked to work at another site where the Trust has responsibility for Pathology Services.
- Knowledge and Skills
A minimum of 5 years post-registration practical experience of working in relevant Pathology discipline in a busy laboratory environment.
- Knowledge and Skills
One or more sub-specialised analytical or clinical areas
- Knowledge and Skills
Supervising / managing staff.
- Knowledge and Skills
Training a range of ‘students’ e.g. medical , scientific and support staff
- Knowledge and Skills
Pathology IT systems
- Knowledge and Skills
Participation in audit and service development projects.
- Knowledge and Skills
Active liaison with clinicians and healthcare professionals.
- Knowledge and Skills
Working in a team and alone Intermediate and accurate IT skills.
- Knowledge and Skills
Well-developed oral and written communication skills.
- Knowledge and Skills
Effectively apply skills and knowledge, work with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and contribute to their review
- Knowledge and Skills
Work within safe systems of work and report any deficiencies in those systems.
- Essential Qualifications
BSc, Registration and Specialist
- Essential Qualifications
MSc, HSD or alternative
- Essential Qualifications
Registered Biomedical Scientist with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC).
- Essential Qualifications
Evidence of Continued Professional Development (CPD).
- Essential Qualifications
Knowledge of relevant laboratory data management systems and policies. Understands the importance of data integrity and confidentiality
- Essential Qualifications
Knowledge of relevant quality procedures.
- Essential Qualifications
Health and Safety knowledge.
- Essential Qualifications
Up-to-date knowledge of national Clinical Pathology Accreditation standards and their application (as relevant to the speciality).
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Knowledge and Skills
Experience of working in an acute NHS Trust
- Knowledge and Skills
Ability to establish and maintain effective Pathology networks with internal and external colleagues.
- Essential Qualifications
Attended formal management course
Job overview
We are seeking an individual who is highly motivated, proactive, and enthusiastic to join our friendly and dedicated team in the Cellular Pathology Department.
You should be a good team worker with excellent organisational and interpersonal skills and be able to prioritise tasks. Effective communication is essential. You should have a methodical and organised approach to work and be able to work under your own initiative once fully trained. in area of work.
Must hold Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration as a Biomedical Scientist.
Provide a high-quality, reliable, and efficient cellular pathology diagnostic service for patients.
Work in a laboratory setting adhering to quality standards such as UKAS ISO 15189.
Applications are invited from suitably qualified, competent and versatile individuals to join our dedicated, busy and friendly department.
Significant investment has been utilised over the previous year to advance technologies such as Vantage tracking, SMART automation, Digital Pathology and a new LIMS. The successful candidate will be at the forefront of these advances within Cellular Pathology.
Main duties of the job
The post will be based in the Cellular Pathology Department at the Royal Stoke University Hospital, Stoke-On-Trent
To be an efficient and flexible member of the laboratory team providing a high-quality diagnostic service through specialist scientific and technical activities; handle specimen receipt, booking in, tissue transfer, perform tissue embedding, microtomy (cutting sections), frozen sections, operate and monitor automated immunohistochemistry (IHC) and special diagnostic procedures
Responsible as a Senior Biomedical Scientist for the main laboratory area, to manage and co-ordinate the day-to-day technical activities of the laboratory
Specialist duties in training require the individual to work with the training team to identify, plan, and facilitate training and development needs for all laboratory staff
To deliver tutorials, slide sessions, and in-house lectures
To work within and maintain Standard Operational Policies (SOPs), training records and documentation systems
Perform equipment problem solving and maintenance
Follow strict Health & Safety policices
To maintain competence to practice and to improve professional expertise through engagement in Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details or contact us for an informal discussion.
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.
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This advert is for Senior Biomedical Scientist - Main Lab/Training with University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust in Stoke-on-Trent, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Biomedical scientist role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £56,515 Per Annum, pro rata. The contract type is Permanent: 37.5 hours per week. 7 day working contract including bank holidays on a rotational basis. Shifts 7am to 3pm, 9am to 5.30pm, 12pm to 8pm. The application deadline is 19 Oct 2026.
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