Senior Biomedical Scientist Point of Care Team

Job overview

We are looking to recruit a proactive, dynamic team member to assume the role of Senior Biomedical Scientist in the point of care team (POCT) which forms part of the clinical biochemistry team

The post holder must demonstrate effective leadership and management capabilities while working collaboratively to achieve shared goals.

Successful Band 7 candidates MUST be registered with the HCPC as a Biomedical Scientist.

Main duties of the job

a) Working as part of a team to provide a diagnostic laboratory service for point of care in accordance with national and professional standards.

b) Provide Senior Biomedical Scientist input into the point of care team whilst being responsible for the day-to-day running of this team.

c) With other senior staff, participate in the supervision, training and development of staff in the department ensuring that competencies are completed.

d) Together with the Blood Sciences Management, develop and validate new point of care devices which will contribute to the development of the services provided to meet the requirement of users.

e) To ensure the promotion of awareness of users’ needs and requirements throughout the laboratory organisation.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to Job Description and Personal Specification for full description of job role and responsibilities.

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.