Senior Biomedical Scientist

Job overview

Main duties of the job

• ·       Responsible  as a Senior Biomedical Scientist for dissection and as training officer for the department.
• Able to process specialist investigations in dissection and training. Ability to contribute positively to the development of the service.  Supervises and trains more junior scientific and support staff in the department.
• Has a shared responsibility for the safety and security of the Department whilst on duty and a sole responsibility while working as a sole worker.
• Able to provide unsupervised senior technical cover across all sections of the laboratory in the absence of the Histology Manager

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Communication and Working Relationships

• Provide and receive complex, sensitive information. Participate in relevant departmental meetings
• Have well developed communication and persuasive skills
• Able to explain complex information and concepts to clinicians and other service users.
• Able to interpret a range of results and communicate to relevant parties.
• To be the training lead for the department, responsible for competencies for each section and development opportunities for all staff.
• To ensure that all urgent tests of high clinical priority are analysed and their results authorised and released in line with Trust and departmental specification.
• In collaboration with the laboratory manager and consultant pathologists will provide a timely high quality, accurate and cost-effective service.
• Liaise with other departments, agencies and suppliers in relation to tests and services required.

Analytical and Judgement

• Able to use judgement and decision making on how to proceed during technical failures, maintenance shutdown and quality control assessments.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting in line with established protocols.
• Manage the performance of a range of manual, semi-automated, specialist and fully automated laboratory investigations
• Know when to question an anomalous test result and how to correct it.
• Deal with a range of complex analysis, interpret and decide on most appropriate options.
• To be responsible for the participation in and adherence to the procedures for both internal and external quality control (including National External Quality Assurance Schemes, NEQAS), thereby providing quality assurance in test results produced.

Planning and Organisation

• Plan and organise a range of activities for training and CPD on an ongoing basis. Review, reflect and adjust as appropriate to meet agreed objectives.
• Plan and prioritise specialist workload, which may require liaising with other departments, agencies or suppliers.
• Oversee the maintenance schedules for all equipment in the department.

Physical Skills

• Highly developed manual dexterity where accuracy is important.
• Be able to adjust specialist equipment as needed.

Patient and Client care

• Provide highly specialist diagnostic service which includes the interpretation of results and use of specialist equipment.
• To deal with queries from patients and service users in a helpful and professional way, whilst maintaining information governance policies to protect the service and its users.

Policy and Service Development

• To ensure that Cellular Pathology has access to / knowledge of latest developments in automation and technologies.
• To assist with the co-ordination, submission and implementation of proposals for service development that will improve the effectiveness or efficiency of service provision within Cellular Pathology.
• In conjunction with the Cellular Pathology Lead BMS be responsible for identifying service pressures and devising action plans or business cases / plans as appropriate.
• To inform and ensure that the departmental annual objectives are met.
• Be responsible for managing and implementing projects/developments at the discretion of the Lead BMS.
• To plan and support the implementation of service improvements in laboratory areas, including skill mix review, demand and capacity planning and process mapping.

• Safe use of expensive equipment.
• To provide high quality service at reasonable costs.
• Order supplies for Dissection as needed ensuring value for money.
• Work in collaboration with the laboratory manager to deliver efficiencies in the service, while maintaining quality and safety within the department.
• Will be responsible for the evaluation of new equipment, new/replacement test methods and new techniques within your section and Department including the acceptance testing of consumable products.

• Responsibility for Finance, Equipment and Other Resources

People Management and Training

• Day to day professional supervision of team
• Be involved with recruitment and induction of new staff
• To deputise for the lab managers with support from other departmental managers as appropriate.
• Able to rearrange rota’s when needed due to sickness and leave.
• Undertake personnel functions including the recruitment of staff, managing staff through the sickness policy and presenting cases to a panel and through the conduct process to the same level.
• Able to co-ordinate and deliver training to all grades in the department.
• Liaise with a range healthcare professionals of all grades on specialist topics.
• Co-ordinate and mentor trainees at various stages of their progression.
• Responsible for designated staff annual appraisals, enabling a clear understanding of the knowledge and skills required to perform their duties, identify training requirements and annual objectives.

• Record personally generated information/data entry, be responsible for the storage of this data.
• Responsible for laboratory databases and highly specialised generated statistics.
• Able to collate and present a range of statistics for the department.

• Regularly undertakes research and development in the department.
• Oversee and carryout verifications and produce SOPs and training for all new equipment.

• Information Technology and Administrative Duties Research and Development

Freedom to Act

• Be able to work independently and be the lead specialist in dissection. This includes reviewing and updating any SOPs related to the section; participation in UKAS assessments; training of staff in section and answer any queries regarding dissection.