Trainee Biomedical Scientist - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Liverpool, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities Professional To attend relevant trainee tutorials and talks as directed by the Training Officer.

To take responsibility for the continuous update and maintenance of personal training records or portfolio under the guidance of the Training Officer.

To learn and to become competent in the performance and interpretation of analytical procedures and laboratory results under the direction of an appropriately qualified member of staff.

To participate in Continual Professional Development meeting HPC professional requirements.

Technical and Scientific To undertake manual, semi-automated and fully-automated laboratory investigations, under appropriate supervision, ensuring Standard Operating Procedures are adhered to at all times.

To undertake preventative maintenance on laboratory instruments under the supervision of a Biomedical Scientist. To develop the skills required to prepare specialist reagents required for immunological investigations. To undertake technical validation of results from laboratory investigations under the direct supervision of a Biomedical Scientist.

To learn how to interpret diagnostic laboratory results and to take appropriate actions where necessary, under the direction of senior staff

To include procedures for:

authorisation of results ordering relevant follow-up laboratory procedures adding technically and clinically relevant comments referring results for a second opinion informing the requestor of clinically significant results To report to the section supervisor any instance or event which may compromise service delivery.

To undertake method evaluations under the supervision of senior staff. To participate in research and development as directed by senior staff.

To effectively liaise and communicate with all members of staff and to actively participate in laboratory meetings.

To deal helpfully, competently and confidentially with patients, staff and laboratory visitors; to deal with all enquiries and to orally transmit results as laid down in SOP.

Laboratory Informatics To comply with local and national policies for the safe, secure and confidential processing, and storage of patient and other laboratory information.

To use the Laboratory Information System according to the authorised protocols.

To maintain the integrity and accuracy of the laboratory databases.