Trainee Specialist Biomedical Scientist - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

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Nottingham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

Band 6

Main area

Cellular Pathology

Grade

Band 6

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Full time hours per week (5 days a week
Monday to Saturday (rotational))

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Site

Queen Medical Centre (Nottingham University Hospital)

Town

Nottingham

Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum (Annex conditions/pay protection will apply)

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

25/03/2024 23:59

Job overview

Due to a number of successful internal promotions, NUH Cellular Pathology have the pleasure in advertising several posts that have been substantively funded as part of our programme of expansion to deliver diagnostic turnaround time.

Year 1 HCPC registered specialist training - 70% Top of Scale Band 6

Year 2 HCPC registered specialist training - 75% Top of Scale Band 6

If you would like to join the team as a Specialist BMS in Cellular Pathology and have the required qualifications, we would love to hear from you too.

Main duties of the job

In addition to the below summary, you need to familiarise yourself with full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.

This large, busy department provides a full diagnostic Cellular Pathology service to hospitals across Nottingham, including BMS dissection, frozen section production, paraffin wax processing, special staining, diagnostic cytology, renal and Mohs services, immunohistochemistry, paediatric/perinatal pathology, enzyme histochemistry and translational research.

Working for our organisation

The department is approved for training by the IBMS/HCPC and holds

UKAS ISO:
accreditation.

Working hours are 37.5 hours Monday to Saturday within 8.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m.

The post holder will be expected to work 5 days a week covering a Monday to Saturday service on a rotational basis.

You will be required to work in the Histopathology laboratories on both QMC and City Hospital NUH Campuses.

Informal visits to the department are strongly encouraged.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Once fully qualified you will have line manager responsibilities for your team including appraisals, training and mentoring.

This is a great role for individuals looking to join the HCPC register and commit to the Cellular Pathology discipline.

Please refer to the job description and person specification attached to the advert for the full details of the vacancy.

Person specification

Training and Qualifications

Essential criteria

Accredited Biomedical Science Degree
IBMS Registration Portfolio
HCPC registration

Desirable criteria

Membership of IBMS
IBMS Specialist Diploma

Experience

Essential criteria

Able to demonstrate competency in Histopathology laboratory techniques
Demonstrates ability to organise work effectively

Desirable criteria

Training junior / support staff
Specialist Histology advanced techniques, e.g. frozen sections

Other

Essential criteria
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Come and join our wonderful team at NUH.

We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve.

With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career

Salary:
The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.

Disability Confidence:

All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.

At Risk of redundancy:

NHS employees within the East Midlands who are 'at risk' of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.

ID and Right to work checks: NUH authenticate ID and right to work documentation including passports and driving licenses through a system called Trust ID.

NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment.

The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation.

The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.

Consent:

Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service
I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the
Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.