Trainee Biomedical Scientist, Histopathology - London, United Kingdom - Health Services Laboratories (HSL)

Health Services Laboratories (HSL)

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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Up to £31,000 DOE

_About us:
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_Health Services Laboratories _:

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_HSL_:

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_The Doctors Laboratory_:

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_Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust _:

(Royal Free London) and _

_University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust _:

(UCLH)._
Our purpose is to deliver medicallyled diagnostics, innovation, value and longterm investment to healthcare. We combine The Doctors Laboratory's long standing, specialist pathology expertise with the Royal Free London and UCLH's internationally recognised heritage of continual research, development and academic excellence. We maintain rigorously high standards of quality, whilst also delivering efficiencies to healthcare through careful workforce planning, pioneering technology and significant investment in infrastructure and IT.

About the role:

The Cellular Pathology laboratory at 60 Whitfield Street (60WS) is a consolidated service involving the Royal Free Hospital (RFH), University College London Hospitals (UCLH), Barnet & Chase Farm (B&CF) and the North Middlesex University Hospital (NMUH). Our new, purpose designed laboratory opened in January 2020, with entirely new equipment, and houses one of the largest Cellular Pathology services in Europe. Working closely with our academic partners in UCL and other national research bodies, the service is also a major centre for clinical trials. The laboratory is accredited by UKAS to ISO15189:2012 standards. The laboratory is also associated with the HSL-Advanced Diagnostics service. We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic scientists to join our growing team.
You will be working in our centralised 830sqm stateoftheart Histopathology laboratory at 60 Whitfield Street. The laboratory service has just completed the final stage of our consolidation with the Royal Free and this is an especially interesting time to join, as we finalise merging of practices and IT systems within the service. This position will suit ambitious individuals, who want to make an immediate impact and contribution on helping the team implement and develop our vision for the laboratory service we provide.
Working in the centre of London, the service is located within easy reach of many transport links and has an almost endless supply of retail and food outlets, entertainment and cultural opportunities within walking distance.
We offer a stimulating work environment with a diverse team, very competitive salaries, 37.5 hour working week and 28 days annual leave. Training and career progression are core parts of how we operate. We have a dedicated educational faculty within HSL coordinating training activity throughout the company, as well as our own dedicated laboratory based training officer that coordinates a range of opportunities for all staff from support staff, BMS registration, and also specialist portfolio and beyond to advanced dissection and reporting.
Highly interested and enthusiastic graduates with previous histopathology experience are highly encouraged to apply, however previous experience is not essential and full training will be provided regardless. More importantly, we are looking for individuals who are dedicated to progressing their career in cancer diagnostics and making a truly meaningful impact in the care and quality of patient cases processed through our laboratories.
At HSL we offer a variety of excellent staff benefits including:
Training and development opportunities
including the funding of Undergraduate and Masters Degrees and IBMS Specialist Portfolios for Biomedical Scientists

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Annual performance related salary review

- No banding restrictions:As we are a private company we are not restricted by salary bandings and so are able to negotiate appropriate salaries based on experience. This also means that annual salary reviews do not hit a band ceiling-
Discounted gym membership - we have a corporate gym membership scheme with Better Gyms
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Cash healthcare plan - cash back on a variety of healthcare costs including dentist and opticians
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Sick Pay Entitlement - 5 paid days in the first year of employment, 20 days thereafter
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Permanent Health Insurance and Death in Service Cover
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Life Assurance - providing salary continuation for long term illness (six months qualifying period)
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Employee Assistance Programme - supporting staff wellbeing
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Season Ticket Loan Scheme - interest free loan for the cost of annual travel ticket
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Perkbox

Access to additional staff perks and benefits such as high street discounts

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Company Pension Scheme - company and staff contributions which increase with years of service
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Competitive annual leave allowance - 28 days annual leave
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Flexible working hours hours standard working week

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