Biomedical scientists - Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom - East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust (Enherts-TR)

Description

Biomedical Scientist - Cellular Pathology


NHS AfC:
Band 5

Main area Histology Grade

NHS AfC:
Band 5
Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.Site Lister Hospital Town Stevenage Salary £28,407 - £34,581 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 06/05/2024 23:59
Here at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust,
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service

We are recruiting for a Biomedical Scientist - Cellular Pathology who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

We are currently looking for an enthusiastic HCPC Registered Biomedical Scientist with appropriate experience to join the Cellular Pathology Team at the Lister hospital.

You should possess excellent communication and time management skills and have a systematic approach to your work together with a flexible work approach.

This post involves rotation around each area of the Cellular Pathology department, including Immunohistochemistry, Special Stains and BMS sample transfer.

The Cellular Pathology team consisting of Medical Consultants, Biomedical Scientists (BMS), Medical Laboratory Assistants (MLA) and secretarial support staff work together to deliver a high quality service, handling approximately 30,000 patient sample requests a year.

The department is well-equipped, fully computerised, and offers experience in all aspects of routine histology, diagnostic cytology, frozen sections and immunohistochemistry.

To undertake the non-routine specialist techniques of the laboratory e.g. special stains, immunohistochemistry

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care.

Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients.

We continue to undergo significant transformation; If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees.

Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests.

Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Qualifications / Training
Evidence of continuing professional development (IBMS CPD)
Ability to supervise trainees and junior staff
Experience of windows based programmes, including excel, power point
Sound understanding of established written policies and protocols, including COSHH regulations
Previous participation in audit projects and an understanding of audit and outcome
Ability to interpret statistical data
Sound understanding of data protection and patient confidentiality issues
A sound understanding of quality requirements

We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.

We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.

Committed to our Community

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community.

We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve.

In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce .

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life.

We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.
If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing

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Secondments/Fixed term
Where a vacancy is advertised as a temporary position, the duration will be specified in the advert.

If the vacancy becomes permanent towards the end of the specified duration, the successful applicant may not be required to re-apply and can be slotted into the role on a permanent basis if appropriate.

If you are an internal applicant applying for a temporary working arrangement, please see the attached notes on secondments