Are you looking for an exciting new challenge in a place to take your career to the next level? Would you like to join a friendly, progressive, innovative team in pathology services across South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw based at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals? Do you want to work in a fully UKAS-accredited, modern laboratory environment where you can make a difference? Then read on. The South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw (SYB) Pathology Network is a fully integrated network providing pathology services across five regional sites Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (DBTHFT) The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust (TRHFT) Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust (SCFT) Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (STHFT Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (BHFT) We are inviting applications from enthusiastic, driven individuals to join our Haematology teams at the Doncaster and Bassetlaw sites. SYB Pathology aims to provide the best possible service for patients and clinicians, improving health outcomes, driving research and innovation, delivering healthcare efficiencies, and ensuring a sustainable workforce, providing job satisfaction and career progression opportunities for all staff. The post holder will act as an HCPC-registered Biomedical Scientist providing scientific services to patients as an aid to clinical diagnosis. The successful candidate will be required to participate on the 24/7 shift rota and undertake a wide range of complex analytical procedures, performing a range of manual, semi-automated and automated tests using scientific knowledge and experience to comment upon and validate results in line with ISO 15189. Suitable candidates will require Haematology experience post-registration and ideally have experience of working out of hours. Candidates must be in possession of an IBMS specialist portfolio in either Haematology or Blood Sciences, or equivalent to be appointed at Band 6. However, registered candidates either working towards or aspiring to complete their specialist portfolio will be considered for appointment at band 5. Please also note this vacancy is banded dependent upon applicants experience relevant to this post. The banding of the successful applicant/s will start at Band 5 unless applicants meet the necessary threshold of skills and experience required to start on Band 6. You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives. The South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Pathology Network are invested in training, developing, and supporting staff in all aspects including academic courses from certificates of achievement, registration, specialist and higher specialist IBMS portfolios, apprenticeships and leadership and management qualifications. We pride ourselves in enabling opportunity across all our sites to develop staff and provide a strong and sustained service for the future. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Gemma Harte Job title: Chief BMS Email address: gemmalouise.harte@nhs.net Telephone number: 01302 644031