NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.
The shift pattern for this post is: Monday - Friday 08:45 – 17:00.
The Biochemistry Department in South Glasgow offers a repertoire of over 200 tests and is one of the largest, busiest and most diverse in the UK. Services include specialist metabolic testing for the majority of Scotland’s population, confirmatory toxicology testing for all of Greater Glasgow and Clyde and other boards and further specialist services which are available to the whole of Scotland. The Department has integrated its pre-analytical processes with Haematology and works closely with Immunology and Neuroimmunology services. Your base will be the state of the art laboratory building which was built to support the flagship Queen Elizabeth University Hospital which opened in 2015. The laboratory is uniquely equipped with one of the largest Abbott tracking system in the world. The new hospital has been directly funded by the Scottish Government at a cost of approximately £800 million pounds with approximately £80 million of this total being used to build the laboratory building. The new hospital co-locates adult and paediatric services in adjoining buildings. You will be required to combine a technical responsibility for a large specialist area of expertise with a compliance role, maintaining standards and quality of performance in line with appropriate accreditation bodies, health and safety guidance and local and national policies and procedures. This is a non-shift working post. It is essential that you have a relevant Master of Science degree or demonstrable equivalent level of knowledge with current HCPC registration and significant post registration experience within Biochemistry. Consideration will be given to candidates who have completed the Masters of Science Degree but have not been awarded the degree provided they have a letter of award from the supporting University prior to the agreed start date.
Informal contact: Technical Services Manager, Clare Menzies, Clare.menzies2@nhs.scot, 0141 354 9031
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