Overview
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
Applications are invited for a full time permanent post for a Senior Biomedical Scientist; in this post we are looking for an individual to join our team, working in a busy department at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, which provides a full range of diagnostic pathology services to NHS Tayside.
Dundee is known as the ‘City of Discovery’ for its culture, which includes the spectacular new V&A design museum on Dundee’s Riverside.
The successful applicant will have the opportunity to work in a busy diagnostic department, undertaking 25,000 surgical and autopsy pathology requests per annum, along with 2000 diagnostic cytology cases.
Our Department is friendly and well resourced. We have a supportive modernizing leadership team with developments in digital pathology, BMS role extension, including histological specimen dissection.
Responsibilities and opportunities
* Undertake a range of diagnostic pathology work in a busy department.
* Contribute to digital pathology initiatives and histological specimen dissection where required.
* Support department operations to ensure timely and accurate reporting of 25,000 surgical/autopsy pathology requests per annum and 2,000 diagnostic cytology cases.
Qualifications and requirements
* HCPC registration as a Biomedical Scientist.
* IBMS accredited MSc in Biomedical Science or equivalent (Consideration will be given to those currently working towards their MSc, with an expectation that they must complete it).
* Evidence of continuing professional development and flexibility in approach.
* Willingness to undertake extensive training and completion of competence based assessments.
* The Department is approved by the Institute of Biomedical Science as a training laboratory for pre and post registration.
* The Department is a UKAS accredited medical laboratory No. 8682.
Informal visits
Informal visits are actively encouraged: enquiries to: Nicky Robson, Quality Manager, tel: 01382 740084, email: nicola.robson@nhs.scot, or Andy Munro, Clinical Laboratory Manager, tel: 01382 632666, email: andy.munro@nhs.scot.
Hours and selection process
Hours of work are: 37 per week.
Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.
Additional information for candidates
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