NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde 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 are Day shift, backshift, nightshift, weekend working.
The successful applicant would join a friendly team of Biomedical Scientists and support staff and would be responsible for the day to day processing and validation of results from patient samples: blood, urine, faeces, tissue biopsies, CSF and other body fluids in specialist and routine laboratory sections in Biochemistry using a range of scientific measurements and technical procedures. The departments within NHS GG&C Biochemistry have a number of highly specialized areas including the Scottish Trace Element and Micronutrient Diagnostic and Research Laboratory (STEMDRL), Metabolic Biochemistry, Toxicology, Specialist Endocrinology, Point of Care testing and Adult Specialist services.
You will provide advice to clinicians and other healthcare staff as to appropriateness of tests and timescales. You will be responsible for your own work and use specialist training to operate complex equipment and solve problems. State registration with the HCPC is mandatory for this post along with a BSc Honour’s degree in Biomedical Science or equivalent, which is acceptable for HCPC registration. It is desirable that you have formal evidence of specialist knowledge of a range of discipline specific procedures and evidence of continuing professional development, for example, a specialist portfolio of development, attendance at specialist courses, training on new instrumentation and learning through reflective practice. It is essential that you can evidence your continuing professional development and you should have effective written, organizational, verbal and effective keyboard/IT skills.
This is a permanent post with full-time hours (37 hours per week); these hours will be worked over a 24/7 shift pattern after completion of a suitable training period. The advertised post is for Clyde Sector, covering Royal Alexandra Hospital, Inverclyde Royal Hospital and Vale of Leven Hospital. For successful candidates on our reserve list, you may be offered a future post at South Sector, encompassing Queen Elizabeth University Hospitals and Victoria Hospital or within North Sector covering laboratories at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Gartnavel Hospitals and Stobhill Hospital.
The department is fully committed to continued professional and personal development and will support the successful applicant in achieving their full potential.
Candidates without a specialist portfolio may be considered for appointment under AFC Annex 21 terms and conditions and will start on a percentage of the Band 6 scale depending on experience. As specialist portfolios is a requirement for this post, it must be completed prior to progression to the full band 6 salary.
Informal contact: Thomas Butler, Sector Laboratory Manager, On 0141314(0)6160 or email Thomas.Bulter@nhs.scot
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