Contact information
Please contact Julia Halpin if you have any enquiries about this role.
Email: julia.halpin1@nhs.net
About the role
We are seeking an experienced Senior Biomedical Scientist (Band 7) to provide day-to-day operational leadership of the Blood Transfusion laboratory at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust. The post is 6 months fixed term to cover maternity leave.
The post holder will ensure the safe, effective and timely delivery of the service, maintaining MHRA and UKAS compliance, and supervising and supporting Biomedical Scientists and support staff. This role will act as the operational lead for the laboratory, ensuring service continuity and acting as a senior point of escalation while other senior staff are released to deliver a programme of major service improvement and quality projects over the next six months.
Main Duties
As a Senior Biomedical Scientist, you’ll:
* Provide day-to-day operational leadership of the Blood Transfusion laboratory, ensuring safe, effective and timely service delivery.
* Act as the senior operational lead on shift, managing workload, staffing, escalation and service pressures.
* Ensure ongoing compliance with MHRA, UKAS/ISO 15189 and Trust policies and procedures.
* Supervise, support and develop Biomedical Scientists and support staff, including training and competency oversight.
* Maintain oversight of quality management activities, including incidents, investigations and audits.
* Ensure service continuity while other senior staff are released to deliver major service improvement and quality projects
Essential Requirements
We’re looking for someone who brings both technical expertise and team spirit:
* HCPC registered Biomedical Scientist.
* MSc (or equivalent) relevant to Blood Transfusion.
* IBMS Specialist Portfolio in Haematology/Transfusion or Transfusion Science.
* Significant experience working as a Senior Biomedical Scientist in Transfusion.
* Comprehensive knowledge of transfusion techniques and practice.
* Knowledge and application of MHRA and UKAS / ISO 15189 standards.
* Experience of supervising staff, supporting training and competency assessment.
* Experience of quality management activities, including audit and incident investigation.
* Ability to communicate clearly with laboratory and clinical staff.
* Ability to work under pressure and manage competing priorities safely.
Be part of MY team
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.
We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.
If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
Application guidance:
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Our benefits
* Access to the NHS pension plan
* Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service
* Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services
* Extensive benefits and support, including:
* Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme
* Cycle to work scheme
* Home electronics scheme
* Car lease salary sacrifice scheme
* Working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport
* Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies
* Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality
* Career progression, training and support
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