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Exciting Opportunity: Band 6 Specialist Biomedical Scientist – Point of Care Testing.
Are you someone who enjoys working with people and thrives in a role that offers variety and impact? Join our dynamic Point of Care Testing (POCT) Team as Specialist Biomedical Scientist, supporting both hospital-based and community healthcare settings.
In this role, you’ll play a key part in delivering high-quality diagnostic services. You will work with the POCT Manager to oversee governance of the Trust point of care service at GSTT. This will involve writing documents such as SOPs and user guides as well as performing audits of equipment and service users. You will coordinate a team of associate practitioners to deliver training to Trust staff on the correct use of POCT instruments and interfaces. You’ll also carry out a range of protocol-driven tasks—some of which may be specialist or complex procedures. You will be familiar with interpretation of internal quality control (IQC) and external quality (EQA) assurance data and will assist service users in trouble shooting to improve performance.
You’ll work largely independently, collaborating with other healthcare professionals to support routine Secondary Care procedures in both Primary and Secondary Care environments.
Your primary base will be St. Thomas’ Hospital, with regular time spent at the Guy’s site and visits to Community and Outreach Teams.
Technical
Perform routine maintenance, calibration and first-line troubleshooting of POCT instruments; follow QC, report failures and implement corrective actions; set up equipment and process EQA specimens using automated, semi-automated and manual methods; analyse issues and make judgments; support clinics and labs with installation and training; prepare, store, use reagents; plan workload; validate results for accuracy per protocols; dispose of samples and data per protocols.
Scientific
Undertake method and instrument evaluation; participate in audits and R&D; stay current via meetings; maintain HCPC registration and CPD.
Clinical
Interpret first-line results and act per policies: authorise, order follow-ups, add predefined comments, refer for clinical opinion, and notify significant results; provide information to staff and patients; escalate inappropriate requests; participate in clinical audits.
Laboratory Informatics
Comply with data security policies; use LIS per protocols; maintain database integrity and accuracy.
Administrative
Keep records to ISO15189/BSQR; report results within turnaround times; support training and supervise staff; handle enquiries, communicate results; manage resources, advise on stock; review policies, COSHH and risk assessments; contribute OPMS data; deputise for the POCT Manager when required.
Synnovis is a pathology partnership between SYNLAB UK and Ireland, and the NHS, including sites, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, to deliver and transform pathology services across South East London.
The partnership provides services to 1.7 million people living in South East London, as well as to hundreds of thousands of patients from outside the region who use local healthcare services.
The partnership provides diagnostics, testing and digital pathology for hospital trusts, GP services and other healthcare providers.
Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a major emergency and specialist teaching Trust which has all the specialities associated with a fascinating and career-defining caseload, including: Women's Services, Foetal Medicine, Haematology, Oncology, Transplantation, and is also home to the Evelina Children's Hospital and the Cancer Centre on Guy's site.
You will have a suite of learning opportunities available through The Synnovis Way Development programme, the Scientific Learning and Development Fund and the Synnovis Academy through which you can receive funding / support for advanced qualifications.
Through our Innovation Accelerator Fund, you can apply for finance to get that new innovative scientific project off the ground, and participate with the wider scientific community through symposiums, conferences and other peer group meetings.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Alpesh Devmorari Job title: Operations Manager Email address: Alpesh.Devmorari@synnovis.co.uk
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