Overview
Peter Horan
Peter.Horan4@nhs.net
Tel: 01924 317026
An opportunity has arisen for a capable and enthusiastic individual to join the Biochemistry department at the Mid Yorkshire Teaching Hospitals as a Trainee Biomedical Scientist.
The successful candidate will work cross-site at laboratories Dewsbury District Hospital and Pinderfields Hospital. They will be supervised whilst performing a broad range of scientific, technical, and support work within the department, as required by biomedical scientists.
They will undertake training to attain up to date knowledge of all equipment and techniques used in the department whilst completing their HCPC registration portfolio.
Main duties
* Perform a broad range of scientific, technical and support work within the department as required by biomedical scientist staff.
* Carry out testing on a range of bodily fluids.
* Deal with any spillages of noxious and toxic chemicals and bodily fluids according to standard operating procedures.
* Receive and process work including data entry according to the SOP’s
* Perform a range of routine technical tasks using analytical skills.
* Work under supervision as required.
* Follow quality control procedures as set out in the departmental instructions.
* Maintain high technical standards and ensure that such areas in which they work are kept clean and tidy.
* Carry out routine and emergency maintenance and calibration of equipment
* Assist in senior staff in the evaluation of new methods and equipment.
* Conduct audit in line with UKAS requirements and to participate in other internal and external audit activity as required.
* Undertake their HCPC registration Portfolio with the support of the departments on a voluntary basis
The post holder will gain experience working in the busy biochemistry department across two hospital sites. The laboratory at Dewsbury and District hospital analyses samples from inpatients and emergency department patients. The laboratory at Pinderfields Hospital serves as the hub for the Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust, analysing inpatient, outpatient and emergency department patient samples alongside the GP patient samples from the local area.
The instruments currently in use across the trust consist of Roche chemistry and immunoassay modules, Tosoh G11 HPLC instruments, BIO-UV Spectrophotometer, Helena V8 Capillary Electrophoresis and an Advanced Instruments Osmometer. These are used in conjunction with the GLP automated track system to process blood, CSF, faecal, fluid, sweat and urine samples for over 100 tests. These include urea and electrolytes, liver function tests, bone profile, therapeutic drugs, specific proteins, hormones, vitamins, cardiac markers, tumour markers, faecal immunochemical test (FIT), HbA1c, electrophoresis and immunofixation to name just a few.
The department is in the process of changing to new equipment and provides an opportunity to experience and be part of this implementation. This will require participation in the verification and validation of the analytical performance of the new instrumentation before they can be put into use.
The successful candidate will rotate across the laboratory sites and around the different work sections being trained whilst completing their registration portfolio.
Experience
Essential person specification requirements
Basic laboratory skills.
Experience of working in an NHS hospital laboratory.
Knowledge And Awareness
A reasonable knowledge of health and safety principles applicable in working within a laboratory environment. Must understand the nature of patient confidentiality. Basic understanding of hospital laboratory terminology.
A knowledge of Health and Safety lad and its application. A knowledge of information governance and its application in pathology. Experience of working in an NHS hospital laboratory.
Qualifications
IBMS Accredited BSc Degree or a BSc Degree acceptable to the IBMS having attained appropriate top up modules.
Suitable Qualifications in Information Technology (e.g CLAIT/ECDL) Suitable Qualifications in Health And Safety
Skills And Abilities
Good interpersonal and communication skills.
Able to demonstrate good laboratory practice in their work. Good interpersonal and communication skills with patients and all levels of staff inside and outside of pathology.
Able to work well within a small team. Able to work under pressure. Enthusiasm to undertake appropriate training as required to facilitate service developments.
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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