Biomedical Scientist - Night Shift (Fixed-term Contract) - Ealing Hospital, Middlesex
Ealing Hospital, Middlesex
Up to £52,521 per annum DOE inclusive of regional pay allowance plus unsocial working hours allowance
Job Title: Biomedical Scientist - Night Shift
Department: Haematology
Location: Ealing Hospital, Uxbridge Road, Southall, Middlesex, UB1 3HW
Contract /Hours: Fixed term contract till March 2027, Full-time (37.5 hours per week - Monday to Wednesday 8pm to 9 am)
Salary range: Up to £52,521 per annum DOE inclusive of regional pay allowance plus unsocial working hours allowance
About us:
Sonic Healthcare is an internationally renowned healthcare provider with a demonstrable track record of medical services across the world. Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Sonic is an ASX Top 50 company that has grown to become one of the world’s leading healthcare providers, specialising in pathology, radiology and primary care medical centres. We have operations in Australia, the USA, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Ireland and New Zealand.
Sonic Healthcare UK encompasses the two main entities in the UK, The Doctors Laboratory (TDL) and Health Services Laboratories (HSL). HSL is a partnership between The Doctors Laboratory (TDL), Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH). HSL was formed to provide pathology services to the NHS Trusts and has expanded further to provide services to other NHS Trusts. Over 3,500 staff work at Sonic Healthcare UK, primarily under the TDL or HSL banner.
Our purpose is to deliver medically-led diagnostics, innovation, value and long-term investment to healthcare. With our core laboratory based at The Halo Building in London WC1H 9AX, we also have an expanding site in Manchester as well as smaller hospital-based laboratories across the country. We maintain rigorously high standards of quality, whilst also delivering efficiencies to healthcare through careful workforce planning, pioneering technology and significant investment in infrastructure and IT.
Due to the nature of work that Sonic Healthcare UK undertakes, our clients require that Employees filling certain roles, need, as part of their on-boarding to complete a DBS Check. This role falls in to the category of requiring a DBS check (standard).
About the role
We are looking for a Night Shift Biomedical Scientist for a 12-month maternity cover.
The Ealing Pathology Laboratory is a rapidly expanding laboratory working 24/7 with a close knit team, providing pathology services to Ealing Hospital and fourteen other private Hospitals.
As a qualified Biomedical Scientist, the post holder is responsible for the delegated tasks required for the delivery of a fit-for-purpose medical laboratory service.
The responsibilities of this role include working in Haematology, which includes running of full blood counts, coagulation screen tests and performing blood film morphology and carrying out a range of manual tests e.g. Malaria screening, sickle testing etc. the role also entails the running of the Blood Transfusion department which includes the running group and screens and panel screening tests and ensuring that safe and compatible blood is issued to our patients by a various number of crossmatching methods.
It is essential for the successful candidate to have suitable experience in a laboratory; this role is not available to BMS who are not registered with HCPC.
The role offers opportunity to develop additional quality control/assurance skills and responsibilities, health and safety practices. Being part of the TDL regional labs group, staff are supported by and contribute to the other TDL regional labs functions in sharing input into troubleshooting, training, peer auditing, presenting training sessions and supporting company projects.
Please include on your CV your HCPC registration number. This is not an opportunity for a Trainee. You must be fully qualified and experienced.
At TDL we offer a variety of excellent staff benefits including:
• Training and development opportunities – supporting professional development
• Annual salary review - No banding restrictions: As we are a private company we are not restricted by salary bandings and so are able to negotiate appropriate salaries based on experience. This also means that annual salary reviews do not hit a band ceiling.
• Discounted gym membership – we have a corporate gym membership scheme with Better Gyms
• Cash healthcare plan – cash back on a variety of healthcare costs including dentist and opticians
• Sick Pay Entitlement – 5 paid days in the first year of employment, 20 days thereafter
• Permanent Health Insurance and Death in Service Cover
• Life Assurance – providing salary continuation for long term illness (six months qualifying period)
• Employee Assistance Programme – supporting staff wellbeing
• Season Ticket Loan Scheme – interest free loan for the cost of annual travel ticket
• Perkbox – Access to additional staff perks and benefits such as high street discounts
• Company Pension Scheme – company and staff contributions which increase with service
• Competitive annual leave allowance – 28 days (pro-rata)
• Flexible working hours – we support and offer flexibility around shift patterns and working schedule