Job Overview
Please also note this vacancy is banded dependent upon applicants experience relevant to this post. The banding of the successful applicant/s will start at Band 5 unless applicants meet the necessary threshold of skills and experience required to start on Band 6.
Are you looking for an exciting new challenge in a place to take your career to the next level? Would you like to join a friendly, progressive, innovative team and play a part in the transformation of pathology services across South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw? Do you want to work in a fully UKAS-accredited, modern laboratory environment where you can make a difference?
We are looking for a passionate HCPC Registered Biomedical Scientist who either has or is part way through completing their specialist portfolio to join our small, busy, friendly team. You will help maintain and develop the excellent work of the Histopathology department of delivering a high quality, efficient service.
The Rotherham Histology department receives 30000 Histology, 1000 non-gynae cytology and 600 andrology samples a year. We undertake all routine histological processes including BMS specimen dissection, microtomy, special stains, immunohistochemistry, molecular diagnostics and andrology. The successful candidate will rotate across all areas of the laboratory and support the monitoring of quality indicators, supervising and training other staff and other quality management duties such as audit and documentation review.
Main duties of the job
As a Biomedical Scientist the post holder will be expected to work within the professional standards expected as a registrant of the Health Professions Council (HCPC) and maintain a portfolio of evidence supporting Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
The post holder will be responsible for scientific and technical service delivery within the Histopathology services section of the laboratory.
Duties as a Specialist Biomedical Scientist will include performing a range of scientific procedures involving the processing of biomedical specimens to contribute to the diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of diseases and investigation of pathological processes and will include undertaking of complex diagnostic tests and the interpretation of complex diagnostic tests to facilitate a diagnostic report to be produced.
The post holder will be required to conform to agreed standard operational procedures, Health & Safety procedures, departmental and organisational policies and good laboratory practice. Within their work duties the post holder will be expected to comply with the standards as required of UKAS and other relevant professional and regulatory Bodies e.g. H.T.A.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
STHFT operates with a budget of £1.2 bn, has a workforce of over 18,500 employees, covers five hospital sites, provides care from over forty community settings, and has an excellent reputation for research.
As an organisation we value and respect our staff and the community we serve. We provide excellent staff benefits; this includes commitment to professional development but also many initiatives to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
The South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Pathology Partnership are invested in training, developing, and supporting staff in all aspects including academic courses from certificates of achievement, registration, specialist and higher specialist IBMS portfolios, apprenticeships and leadership and management qualifications.
We pride ourselves in enabling opportunity across all our sites to develop staff and provide a strong and sustained service for the future.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
* Competent in basic Histology techniques including: embedding, microtomy, QC, special stains and IHC
* Understanding of job content
* Ability to work with other colleagues to improve and develop working practices
* Band 6 - Experience with a range of laboratory techniques
* Band 6 -Detailed understanding of job content
* Band 6 - Ability to work with other colleagues to improve and develop working practices ✓ Application/Interview
* Band 6 - Discipline specific NHS experience in a UKAS accreditedlaboratory (Microbiology/Virology/Histopathology/ Bood sciences * laboratory)
* Band 6 - Multi – disciplinary awareness
* Band 6 - Experience with a wide range of laboratory techniques in use across discipline
* Band 6 - Experience working within a laboratory providing local, regional or national tertiary reference facilities
* Band 6 - Experience in the implementation of new methodologies and /or equipment
* Band 6 - Experience with the UKAS accreditation process
* Band 6 - Experience in demonstrating leadership qualities
Desirable criteria
* Discipline specific NHS laboratory experience
* Multi – disciplinary awareness
* Experience in demonstrating leadership qualities
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Band 5 & 6 - IBMS accredited degree
* Band 5 & 6 - HCPC registered
* Band 5 & 6 - Completion of IBMS post graduate registration portfolio or equivalent
* Band 5 & 6 -Commitment to complete and maintain Mandatory Training and required Laboratory competencies
* Band 5 & 6 - Commitment to complete the relevant Specialist BMS IBMS portfolio
Desirable criteria
* Band 5 & 6 - Evidence of continued CPD including relevant courses with regards to H&S, leadership, quality or training
Values and Behaviors
Essential Criteria
* Patients first - Understanding of how laboratory services are part of the patient pathway and impact on patient care
* Respectful – Developed interpersonal skills and ability to communicate at all levels
* Ownership – Understand the need to accept responsibility for own actions and ensure accuracy and attention to detail
* Unity – Ability to work as part of a team
* Delivery – Ability to work within defined timescales