Biomedical Scientist (Night-Shift), Haematology - Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow
The Princess Alexandra HospitaL, Harlow
Up to £51,660 per annum DOE
Job Title: Biomedical Scientist (Night-Shift)
Department: Haematology
Location: The Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow, Essex, CM20 1QX
Contract /Hours: Permanent, Full-time (37.5 hours per week)
Salary range: Up to £51,660 per annum DOE
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:
An opportunity has arisen for an experienced HCPC-registered Biomedical Scientist to work on the Night shift in Haematology and Blood Transfusion at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow.
The post holder will initially work core hours whilst in training, however once trained and competent, will be part of a 24/7 service shift rota covering mainly night shifts. The shift patterns will consist of core shifts, night shifts, along with weekend and bank holidays to work within any section of the department, as allocated by the Laboratory manager.
Although the role is primarily night shift, you will be required to work core shifts to allow for training and competency, Continual Professional Development (CPD) activities and statutory mandatory training and activities.
Working as part of a team, this is an excellent opportunity to develop your skills, knowledge and experience in an automated clinical Haematology Department.
Combined, the departments incorporate routine Haematology and Blood Transfusion, Coagulation, and blood film morphology service.
The ideal candidate will contribute to providing a professional and technical laboratory service, working effectively as a team member as part of the overall department and to work independently performing routine analysis with support as required from senior Biomedical Scientists.
Duties include performance of Haematology, Coagulation and Blood Transfusion tests accurately and efficiently, reporting blood film morphology, cross-matching, quality assurance procedures and quality management related tasks.
The successful candidate will join our team of dedicated biomedical scientists and associate practitioners in delivering a high-quality pathology service.
The Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow, is part of the Herts and West Essex (HWE) Integrated Care Board, commissioned on 1st March 2025.
At HSL 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
• Flexible working hours – we support and offer flexibility around shift patterns and working schedule