Consultant Biomedical Scientist

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 62,000 - 73,000; Full time

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Site: The Manchester Cytology Centre, 1st Floor Clinical Sciences Building 2, Manchester Royal Infirmary

Town: Manchester

Salary: £62,215 - £72,293 per annum, pro rata

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 08/04/2025 23:59

Job overview

The Cervical Cytology department at Manchester University Foundation Trust is seeking to recruit a Consultant Biomedical Scientist to join our Cervical Cytology team. The department is UKAS accredited and IBMS approved for training.

We currently process approximately 470,000 requests producing approximately 70,000 cervical cytology slides using the Hologic ThinPrep LBC system. We are committed to quality improvement and research activities.

To be shortlisted for this role you will be a HCPC registered Biomedical Scientist, hold the Royal College of Pathologists & Institute of Biomedical Science conjoint Advanced Specialist Diploma in Cervical Cytology and NHSCSP Certificate in Cervical Cytology (or equivalent). You will have extensive post-registration experience in Cytopathology with evidence of competency and able to provide evidence of meeting national standards for screening workload.

We are looking for either full or part-time working and you must be flexible to work within the departmental opening hours of 8am to 6pm Monday to Friday.

Main duties of the job

The successful Consultant BMS candidate will operate as part of the consultant team in cervical cytology, authorising cervical cytology reports, giving clinical management recommendations and participating in cervical cytology mismatch MDT meetings. The post holder will be a member of the departmental senior management team, bringing clinical expertise and strategic direction to the field of cervical cytology. This will involve expanding and developing best practice, implementing clinical governance and delivering improved outcomes for the Cervical Screening Programme.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [e-mail].

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

Registration

• Registered with the HCPC

Qualifications

• RCPath & IBMS conjoint Advanced Specialist Diploma in Cervical Cytology
• Fellowship IBMS
• NHSCSP Certificate in Cervical Cytology
• Evidence of participation in a CPD scheme
• HSD in cytology or equivalent

Knowledge & Experience

• Comprehensive and in-depth knowledge of the principles and practice of the NHSCSP at lab, local, regional and national level
• Understanding of medical terminology pertinent to the NHSCSP
• Comprehensive knowledge and experience of the management of quality within the cytology lab and monitoring of performance against national standards
• Understanding of colposcopy and patient management issues
• Knowledge of the clinical governance requirements of the NHSCSP
• At least 10 years post registration experience in cytology at senior level
• At least 10 years experience of teaching within the NHSCSP
• Experience of undertaking multidisciplinary clinical audit
• Experience of cytology failsafe operation and patient management requirements
• Has an appreciation of strategies for pathology and NHSCSP
• Possess a portfolio which demonstrates career long learning, experience and formal education

Skills

• Excellent organisational skills
• Excellent analytical skills
• Confident to act on own initiative but ability to recognise own limitations
• Flexible approach to working within a multidisciplinary team
• Good interpersonal and communication skills with staff working within and out with the department in order to coordinate services
• Excellent report and policy/protocol writing skills
• Good teaching skills
• Good communication and negotiation skills to drive changes within the service
• Experience of participating in research
• Advanced IT skills

Personal attributes

• Reliable, responsible and organised
• Self-starter with ability to adapt and work flexibly
• Understanding of need for confidentiality

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.

Name: Jacquelyn Medlock

Job title: Cytology Laboratory Manager

Email address: [e-mail]

Telephone number: 0161 276 5120

Additional information: Dr Leena Joseph, Consultant Cytopathologist.

Email: [e-mail]

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