Biomedical Scientist - Microbiology

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000

Job description

Main area Specialist Services Grade Band 6 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Contract) Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Job share
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (Including occasional weekends and early/late shifts, participation on all shift weekend and bank holiday rosters)

Job ref 434-SCS7013173

Site Stoke Mandeville Hospital Town Aylesbury Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 27/03/2025 23:59

Be part of our BHT family

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.

We care for over half a million patients every year:

• provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
• nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
• regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
• deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.

More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.

We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.

If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [e-mail] or phone [phone].

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work – and invite you to join our BHT family.

Job overview

Applications are invited from suitably qualified HCPC registered Biomedical Scientists with strong post HCPC registration experience in a diagnostic laboratory who have completed the specialist portfolio in Microbiology. However, consideration may be given to candidates newly HCPC registered with strong Microbiology experience.

The laboratory operates a seven day rota and qualified Biomedical Scientists will be expected to participate in the shift system to contribute towards the continuity of care for patients in the Trust hospitals. The laboratory is covered for 24 hours and staff will be expected to be part of that cover.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will be part of a friendly team working in the various sections of this busy Microbiology/Serology Department based at Stoke Mandeville providing a service for the hospitals in the Trust and surrounding community. You will need to be motivated, highly reliable, trustworthy and able to work to tight deadlines and under extreme pressure. The laboratory processes more than 400,000 specimens a year and is equipped with Mast Urisystem, Serosep EntericBio, BD Bactec and MGIT, Bruker MALDI ToF, Biomerieux FilmArray, Luminex Aries, BD Kiestra, BD Phoenix, BD Max, QuantStudio 5 and Thermo Kingfisher.

Serology department is equipped with the Cobas 4800, Abbott Architect, Liaison XI and Geenius.

You will play a key role in helping to deliver and develop our comprehensive, clinical microbiology/serology service. With much new technology throughout the department, you will rotate throughout and learn all aspects of the diagnostic microbiology departments. You will help to meet quality standards necessary for accreditation, and ensure that protocols are followed and documentation maintained in a way that maintains Quality, Health, Safety and Security for individuals, the Department and the Trust.

You will be expected to actively participate in the training and development of technical, medical and support staff as well as be proactive in your own development and that of the service.

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.

We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.

We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.

As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.

Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.

A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.

What do we stand for?

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.

Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.

Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

Person specification

Skills & Knowledge

• Safety regulations relating to safe working in pathology laboratories and categorisation of biological agents according to hazard.
• Follow professional development pathway to maintain and develop relevant skills.
• Good written and verbal communication skills to ensure clear communication of result data to other healthcare staff.
• Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative.
• Computer keyboard skills & basic use of Microsoft office suite.
• Good manual dexterity & accurate pipetting skills.
• Knowledge of laboratory quality assurance processes.

Experience

• Experience of standard diagnostic methods in the relevant pathology discipline.
• Strong experience of working in a diagnostic pathology laboratory post registration.

Education & Qualifications

• Registration with the Health Professions Council as a biomedical scientist.
• A Biomedical Science Degree or equivalent.
• Participation in CPD.

Special Circumstances

• Must be able to work some weekends and Bank Holidays, and participate in rota to ensure 24-hour cover.
• Willingness/ability to travel to other sites.

PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.

COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.

If you are successful at interview, we will require you to complete a Covid-19 risk assessment document.

Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight. If we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the closing date.

Contacting you: We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.

Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.

Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interview will not be reimbursed.

Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Name Alison Semmens Job title Senior Biomedical Scientist Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01296315321 Additional information

Alison Semmens 01296-315321 or
Dave Pritchard 01296-316392/315321