Specialist Biomedical Scientist POCT

NHS; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job description

Job Summary

The post holder will act as an experienced state registered Biomedical Scientist to provide a comprehensive POCT service. They will perform routine and specialist procedures and investigations as an aid to the effective diagnosis and management of patients.

The work consists of: analysis of biological specimens using scientific methods utilizing various manual and automated techniques and equipment; reporting of results and treatment based on own and others analysis; certification of analytical processes and technical validity of investigations; liaison with medical, scientific, nursing, medical staff and other NHS Trusts and outside agencies.

The successful applicant will be expected to have excellent communication skills and time management skills. You will be required to communicate with a variety of people such as doctors, nurses, biomedical scientists, clinical scientists, and engineers. You will also be critical in ensuring that the services provided are compliant with governance in place; you will also be helping to support the department in its work towards obtaining UKAS accreditation.

Main Duties of the Job

In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring that critical devices are maintained such as the blood gas analysers. You will be expected to maintain devices, carry out both simple and advanced troubleshooting on devices; you will be responsible for contacting and following the instruction of the manufacturers when unable to fix malfunctioning devices. You will also be responsible for organising and working with manufacturer engineers to ensure that devices are fixed in a timely fashion and that services only have minimal downtime.

The post holder will participate in developing a comprehensive POCT training programme ensuring healthcare workers are trained and competency assessed to the UKAS standards. The successful applicant will be expected to work with clinical areas to implement new services.

About Us

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

Job Responsibilities

1. Provide timely and accurate test results using appropriate equipment both automated and manual.
2. Routine and specialist blood sciences analyses, validation, interpretation and reporting of results.
3. Maintain complex analytical equipment.
4. Involved in the supervision, teaching, advising and informing of all grades of staff.
5. Use specialist knowledge across a range of procedures, authorise test results integrating and initiating further tests as appropriate.
6. Validates results according to POCT Standard Operating Procedures.
7. Check validity and reliability of analytical processes, maintaining and monitoring satisfactory performance by internal quality control and external quality assessment to ensure accuracy and precision of POCT equipment.
8. Assists with monitoring and managing POCT Data Management Systems.
9. Check and monitor POCT consumables and storage facilities i.e. on ward/departmental area and laboratory areas.

Please refer to attached job description for further information

Person Specification

Experience Essential

• Demonstrable Post-Registration experience in a Chemistry or Haematology NHS laboratory.
• Experience in validating patient results in Chemistry and/or Haematology.

Qualifications Essential

• BSc in Biomedical Sciences or equivalent.
• HCPC state registration.

Desirable

• MSc in Biomedical Sciences.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

Employer Details

Employer Name: Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Liverpool Clinical Laboratories, Mount Vernon Street, Liverpool, L7 8YE

Website: https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/