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Apprentice Biomedical Scientist (Microbiology) | Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 08 July 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £25,147 - £27,596 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 August 2024 |
| Location: | Nottingham, NG7 2UH |
| Company: | Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts |
| Job type: | Apprenticeship |
| Job reference: | 6359665/164-6359665 |
Summary
The advertised post is for an Apprentice Biomedical Scientist equivalent to AfC Band 4.
The job role will include:
Completion of a 4-year Level 6 Healthcare Science Practitioner Degree Apprenticeship programme delivered by Nottingham Trent University (including completion of the IBMS Certificate of Competence).
Level 6 Healthcare Science Practitioner Degree Apprenticeship (BSc Hons Applied Biomedical Science) Undergraduate Course | Nottingham Trent University
Working at Medical Laboratory Assistant, Associate Practitioner and Trainee Biomedical Scientist levels across the whole of the Clinical Microbiology Department at defined points throughout the 4-year Apprenticeship programme
Sample receipt, sample processing, test setup and result interpretation.
Liaising with team members within the department, within the trust and external to the trust.
Please note this is a 24/7 service operating with early, core, late and night shifts. The post-holder will be expected to part-take in these shifts as directed by the departmental management team.
Completion of a 4-year Level 6 Healthcare Science Practitioner Degree Apprenticeship programme delivered by Nottingham Trent University (including completion of the IBMS Certificate of Competence).
Working as part of the Support Staff team(estimated years 1-2)
Working as a Trainee Biomedical Scientist(estimated years 3-4)
With over 20,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
The Clinical Microbiology service is a comprehensive 24/7 medical microbiology service handling in excess of 900,000 bacteriology and virology samples per year.
We are active in supporting infection prevention, control & diagnostics of a wide range of infections.
The laboratory is fully UKAS accredited and is approved by the IBMS as a Training Centre and has experience in producing both HCPC Registered and Specialist Biomedical Scientists. The department fully supports continuing professional development.
We utilise a range of traditional, semi-automated, automated and specialist molecular techniques in the investigation of bacterial, viral, parasitic and fungal pathogens.
The post holder will be expected to engage fully with the following activities:
• Completion of the Apprenticeship degree programme
• Completion of the IBMS Certificate of Competence
• Sample receipt across the whole Clinical Microbiology service
• Sample processing in accordance with defined laboratory Standard Operating Procedures
• Test setup in accordance with defined laboratory Standard Operating Procedures
• Result interpretation in accordance with defined laboratory Standard Operating Procedures
• Participation in the 24/7 working roster
Please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification for key duties and responsibilities.
This advert closes on Sunday 21 Jul 2024