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Biomedical Scientist / Biomedical Scientist Trainee
| Posting date: | 17 January 2025 |
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| Salary: | £29,970.00 to £36,483.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £29970.00 - £36483.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 January 2025 |
| Location: | Coventry, CV2 2DX |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9218-25-0078 |
Summary
Due to the demands of the service, a flexible approach to working hours is expected, although this will be restricted to 37.5 hours per week. The UHCW laboratory is open for an extended working day between 7am and 7pm Monday-Saturday.However, as the service develops this may change and the successful candidate will be employed on a 24/7 contract.Coventry and Warwickshire Pathology is an emerging Network formally established in October 2007 following the Acute Services Review in Coventry and Warwickshire. The service is based on the hospital sites at Coventry (University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire), Nuneaton (George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust) and Warwick (South Warwickshire Hospital). The network offers an excellent opportunity to those seeking employment in a modern, innovative and high-profile organisation. If you feel you are the right candidate with the right skills to help us achieve our goals we look forward to hearing from you. The trainee position is only available to candidates with an IBMS accredited degree and will work towards the registration portfolio while working on a 75% of a band 5 during training. Please note if employed as a trainee the expectation is to complete the registration portfolio within a year.All applications are on-line only. Perform daily routine and specialised diagnostic services on patient and environmental samples containing potentially infectious material. This will be done on a rotational basis using manual and automated techniques to exacting medical and scientific standards according to standard operating procedures Perform daily interpretation of diagnostic investigations. Know how to proceed in the event of technical / analytical non conformity and when to inform the line manager Accurate and timely entry of data onto the laboratory computer system and/or automated analysers using a VDU and keyboard workstation As appropriate record reports for authorisation in electronic form and / or verbally to persons authorised to receive them Quality check outputs including maintaining necessary internal record Participate in external and internal quality assurance schemes and vertical and horizontal audits as directed by senior staff Work to meet laboratory performance targets as directed by senior staf Under supervision, develop and investigate new techniques as required by the changing needs of the service To regularly inform and discuss progress of training towards a post registration specialist competence portfolio, with the laboratory training officer and other senior staff as appropriate For further details please see the attached job description.