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Chief Biomedical Scientist in Blood Transfusion
| Posting date: | 11 April 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £53,755 - £60,504 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 May 2025 |
| Location: | Canterbury, CT1 3NG |
| Company: | East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7057626/344-7627DCB |
Summary
A Vacancy at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our unique Blood Science (Haematology, Clinical Chemistry and Blood Transfusion) laboratory services at our Kent & Canterbury (K&C) and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (QEQM) hospitals, as our Chief Biomedical Scientist in Blood Transfusion for these sites.
These hospitals boast a highly successful operational model with a fully cross trained blood science workforce. In joining our team, you will be proud to collectively lead and develop the staff and services across these 2 sites collaboratively, along with the Chief BMS in Haematology and the Chief BMS in Clinical Chemistry, with whom you will develop a strong working relationship.
You will have strong and extensive experience as a Senior Biomedical Scientist in Haematology and or Blood Transfusion services, have a hunger for success in a demanding leadership role and have demonstrable evidence of management and leadership skills as well as a specialist knowledge of and passion for Blood Transfusion.
To be considered for the role you must be suitably qualified (see Person Specification) and have significant experience and knowledge of working in a UKAS ISO15189:2012/2022 and MHRA regulated environment as well as a firm appreciation for the importance of Health & Safety in the workplace.
The successful candidate will oversee the operational management of the Blood Transfusion laboratories on both sites and a physical presence across these will be expected throughout the week. This will include the daily management of the workload, interaction with service stakeholders, the cross trained blood science workforce, skill mix, equipment, safety, quality assurance, education, training as well as incident and change management to name a few. A system wide appreciation of the whole blood science service is critical.
The post holder will be expected to direct daily laboratory operations with shared responsibility for all blood science services in addition to Blood Transfusion over a 24-7 service. They will take a key role in workflow prioritisation and problem solving, be sensitive and responsive to the changing demands on the service and have strong organisational, administrative, supervisory, and team leadership skills, which are essential requirement of the post. They must be confident to implement change whilst ensuring service continuity and be able to provide a visible lead whilst encouraging staff to take ownership. They will exercise autonomy within professional and managerial boundaries.
The role involves working closely alongside a range of biomedical scientists, managerial and clinical colleagues on a daily basis. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is self-motivated, well organised and compassionate.
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
Kent and Medway Pathology Network (KMPN) is a formal partnership of seven laboratories across three pathology services in four acute Trusts. Our 1000 colleagues provide services across the health and care sector to a population of nearly 2 million.
KMPN are at an exciting point of our network development with a recommendation to form a joint venture across the four Trusts leading transformation. Our projects including single IT solutions, procurement and digital projects, to ensure our services are able to meet growing demand for our service users, patients and communities.
You will have a fantastic opportunity to grow your career in KMPN. We are developing a network academy, a platform for all network education and training from apprenticeships to advanced clinical and scientific qualifications with a single faculty making best use of our talented educators and trainers. You will not be expected to work at sites outside of EKHUFT. However, there will be opportunities for collaborative working within the network.
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in 'supporting documents’.
If you have further queries please don’t hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for roles Band 5 and above.
This advert closes on Sunday 27 Apr 2025
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our unique Blood Science (Haematology, Clinical Chemistry and Blood Transfusion) laboratory services at our Kent & Canterbury (K&C) and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (QEQM) hospitals, as our Chief Biomedical Scientist in Blood Transfusion for these sites.
These hospitals boast a highly successful operational model with a fully cross trained blood science workforce. In joining our team, you will be proud to collectively lead and develop the staff and services across these 2 sites collaboratively, along with the Chief BMS in Haematology and the Chief BMS in Clinical Chemistry, with whom you will develop a strong working relationship.
You will have strong and extensive experience as a Senior Biomedical Scientist in Haematology and or Blood Transfusion services, have a hunger for success in a demanding leadership role and have demonstrable evidence of management and leadership skills as well as a specialist knowledge of and passion for Blood Transfusion.
To be considered for the role you must be suitably qualified (see Person Specification) and have significant experience and knowledge of working in a UKAS ISO15189:2012/2022 and MHRA regulated environment as well as a firm appreciation for the importance of Health & Safety in the workplace.
The successful candidate will oversee the operational management of the Blood Transfusion laboratories on both sites and a physical presence across these will be expected throughout the week. This will include the daily management of the workload, interaction with service stakeholders, the cross trained blood science workforce, skill mix, equipment, safety, quality assurance, education, training as well as incident and change management to name a few. A system wide appreciation of the whole blood science service is critical.
The post holder will be expected to direct daily laboratory operations with shared responsibility for all blood science services in addition to Blood Transfusion over a 24-7 service. They will take a key role in workflow prioritisation and problem solving, be sensitive and responsive to the changing demands on the service and have strong organisational, administrative, supervisory, and team leadership skills, which are essential requirement of the post. They must be confident to implement change whilst ensuring service continuity and be able to provide a visible lead whilst encouraging staff to take ownership. They will exercise autonomy within professional and managerial boundaries.
The role involves working closely alongside a range of biomedical scientists, managerial and clinical colleagues on a daily basis. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is self-motivated, well organised and compassionate.
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
Kent and Medway Pathology Network (KMPN) is a formal partnership of seven laboratories across three pathology services in four acute Trusts. Our 1000 colleagues provide services across the health and care sector to a population of nearly 2 million.
KMPN are at an exciting point of our network development with a recommendation to form a joint venture across the four Trusts leading transformation. Our projects including single IT solutions, procurement and digital projects, to ensure our services are able to meet growing demand for our service users, patients and communities.
You will have a fantastic opportunity to grow your career in KMPN. We are developing a network academy, a platform for all network education and training from apprenticeships to advanced clinical and scientific qualifications with a single faculty making best use of our talented educators and trainers. You will not be expected to work at sites outside of EKHUFT. However, there will be opportunities for collaborative working within the network.
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in 'supporting documents’.
If you have further queries please don’t hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for roles Band 5 and above.
This advert closes on Sunday 27 Apr 2025