Specialist Biomedical Scientist, Biochemistry | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Posting date:	26 November 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£38,682 - £46,580 per annum
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	26 December 2025
Location:	Blackburn, BB2 3HH
Company:	East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7569024/435-D162-25

Summary

Based within Blood Sciences, you will be working in the Biochemistry departments at both the Blackburn and Burnley laboratory sites, processing samples received from the Hospitals and General Practitioners. This is an area which can be very busy and requires precise working, under time pressures. You will work shifts covering over 24 hours 7 days per week.

The departments current main automated equipment is Siemens Atellica solution, including full Aptio tracking in Blood Sciences.

The post holder is an experienced, specialist Health Professions Council Registered Biomedical Scientist who provides a continuous and comprehensive blood science service, as an aid to effective diagnosis and treatment. The post entails analytical investigation, and confirmation of the analytical and technical validity of those investigations, liaising with clinical and blood science staff to ensure diagnostically abnormal results are urgently acted upon.

This post includes working shifts covering over 24 hours 7 days per week and staff will have significantly different working patterns and responsibilities to routine core hours. This is because these staff operate and communicate as a lone front line self-governing service provider and assume first line responsibility.

We have a tight knit team in Biochemistry with a strong work ethic where everyone knows their role. We process around 4,500 requests per day and have over thirty people working in the Biochemistry department.

On 1stFebruary 2026, Pathology services for Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust will come together to form the Lancashire and South Cumbria Single Pathology Service.

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will be the Lead Provider of the service and the employer of colleagues working within the service, across sites.

If you are successful in your application, and commence work prior to 1stFebruary 2026, your employment will transfer to Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on 1stFebruary 2026 under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations, 2006. There will be no impact for your job role, terms and conditions of employment or location of work.

If you are successful in your application, and commence work after 1stFebruary 2026, your employer will be Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
1. Provide a rapid, reliable and efficient service by performing a comprehensive range of routine and specialized analyses.


1. Perform investigations and analytical techniques unsupervised whilst organizing own work tasks, normally under the direction of a Senior Biomedical Scientist.


1. The post holder is required to rotate through all the sections of the department including specimen reception.


1. Apply the approved Standard Operating Procedures used in the Department.


1. Assist in the development of Standard Operating Procedures, and recommend improvements and amendments as necessary.


1. Perform complex manual and automated analytical investigations requiring specialist skills.


1. Operate complex, high value analytical equipment without supervision.


1. Maintain, troubleshoot and repair faults in complex laboratory instruments, ensuring essential services are maintained in the event of technical failure.


1. Prepare reagents, control materials and calibrators with a high degree of accuracy and precision.


1. Required to work with hazardous and noxious chemicals, and with frequent exposure to uncontained body substances.


1. Check reliability of results to ensure accuracy and precision by applying quality assurance statistical criteria.


1. Interpretation of results requiring subjective judgement and analytical expertise.


1. Recognise grossly abnormal and life threatening results.


1. Validate and report test results in a timely fashion so that they may be acted on as necessary by clinicians.


1. Provide technical interpretation and comment on validity of results.


1. Maintain accurate and detailed records of patient results, quality control data and calculations.


1. Participate in departmental audit and internal / external Quality Assurance programmes.


1. Work with laboratory and Trust information systems.


1. Maintain, troubleshoot and repair faults with laboratory point of care equipment in clinical areas and liaise with service engineers and ward staff as required.


1. Supervision of MLA, AP and Trainee BMS staff.


1. Assist in the department’s stock control procedures.


1. Adhere to the departmental Quality management systems.


1. General clerical and administrative tasks.


This advert closes on Wednesday 10 Dec 2025