About this role
Job summary
We are looking for an experienced Biomedical Scientist to join our well established Blood Transfusion team as an Advanced Biomedical Scientist at Colchester Hospital. We are a friendly department who have close working relationship with our clinical consultant staff.
We have a well-designed, up-to-date lab with Grifols analysers, blood track and Contronics temperature monitoring system. For quality management we use Q-Pulse system. We are MHRA compliant and have UKAS accreditation.
Our vision is to deliver innovations, high-performing pathology services that is focussed on our customers and delivers high quality and fully compliant services.
We are clinically led and designed to achieve the benefits of scale that can be achieved by working together to meet our service users needs and support the excellent clinical care provided by our hospitals.
We are committed to attracting, developing and retaining the best pathology staff. You will play an integral part in the development of the Blood Transfusion and Haematology team and their careers.
You should be a self-motivated individual who is professional, innovative and flexible to join our hardworking laboratory team.
If you want to work with us to develop your own career, support others in their career and help us achieve our vision then we would like to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
About our pathology service - https://youtu.be/FBrydUl_c5w
Our pathology department is part of the collaborative East Coast Pathology Network (see attached document)
In this role you will be responsible for the quality and training of the team, supervision of daily operations and staff management and deputising for the Blood Transfusion Manager.
Duties include (but not limited to): supervising all Blood Transfusion sections and managing the daily organisation and staffing allocated, ensuring the analysers are maintained correctly and undertaking any troubleshooting that is required.
Manage the performance of manual, semi-automated, specialist and fully automated laboratory investigations within a defined service area accurately and efficiently.
Day to day management of stock control and usage. This may include maintaining Blood Transfusion stock levels and records and monitor usage to ensure efficient use where appropriate.
Deputise for the Transfusion Laboratory Manager in their absence, so a good knowledge of both routine and specialist Blood Transfusion is required.
About us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.
We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A
Job description Job responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person Specification
Registration Essential
HCPC registered Biomedical Science Degree or equivalent Appropriate Post Graduate qualifications e.g. IBMS Higher Specialist diploma or IBMS Diploma in Biomedical Science, Masters or equivalent Evidence of CPD Additional appropriate specialist qualification Other education as specified in the person specification
Desirable
Holding or working towards a qualification that supports management responsibilities such as health and safety, training officer, or quality management associated with post
Knowledge & Experience Essential
Highly specialist knowledge and experience across a range of work procedures and practices underpinned by theory and practice relevant to post Extensive practical experience of working in a Biomedical Science laboratory Experience of managing people Experience of Pathology IT systems Practical experience of Quality Management and Quality Management Systems Experience of performing and evaluating Risk Assessments
Desirable
Previous relevant experience of working in the NHS
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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Address Colchester Hospital
Turner Road
Colchester
CO4 5JL
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)