Specialist Biomedical Scientist – Haematology & Blood Transfusion

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Full time
East Suffolk & North Essex NHS Foundation Trust have an exciting opportunity for a Specialist Biomedical Scientist to join us in Haematology & Blood Transfusion at Ipswich Hospital.

An enhanced relocation package may be available.

You will join a friendly and busy MHRA and UKAS compliant hospital laboratory who are committed to the training and development of our staff. We are an IBMS accredited training laboratory for registration and specialist portfolios.

You must have completed your haematology specialist portfolio. Once competent, experienced staff will participate in the out of hours roster which attracts a night rate enhancement for lone working.

We are equipped with Grifols, Sysmex XNs and ACL TOPS analysers. Our LIMS is Lab Centre. Previous working knowledge of these technologies would be an advantage.

Our vision is to deliver innovations, high-performing pathology services that are focused on our customers and deliver 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. We encourage our staff to undertake internal and external courses to aid their development. You will play an integral part in helping to train our junior staff to develop their skills and careers.

About our Pathology Service Main duties of the job

Specialist Biomedical Scientist Job Information

Our pathology department is part of the collaborative East Coast Pathology Network.

You will enjoy a varied range of responsibilities from maintaining the quality management system and UKAS accreditation, training and supervision of less experienced members of staff, validating and authorising results and most importantly providing a safe quality service for our patients.

You will be expected to resolve complex equipment or process problems and perform manual, semi-automated and fully automated laboratory investigations, including specialist investigations, within defined service area accurately and efficiently.

You will participate in the day to day management of stock control and usage. This may include maintaining Blood Transfusion stock levels and records and monitoring usage to ensure efficient use where appropriate.

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 one of the largest NHS organisations in England, 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 offers 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.

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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 Specialist portfolio in Haematology and Blood Transfusion or CPSM logbook Evidence of CPD

Desirable Appropriate Post Registration IBMS Specialist Diploma or IBMS diploma in Biomedical Science

Knowledge & Experience Essential Theoretical knowledge and practical experience of specialist biomedical procedures relevant to post. Substantial practical experience of working in a Biomedical Science laboratory. Experience of Quality Management Systems Experience of performing Risk Assessments. Experience of Pathology IT systems.

Desirable European Computer Driving Licence or equivalent Previous relevant experience of working in the NHS Previous experience of line managing staff

Employer details Employer name East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address Ipswich Hospital Heath Road Ipswich IP4 5PD

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