Biomedical Scientist - Haematology / Blood Transfusion
Job overview
We have a post in Haematology/Blood Transfusion available for a Biomedical Scientist at Band 5.
If you are looking for a BMS position with a desire to work as part of one of the largest NHS led Pathology Services in the South of England, we can offer:
- Innovative practices,
- Strong, personal and professional development,
- A laboratory at the forefront of the national Modernising Pathology agenda,
- Forward thinking and team orientated staff.
We can help you to achieve these by supporting your development by providing access to courses up to and including Master’s degree. In addition we support development of staff with internal and external courses for management, Health & Safety and Quality management.
Our laboratory has accreditation for UKAS ISO:15189 (2022) and is also accredited with MHRA, IIP and is accredited as a training laboratory by the IBMS for both registration and specialist portfolios leading to HCPC registration.
Band 5 applicants will be supported to do the specialist portfolio.
You will work in rotation within the Haematology and Blood Transfusion department and a future rotation into Biochemistry. The laboratory is well equipped with Abbott HQ's, Werfen TOPs, TOSOH G11 and Immucor and GLP track. Experience of automation would be an advantage.
Main duties of the job
To ensure personal competency in all areas of Blood Sciences. To work towards being specialised in an area of Blood Sciences, so as to meet the knowledge and the competency level of a Specialist Practitioner, via a recognised portfolio route or equivalent experience.
To use knowledge, interpretive skills, complex analysers and IT in order to deliver Blood sciences Service to our users.
To recommend and perform tests in the specialised areas of Blood Sciences (Biochemistry, Haematology and Blood Transfusion).
To perform the initial screening and further investigation of specialist diagnostic tests producing complex quality diagnostic results in order to aid patient treatment and care.
To authorise reports as directed by department procedures and guidelines.
To train other staff as required and directed.
To fully participate in the 24/7 shift pattern once appropriately trained.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical, and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To work as part of a team producing accurate diagnostic results and to work across all areas of the specialism as required.
To perform tasks as directed within any given role/section, cooperating with other staff in the section to ensure quality service delivery for the patient care.
To follow Standard Operating Procedures and to be proactive in the development of the same, by suggesting improvements and piloting the revised SOPs.
Using judgement, knowledge and departmental guidelines, (under supervision where appropriate), to authorise diagnostic results and report them as per departmental protocols. To refer to more senior Scientific/ Medical staff as required. This data may be produced by others in the department
To fully participate in all aspects of the service including both the routine, non-core and shift service, as appropriate.
To ensure that results and reports are produced in a timely manner particularly where these results will have an immediate impact on patient care such as an OPD clinic or A&E, thus contributing to meeting both departmental and Trust turnaround times.
To use reagent and other stocks efficiently, informing line manager when stock issues arise and to directly contact suppliers as directed by senior staff.
To perform simple problem solving/troubleshooting, within expected competency level, on equipment in order to resolve problems/breakdowns.
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria- BSc in Biomedical sciences (H)
- HCPC registration in Biomedical sciences (H)
- Evidence of CPD (H)
- MSc in Biomedical sciences
COMPETENCIES
Essential criteria- Multi-tasking skills, prioritisation skills and initiative
- Team worker
- Working out of hours
PROFESSIONAL
Essential criteria- Experience of a diagnostic speciality in Blood sciences
- Experience in Haematology and Blood Transfusion desirable
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.