Advanced Biomedical Scientist - Histopathology | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Biomedical Scientist who is professional, reliable, innovative and flexible to join our friendly and hardworking team in our Histopathology department at Ipswich Hospital as an Advanced Biomedical Scientist.
In this role you will be involved in the co-ordination and supervision of the daily operations within the service and the completion of complex and routine Histopathology investigations.
The department handles approximately 26,000 requests per annum (including non-gynae cytology). The laboratory has full UKAS accreditation, and full training status granted by IBMS.
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 committed to attracting, developing and retaining the best pathology staff. You will play an integral part in the development of the team and their careers.
If you want to work with us to develop your career and help us achieve our vision then we would like to hear from you.
Our pathology department is part of the collaborative East Coast Pathology Network (see attached document)
About our Pathology Service https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBrydUl_c5w
In this role, you will be involved in the day to day supervision and delivery of the Histopathology service, and as such you will be a HCPC registered Biomedical Scientist.
In this role you will use your significant experience of working within a Histology laboratory, knowledge and experience of the requirements for accreditation, and will exhibit a commitment to the development of the discipline.
You will have day to day management of the service, managing and coordinating day to day activities of the team. You will process specialist investigations and be responsible for standard and quality of results.
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 offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto 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
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Monday 10 Feb 2025