Specialist Biomedical Scientist - Cellular Pathology | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

apartmentEast Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust placeBlackburn calendar_month23/10/2024

Cellular Pathology has a vacancy for a Band 6 Specialist Biomedical Scientist. This is a permanent position, 37.5 hours per week. The successful

candidate will be hardworking, reliable, flexible and must work well within a team.

Cellular Pathology comprises Histology and Non-gynae cytology, supported by a comprehensive immunohistochemistry service.

We receive around 33,000 histology and 3,000 non-gynae requests per year. The post will be based at Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital.

Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we may use this to contact you regarding your application.

Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.

Work at a specialist level across a range of manual and automated procedures including: Specimen reception, BMS cut up, microtomy, cryotomy, non-gynae cytology, immunocytochemistry.

Perform internal and external quality control, monitor results

Handle specimens of relevant categories in BMS cut up

Work independently, planning own workload and troubleshooting when necessary.

Train and develop students and other staff

At East Lancashire Hospitals Trust, our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high
quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 7,000 staff, many of whom are

internationally renowned and have won awards for their work.

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust is currently working collaboratively

with 3 other local Trusts as part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Pathology Collaboration, in a bid to secure our services for the future.

Whilst this role is currently based here at Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital, this may not be the case in the future and the service may be relocated to another hospital or an off-site location.

Please see the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information about the role

This advert closes on Tuesday 5 Nov 2024

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