Senior Biomedical Scientist (Haematology)

Job Overview

Applications are sought for applications from Senior Biomedical Scientists (BMS) who have current HCPC registration and meet the person specification for a Senior BMS position. It is desirable that applicants have an MSc qualification in Haematology (or are working towards one) or a Fellowship of the Institute of Biomedical Science (FIBMS).

You will join our friendly and enthusiastic team working in the busy Blood Science Laboratory as a Senior Biomedical Scientist within the Haematology & Transfusion department. You will help provide a 24-hour continuous service for the trust and you will help provide clinical staff with a high-quality service, assisting your colleagues with providing accurate and timely results.

The Senior BMS Haematology Section Lead has responsibilities for the governance, performance, and quality of aspects across all of the department under the direction of senior managers. The post holder will supervise the day to day running of the department to enable the provision of a high-quality Haematology service that meets UK Pathology Accreditation Standards. The post holder will be expected to provide supervision of Haematology team members, leading both professionally and technically, to ensure completion of the day-to-day work.

Please note, base will be Whiston Hospital Site but rotation across all MWL Pathology Sites is required.

The JD & PS are currently under AfC review and are subject to change.

Main duties of the job

• Undertake manual, semi-automated and fully automated laboratory investigations on a rotational basis and play a lead role in the Haematology Department.
• Ensure that equipment is used in accordance with departmental policies and supplier’s instructions.
• Undertake routine and more complex maintenance procedures on the analysers within the Department. To carry out appropriate internal maintenance procedures and maintain maintenance records
• Undertake the repair of complex laboratory analysers and installing replacement components as requested by the supplier.
• Ensure prompt technical validation and authorisation of multiple test sets from laboratory investigations ensuring accuracy and precision as specified by laboratory protocols. Also to assess the validity of the results as to whether conflicting information is due to the pathology of the patient, contamination, or compromised integrity of the sample prior to release of the results for clinical validation.
• First line management of the Haematology support and specialist BMS staff.
• Prepare and present section performance reports
• Manage risks and incidents
• Document development, management and control
• Training of other relevant staff
  
  
  

Working for our organisation

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our Services

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
  
  
  

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Please refer to the Job Description document for the detailed job description and main responsibilities.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• A recognised Biomedical Science degree with honours which is acceptable to the HCPC
• Registration with Health Care Professional Council (HCPC)
• Fellowship of the institute of Biomedical Science/Masters in Biomedical Science or equivalent qualification or experience
  
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Membership of the institute of Biomedical Science
• Willing to pursue further qualifications
  
  
  

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria

• Substantial experience as a Registered Specialist Biomedical Scientist or equivalent
• Detailed working knowledge of laboratory information and management computer systems and standard IT packages eg word processing and spreadsheets
• Ability to work within all specialised areas of the department including Immunology
• Full knowledge of theoretical and practical laboratory procedures
• Ability to organise own workload and that of subordinate staff
• Evidence of CPD
• Knowledge of H&S risk assessment requirements, including COSHH regulations and assessments
  
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Exhibit competency to work alone out of core hours
  
  
  

Skills

Essential criteria

• Problem solving skills
• Ability to perform audit
• Ability to lead on quality control procedures
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Good organisational and time management skills
• Ability to work flexibly and multitask
• Ability to work without supervision
• Able to initiate techniques
• Work to a high proficiency standard
• Supervisory and leadership skills
  
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Presentation skills
• Highly developed technical skills
  
  
  

Other

Essential criteria

• Understands and complies with UKAS Accreditation requirements when producing SOPs
• Personable, friendly demeanour