Biomedical Scientist - MicrobiologyNHS

Job summary

Are you fascinated by bacteria, find mycology magical or love following the clues to identify an unusual organism? Then you are the right person to join our team of Biomedical Scientists, in Microbiology.

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Band 5/6 HCPC Biomedical Scientist to join our Microbiology team based at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals whilst employed by Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, working for the Lancashire and South Cumbria Pathology service. Previous experience of working in an NHS laboratory would be desirable.

We are a very busy, well-equipped laboratory. We receive a variety of patient samples, such as urine, faeces, blood and swabs from both hospital and community patients in Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde We are accredited by UKAS (ISO15189) and are an IBMS approved training laboratory.

Please note: This vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received.

Main duties of the job

As a Biomedical Scientist, you are an integral part of the team; responsible for identifying pathogens which cause disease.

We provide the information that medical staff use to determine appropriate treatment options to help our patients quickly and effectively. As well as this, you would be involved with the maintenance and troubleshooting of various automated systems including Virtuo, UF5000, MALDI-TOF, and Genetic Signatures analyser.

You will need to be enthusiastic about providing an excellent standard of work which contributes to patient care. You should be highly motivated, computer literate, demonstrate good interpersonal skills, and always remain respectful of the Trust values. You will be supported in your training by our dedicated team of experienced staff who will ensure all your training needs are met to become competent in all areas.

This position is full time working 37.5 hours a week between the hours of 8am and 8pm, weekends and Bank Holidays, part-time hours may be considered. Once established, you will partake in the out of hours on-call service for urgent samples

Job description

• Perform a range of laboratory tests autonomously and demonstrate an understanding of the scientific basis for tests and the disease processes under investigation.
• Be able to work on a shift rota, covering 24 hours, seven days a week
• Participate in the on-call rota
• To communicate, as appropriate, using information technology
• To direct more junior staff regarding technical and work issue
• Dealing with telephone enquiries from nurses, clinicians, healthcare practitioners, giving technical advice on results and use of the service
• Appropriate recording of Inventory management within the section to ensure accurate stock management.
• To assist in effective verbal and written communication by qualified and unqualified staff
• Report any issues to an appropriate person

We look forward to you joining our close-knit Microbiology family. The environment is busy but you will embrace this and enjoy the challenge of working to tight turn-around-times and targets. You will go home after your working day knowing you have made a positive difference to the patients we serve.

An advert can only contain so many words but we are available to answer any questions you may have regarding the role before you apply.

Please ensure that address all of the essential and desirable criteria required for this post when completing your application in the supporting information section of the application.

About us

We have fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done. You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.