Specialist Biomedical Scientist - Haematology & Blood Transfusion

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust have an excitingopportunity to apply for the role of a Specialist Biomedical Scientist - Haematology & Blood Transfusion.

An enhanced relocation package may be available for the right candidate.

Experienced staff will be expected to participate in the out of hours roster once fully trained and competent which attracts a locally agreed night rate enhancement for lone working.

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Specialist Biomedical Scientist Job Information

About our Pathology Service

The department uses Grifols analysers in BT, Sysmex XNs and ACL TOPS in Haematology & coagulation. Previous experience with or an understanding of the technologies used within the department would be an advantage.

The Pathology Clinical Delivery Group (CDG) is based across both Colchester and Ipswich Laboratory Hospital locations and our vision is to deliver innovations, high-performing pathology services that is focussed on our customers and delivers high quality and fully compliant services.

Our service is clinically led and designed to achieve the benefits of scale that can be achieved by working together, while remaining close enough to our customers to meet their needs and support the excellent clinical care provided by our hospitals.

We are committed to attracting and retaining the best pathology staff and if you want to work with us to develop your own career and help us achieve our vision then we would like to hear from you.

You will enjoy a varied range of responsibilities from maintaining the quality management system and UKAS accreditation, training of less experienced members of staff, validating and authorising results and most importantly providing quality service for our patients.

You will be expected to resolve complex equipment or process problems and perform manual, semi-automated and fully automated laboratory investigations, including specialist investigations, within defined service area accurately and efficiently.

You will participate ate in the day to day management of stock control and usage. This may include maintaining Blood Transfusion stock levels and records and monitor usage to ensure efficient use where appropriate.

One of the largest Trust’s in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients’ own homes. You will be joining a team of over 11,000 amazing colleagues providing care to 800,000 residents.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health & Wellbeing programme offer a range of services including mental health support. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

Find out about living and working with us -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

What we need from you:

• Biomedical Science BSc degree or equivalent
• Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• Completion of IBMS Specialist Portfolio or proven equivalent post registration experience
• Experience of working alone during out of hours service
• Willingness to participate in the out of hour’s service
• Evidence of CPD

The Haematology Department has Sysmex XN 2000 and Werfen ACL TOP 550 analysers. The Blood Transfusion Department has the Grifols Erytra blood grouping system. Our LIMS system is Clinisys WinPath Enterprise.

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