Biomedical Assistant Grade 2 (BMA2)

JOB TITLE: BIOMEDICAL ASSISTANT GRADE 2 (BMA2)

BAND: 3

BASE: Your primary base will beLeicester Royal Infirmaryhowever travel between UHL’s hospital sites will be required

HOURS: 37.5 per week

REPORTS TO: SENIOR CLINICAL SCIENTISTS

ACCOUNTABLE TO: HEAD OF SERVICE

Applications are invited for the post of Biomedical Assistant in the Clinical Cytogenetics Laboratory based in the Leicestershire Genetics Centre at the Leicester Royal Infirmary.

The post holder will undertake the duties required to participate in and to support the Scientific team in the provision of an effective and high-quality cytogenetics service to patients. The post holder will be expected to maintain a high level of accuracy and reliability in defined routine preparative and associated procedures. The post holder will report to and be subject to the supervision and direction of the senior scientists or to other staff as instructed but is expected to routinely work without direct supervision except when problems arise.

The post holder will collaborate with other members of the department or hospital in all matters necessary to achieve maximum efficiency of the service. This role involves the safe daily handling of patient samples and hazardous chemicals according to standard operating procedures

We are one of the biggest and busiest NHS trusts in the country, incorporating the General, Glenfield and Royal Infirmary hospitals. We have our very own Children’s Hospital and run one of the country’s leading heart centres.

Our team is made up of more than 17,000 staff providing a range of services primarily for the one million residents of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We work with partners at the University of Leicester and De Montfort University providing world-class teaching to nurture and develop the next generation of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals, many of whom go on to spend their working lives with us.

Our purpose is to provide ‘Caring at its best’ and our staff have helped us create a set of values that embody who we are and what we’re here to do. They are:

• We focus on what matters most
• We treat others how we would like to be treated
• We are passionate and creative in our work
• We do what we say we are going to do
• We are one team and we are best when we work together

Our patients are at the heart of all we do and we believe that ‘Caring at its best’ is not just about the treatments and services we provide, but about giving our patients the best possible experience.

About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust: (leicestershospitals.nhs.uk)

To assist in the provision of an efficient Cytogenetic Service under the direction of the Scientific staff.

• To undertake general laboratory housekeeping duties including cleaning and sterilising glassware and other equipment, preparation of sterile media and reagents according to SOPs, staining, labelling, filing of microscope slides, preparation of cultures for long term storage
• To demonstrate an understanding of what tests are performed and why they are performed
• To operate and maintain equipment according to SOP’s
• To book in and cross-reference samples and patient details onto the appropriate manual and computerised database.
• To understand and use good sterile technique at all times and especially when using the biological safety cabinets.
• To collect and distribute items throughout the laboratory and where necessary from or to other parts of the hospital.
• To dispose of waste in accordance with laboratory/hospital regulations.