Senior Biomedical Scientist/ Training Lead - Barnet & Chase Farm Hospital

at  Health Services Laboratories HSL

Up to £57,750 DOE
Job Title: Senior Biomedical Scientist
Location: Barnet and Chase Hospital
Salary range: Upto £57,750 DOE

ABOUT US:

Sonic Healthcare UK is an internationally renowned healthcare provider with a demonstrable track record of medical services across the world. Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Sonic is an ASX Top 50 company that has grown to become one of the world’s leading healthcare providers, specialising in pathology, radiology and primary care medical centres. We have operations in Australia, the USA, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Ireland and New Zealand.
Sonic Healthcare UK encompasses the two main entities in the UK, The Doctors Laboratory (TDL) and Health Services Laboratories (HSL). HSL is a partnership between The Doctors Laboratory (TDL), Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH). HSL was formed to provide pathology services to the NHS Trusts and has expanded further to provide services to other NHS Trusts. Over 2,500 staff work at Sonic Healthcare UK, primarily under the TDL or HSL banner.
Our purpose is to deliver medically-led diagnostics, innovation, value and long-term investment to healthcare. With our core laboratory based at The Halo Building in London WC1H 9AX, we also have an expanding site in Manchester as well as smaller hospital-based laboratories across the country. We maintain rigorously high standards of quality, whilst also delivering efficiencies to healthcare through careful workforce planning, pioneering technology and significant investment in infrastructure and IT.
Due to the nature of work that Sonic Healthcare UK undertakes, our clients require that Employees filling certain roles, need, as part of their on-boarding to complete a DBS Check. This role falls in to the category of requiring a DBS check (standard)
We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated individual to join our Blood Transfusion team at Barnet Hospital as a Senior Biomedical Scientist/ Training Lead.
We are looking for a candidate with a passion for training and preferably, experience in maintaining staff competencies, ensuring mandatory and statutory training requirements are met, and providing support and guidance to staff undertaking the registration and specialist portfolios.
You must be a Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registered Biomedical Scientist and holding a post graduate qualification or equivalent in Blood Transfusion.
Please include details of your HCPC registration on your CV and in the application form and any relevant training experience or qualifications that might support your application. The successful applicant must also have strong experience in Blood Transfusion.
The post holder will be responsible for the day-to-day operation of the laboratory and supervision of the departmental team to ensure delivery of a fit-for-purpose Blood Transfusion service at Barnet and Chase Farm Hospital. Duties will include assisting in the performance of the routine diagnostic analytical work, blood group serology testing, entering complex Blood Transfusion results with appropriate interpretive comments and follow-up of overdue and pending test results. Maintain the highest professional and technical standards in the department, perform work to which you are assigned, ensuring that it meets all standards as required by accreditation bodies and to adhere closely to SOPs and to assist in putting these methods into practice and adhering to associated quality assurance procedures.
You will also be expected to be familiar with the management of cold chain and quality requirements in accordance with local standard operating procedures.
We operate a shift pattern and the successful applicant with work on average of 37.5 hours per week.

At HSL we offer a variety of excellent staff benefits including:

• Training and development opportunities – supporting professional development
• Annual performance related salary review

*• No banding restrictions: *As we are a private company we are not restricted by salary bandings and so are able to negotiate appropriate salaries based on experience. This also means that annual salary reviews do not hit a band ceiling.

• Discounted gym membership – we have a corporate gym membership scheme with Better Gyms
• Cash healthcare plan – cash back on a variety of healthcare costs including dentist and opticians
• Sick Pay Entitlement – 5 paid days in the first year of employment, 20 days thereafter
• Permanent Health Insurance and Death in Service Cover
• Life Assurance – providing salary continuation for long term illness (six months qualifying period)
• Employee Assistance Programme – supporting staff wellbeing
• Season Ticket Loan Scheme – interest free loan for the cost of annual travel ticket
• Perkbox – Access to additional staff perks and benefits such as high street discounts
• Company Pension Scheme – company and staff contributions which increase with service
• Competitive annual leave allowance - 28 days
• Flexible working hours – 37.5 hours standard working week

Please read the job description and person specification carefully and ensure that your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience required.
We respect and value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from diverse communities.

Please refer the Job description for details