Specialist Biomedical Scientist Microbiology

at  Spire Healthcare

SPECIALIST BIOMEDICAL SCIENTIST - MICROBIOLOGY | BAND 6 EQUIVALENT DEPENDING ON EXPERIENCE | MANCHESTER| FULL TIME

Spire Manchester is looking for a highly motivated experienced Specialist Biomedical Scientist with at least 3 years’ experience, post registration, qualified with an MSc or specialist portfolio, to join our dynamic team. This is an opportunity for you to further develop your skills within microbiology and contribute to all areas including manual, virology and molecular in a small but busy department.
Experience with Beckman microscan, Bruker Maldi-tof, BD Max will be highly regarded.
Spire Manchester Hospital is a brand new, £65m state-of-the-art healthcare facility offering you the opportunity to work across a wide variety of specialisms. You will be able to develop your clinical skills in a modern and progressive environment. The Manchester team currently consists of over 500 colleagues, and we are rapidly expanding as we increase the scope of services we provide across our experienced and dynamic team.

As a Biomedical Scientist in Microbiology your role is to assist in the organisation, management, and development of services within a specialised area of the pathology service, or across a range of services provided by the laboratory.

You will liaise with the Laboratory Consultant and the Pathology Manager, to ensure the provision of the high-quality service in an efficient and cost-effective manner. Other duties will include, but not be limited to:

• Develop practice including investigation and reporting, within your areas of specialist expertise.
• Analyse, interpret and report information and knowledge related to ideas and concepts.
• Develop and evaluate the movement of laboratory specimens and blood.
• Assist with research and development.
• Develop practice in the application of technology for measuring and monitoring pathology investigations, within your specialist area of expertise.
• Provide and receive complex, sensitive, or contentious information.
• Develop own knowledge and skills and that of others.
• Promotes best practice in health and safety and security.
• Assist in maintaining and developing services.
• Contribute to quality improvement.
• Support and enable equality, diversity, and rights.
• Acknowledge the risk of Healthcare Associated Infections (HCAI) and understand own responsibility as agreed with line manager in the prevention and control of HCAI.