Trainee Biomedical Scientist / Biomedical Scientist

at  Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust

The clinical laboratory team provides a High Quality Specialist Diagnostic Service to improve the Health Care of the people of South of Tyne and Wear. An opportunity has arisen for a Cellular Pathology Trainee Biomedical Scientist/Specialist Biomedical Scientist position. The post holder will be based within the Cellular Pathology Department at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Gateshead
The post holder will have a developed knowledge and experience in Cellular Pathology .
It is a primary role of the post to provide accurate diagnostic results to service users, advice to clinical users of the service whilst working as a team to achieve RCPath expected turnaround times. The post holder will be expected to further develop knowledge and skills of the diagnostic techniques of the Cellular Pathology department.
This vacancy is part of our ‘refer a friend’ scheme, this means if a friend who currently works for us has told you about this vacancy you could both receive a cash payment. The full scheme details are included with the additional documents for this role.
Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.
Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.
We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.
Our values should be the ‘golden thread’ which runs through everything we do – they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronym ICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.
We have a number of staff networks including the BAME network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women’s Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our armed forces network is one of our emerging networks.
The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our ‘Balance’ programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.
It is a primary role of the post to provide accurate diagnostic results to service users, advice to clinical users of the service whilst working as a team to achieve RCPath expected turnaround times. The post holder will be expected to further develop knowledge and skills of the diagnostic techniques of the Cellular Pathology department

Please refer the Job description for details