Senior Biomedical Scientist, Blood Transfusion
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Black Country Pathology Services seek to recruit an enthusiastic, experienced Biomedical Scientist with a positive attitude and strong leadership skills to join the Black Country Pathology Services team at the New Cross Blood Transfusion Laboratory as a Senior Biomedical Scientist.
The post is full-time 37.5 hours per week. The role requires the post-holder to work in the Blood Transfusion laboratory at the New Cross site.
The post holder is responsible for a team of Specialist Biomedical Scientists and Associate Practitioners and/or other support workers, working within Blood Transfusion to deliver a medical laboratory service to achieve the objectives of efficient patient care, and resource management within the Trust. The post holder is responsible for; the day-to-day organisation, maintenance of workflow and any particular responsibilities associated with Blood Transfusion; teaching and development of staff; maintaining at all times the required high standards and quality; maintaining an up-to-date specialist knowledge and current working practices within the diagnostic laboratory.
To work with the senior management and other work colleagues to ensure best practice is identified and adopted at the earliest opportunity.
Main duties of the job
Key aspects to the role include:
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- HCPC registered Biomedical Scientist
- BSc Biomedical Science or equivalent
- Fellowship, MSC or equivalent
Desirable
- Specialist Transfusion qualification
Experience
Essential
- Substantial HCPC registered Biomedical Scientist
- Relevant practical experience Blood Transfusion
Desirable
- Completed audits to ISO 15189 standards and completed CAPAs
- Experience of carrying out appraisals
- Experience of managing staff sickness
Other
Essential
- Knowledge of UKAS accreditation requirements
- Knowledge of MHRA and BSQR requirements
Desirable
- Ability to supervise work performance of staff in transfusion section
- Ability to write and understand complex standard operating procedures.
About the employer
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS Trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.