Job summary
Are you looking for an exciting new challenge in a place to take your career to the next level? Would you like to join a friendly, progressive, innovative team and play a part in the transformation of pathology services across South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw?

South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw (SYB) Pathology provides high-quality and innovative laboratory services from 7 laboratory sites at Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust.

We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic Biomedical Scientist with a flexible approach to work and interested in progressing their career in a fully UKAS-accredited, modern laboratory environment to work in our Blood Sciences service in the Acute, Metabolic and New Born Screening Clinical Chemistry Laboratories, primarily based at the Sheffield Children's Hospital but with a requirement to work in all Sheffield Teaching Hospitals laboratory sites on a rotational rota basis.

The post holder will work as a Biomedical Scientist providing scientific services to patients as an aid to clinical diagnosis. The successful candidate will be required to participate in the 24/7 OOH rota covering a 7-day working week, including evenings, nights, weekends and bank holidays.

Main duties of the job
The post holder will be an HCPC-registered Biomedical Scientist in order to provide scientific services to patients as an aid to clinical diagnosis. You will undertake a wide range of complex analytical procedures, performing a range of manual, semi-automated and automated tests using scientific knowledge and experience to comment upon and validate results in line with ISO 15189. Suitable candidates will require Clinical Chemistry laboratory experience and ideally have experience of working out of hours.

If applying for a Band 6 role, candidates will have completed (or be ready for assessment) the IBMS specialist portfolio in Clinical Chemistry or be ready for assessment.

Successful candidates with HCPC registration but have not completed the IBMS specialist portfolio Clinical Chemistry will be appointed at Band 5.

Duties include:

• Assisting in maintaining high scientific and technical standards.
• Maintaining complex pieces of laboratory equipment to ensure accurate and reliable results are produced for patients.
• Being accountable for own professional actions and work for long periods of time without direct supervision.
• Assisting in monitoring quality standards, perform audit as directed in line with service needs.
• Monitoring stock levels and assist senior members of staff with ordering and organising stock as required.
• Participating in regular CPD activities to maintain up to date knowledge and experience.

About us
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

STHFT operates with a budget of £1.2 bn, has a workforce of over 18,500 employees, covers five hospital sites, provides care from over forty community settings, and has an excellent reputation for research.

As an organisation we value and respect our staff and the community we serve. We provide excellent staff benefits; this includes commitment to professional development but also many initiatives to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

Please also note this vacancy is banded dependent upon applicants experience relevant to this post. The banding of the successful applicant/s will start at Band 5 unless applicants meet the necessary threshold of skills and experience required to start on Band 6.

Salary: £32,073 to £48,117 a year, pro rata for part time staff
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 190-1972-DIR
Closing date: 25 October 2026

Qualifications
Essential

• (Band 5 & 6) IBMS accredited BSC in Biomedical Sciences or equivalent
• (Band 5 & 6) Registered with HCPC as a Biomedical Scientist
• (Band 5) Completion of IBMS post graduate registration portfolio or equivalent
• (Band 5 & 6) Commitment to complete and maintain Mandatory Training and required Laboratory competencies
• (Band 5) Commitment to complete the relevant Specialist BMS IBMS portfolio
• (Band 6) IBMS Specialist Diploma in a relevant specialist subject
• (Band 6) Commitment to continuous professional development required to maintain HCPC registration

Desirable

• (Band 5 & 6) Evidence of continued CPD including relevant courses with regards to H&S, leadership, quality or training

Experience
Essential

• (Band 5 & 6) Experience with a range of laboratory techniques
• (Band 6) Detailed understanding of job content
• (Band 6) Ability to work with other colleagues to improve and develop working practices
• (Band 6) Discipline specific NHS experience in a UKAS accredited laboratory (Microbiology/Virology/Histopathology/Blood sciences laboratory)
• (Band 6) Multi-disciplinary awareness
• (Band 6) Experience with a wide range of laboratory techniques in use across discipline
• (Band 6) Experience working within a laboratory providing local, regional or national tertiary reference facilities
• (Band 6) Experience in the implementation of new methodologies and/or equipment
• (Band 6) Experience with the UKAS accreditation process
• (Band 6) Experience in demonstrating leadership qualities

Desirable

• (Band 5) Discipline specific NHS laboratory experience
• (Band 5) Multi-disciplinary awareness
• (Band 5) Experience in demonstrating leadership qualities

Skills and Knowledge
Essential

• (Band 5 & 6) Keyboard and basic IT skills
• (Band 5 & 6) Have an awareness of Health & Safety issues
• (Band 5 & 6) Can communicate effectively with staff of all grades
• (Band 6) Evidence of effective time management skills and with a methodical approach
• (Band 6) Able to follow and work to SOP and Policy
• (Band 6) Ability to work individually and part of a team
• (Band 6) Maintains composure in pressurised situations
• (Band 6) Ability to plan and prioritise allocated work
• (Band 6) Ability to concentrate for extended periods of time whilst performing scientific analysis

Personal Qualities
Essential

• (Band 6) Understand and follow clear instructions.
• (Band 6) Participation in weekend and evening work and out of hours shifts as required. This includes participation in a 24/7 shift pattern.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Sheffield Children's Hospital, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TH, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.sth.nhs.uk

Contact for questions about the job
Chief BMS: Fraser Cocker, fraser.cocker@nhs.net, 01143058306

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. Applications from job seekers who require Skilled worker sponsorship are welcome.