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? Do you want to work in a fully UKAS-accredited, modern laboratory environment where you can make a difference?

The South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw (SYB) Pathology Network is a fully integrated network providing pathology services across five regional sites – Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (BHFT), Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (DBTHFT), The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust (TRHFT), Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust (SCFT), and Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (STHFT). We are inviting applications from enthusiastic, driven individuals to join our Haematology teams at the Rotherham site. The post is based at Rotherham but the successful applicant will also be required to work on the Barnsley Hospital Trust site and, as an SYBP employee, may be required to work on the other Pathology sites within the SYBP Network. SYB Pathology aims to provide the best possible service for patients and clinicians, improving health outcomes, driving research and innovation, delivering healthcare efficiencies, and ensuring a sustainable workforce, providing job satisfaction and career progression opportunities for all staff.

Main duties of the job
The post holder will act as an HCPC-registered Biomedical Scientist providing scientific services to patients as an aid to clinical diagnosis. The successful candidate will be employed on Agenda for Change terms and conditions and required to participate on the 24/7 out of hours rota and 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 Haematology experience post-registration and ideally have experience of working out of hours. Candidates must be in possession of an IBMS specialist portfolio in either Haematology or Blood Sciences, or equivalent to be appointed at Band 6. However, registered candidates either working towards or aspiring to complete their specialist portfolio will be considered for appointment at band 5.

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.

Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential

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

Desirable

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

Experience
Essential

• Experience with a range of laboratory techniques (Band 5&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 (Band 6)

Desirable

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

Skills
Essential

• 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 5&6)
• Evidence of effective time management skills and with a methodical approach (Band 6)
• Evidence of good manual dexterity (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 (Band 6)

Personal Qualities
Essential

• 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. (Band 6)
• Commitment to role (Band 6)

Desirable

Additional information
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. 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 (Opens in a new tab).