Senior Biomedical Scientist (Fixed-term Contract), Manual Chemistry - 1 Mabledon Place, London
Location: 1 Mabledon Place, London, WC1H 9AX
Salary: Up to £66,336 per annum DOE inclusive of regional pay allowance
Contract/Hours: Fixed-term Contract until September 2027, Full-time (37.5 hours per week)

About us:
Sonic Healthcare is an internationally renowned healthcare provider with a demonstrable track record of medical services across the world. Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Sonic is an ASX Top 50 company that has grown to become one of the world’s leading healthcare providers, specialising in pathology, radiology and primary care medical centres. We have operations in Australia, the USA, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Ireland and New Zealand. Sonic Healthcare UK encompasses the two main entities in the UK, The Doctors Laboratory (TDL) and Health Services Laboratories (HSL). HSL is a partnership between The Doctors Laboratory (TDL), Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH). HSL was formed to provide pathology services to the NHS Trusts and has expanded further to provide services to other NHS Trusts. Over 3,500 staff work at Sonic Healthcare UK, primarily under the TDL or HSL banner. Our purpose is to deliver medically-led diagnostics, innovation, value and long-term investment to healthcare. With our core laboratory based at The Halo Building in London WC1H 9AX, we also have an expanding site in Manchester as well as smaller hospital-based laboratories across the country. We maintain rigorously high standards of quality, whilst also delivering efficiencies to healthcare through careful workforce planning, pioneering technology and significant investment in infrastructure and IT.

About the role:
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and well-motivated individual to join our busy Biochemistry Department as a Senior Biomedical Scientist in Mass Spectrometry. This is a 1-year fixed term post covering maternity leave and is a chance to develop your senior skills and knowledge.
The mass spectrometry section includes a range of instrumentation including LC-MS and GC-MS, ICPMS and HPLC.

Requirements:
Interested candidates should have either a specialist diploma in Clinical Biochemistry or an MSc in a relevant subject and at least 3 years’ experience in a Chemistry laboratory as an established BMS. You will need to be self-motivated, innovative, flexible, and reliable and have good interpersonal skills as well as having the ability to use your own initiative and take responsibility for one’s own work and those of others less qualified. Experience in mass spectrometry techniques and instrumentation would be advantageous.

Working Hours:
The mass spectrometry section operates core hours 9am – 5.30pm; however, the successful candidate may be required to participate in shift patterns covering the hours of 08:00 to 21:00, as well as weekend shifts. The working week is 37.5 hours.

Benefits:

• Training and development opportunities – supporting professional development
• Annual salary review – salary and progression are aligned to our internal transparent pay structure (Progression Plus), supporting career development and structured annual salary reviews
• Discounted gym membership – we have a corporate gym membership scheme with Better Gyms
• Cash healthcare plan – cash back on a variety of healthcare costs including dentist and opticians
• Sick Pay Entitlement – one month’s full pay and one month’s half pay after probation
• Permanent Health Insurance and Death in Service Cover
• Life Assurance – providing salary continuation for long term illness (six months qualifying period)
• Employee Assistance Programme – supporting staff wellbeing
• Season Ticket Loan Scheme – interest free loan for the cost of annual travel ticket
• Perkbox – Access to additional staff perks and benefits such as high street discounts
• Company Pension Scheme – company and staff contributions which increase with service
• Competitive annual leave allowance – 29 days (pro-rata)
• Flexible working hours – we support and offer flexibility around shift patterns and working schedule

Due to the nature of work that Sonic Healthcare UK undertakes, our clients require that Employees filling certain roles, need, as part of their on-boarding to complete a DBS Check. This role falls into the category of requiring a DBS check (standard).

We respect and value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from diverse communities.
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