Bank Biomedical Scientist
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Spire Manchester is recruiting a Bank Biomedical Scientist on a 0-hour, onsite contract to provide flexible cover for a busy private laboratory while upholding the highest clinical standards. You will plan, analyse, report pathology investigations, develop specimen workflows, liaise with the Laboratory Consultant and Manager, and contribute to quality improvement and infection prevention. Essential requirements include a degree or HNC Medical Laboratory Sciences or equivalent with eligibility for Associate Membership of the Institute of Biomedical Sciences, HCPC registration, and laboratory experience, ideally in the independent sector. Emphasise evidence based practice, potential for service development, and comfort with cost awareness and teaching. To apply, tailor your CV to demonstrate service development, leadership and collaboration with consultants, include registration details and mandatory training, and submit promptly as applications may close early.
Bank Biomedical Scientist/Spire Manchester / 0 Hours
Spire Manchester Hospital has an exciting opportunity for a Biomedical Scientist to join the team on a Bank 0-hour contract.
Duties and responsibilities:
To assist in the organisation, management and development of services within specialty of expertise provided by the laboratory.
To liaise with the Laboratory Consultant and the Laboratory Manager, to ensure the provision of the high-quality service in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
- Plan, analyse, assess and report pathology investigations.
- Analyse, interpret and report information and knowledge related to ideas and concepts.
- Develop and evaluate the movement of laboratory specimens, blood and tissues.
- Assist with research and development.
- Plan, monitor and quality assure the application of technology for measuring and monitoring pathology investigations.
- Provide and receive complex , sensitive or contentious information.
- Develop own knowledge and skills and that of others.
- Promotes best practice in health and safety and security.
- Assist in maintaining and developing services.
- Contribute to quality improvement.
- Support and enable equality, diversity and rights.
- Acknowledge the risk of Healthcare Associated Infections (HCAI) and understand own responsibility as agreed with line manager in the prevention and control of HCAI.
Who we're looking for:
- Degree qualified, HNC Medical Laboratory Sciences or equivalent which would allow individual to be eligible for Associate Membership of the Institute of Biomedical Sciences.
- Biomedical Scientist with the Health & Care Professions Council.
- Working within a performance driven culture while maintaining safe standards.
- Assists in meeting financial and budgetary targets.
- Supporting the commercial development of pathology services locally
- Experience in a scientific laboratory.
- Experience of independent sector
- Strategically commercial and familiarity with service developments.
- Experience of working in partnership with consultants and participating in helping to creat innovative solution for new pathology services.
- Uses evidence based practice
- Shares evidence based practices with colleagues to enhance pathology service and standards
- Possess the mandatory training requirements for role including infection control and health and safety competencies.
- Possess medical device competencies
- Numeracy Skills
- Keeps abreast of developments in pathology practice.
- Have an awareness of current healthcare issues
- Flexible in thinking about work patterns
- Trained on MS Office and other relevant packages
- Teaching others.
- Auditing skills across clinical standards and departments
- Root cause analysis
- Professional assessment skills
- Basic business Development skills e.g. helps in the creation of business cases
Benefits
• Bank colleagues are paid weekly
• We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness, or annual leave
• Unsocial Enhancements, dependent upon shift pattern worked (won’t be applicable for all)
• Access to Spire Healthcare pension
• Access to Blue Light Card discounts
• Smart spending discounts (in addition to Blue Light discounts) via ‘Spire for You’
• Wellbeing Centre access via ‘Spire for You'
• Free uniform
• Free DBS
• Full induction, including mandatory training updates
• Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts
• Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire’s specialist Resourcing Team
• We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness or annual leave.
Our Values
We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:
• Driving clinical excellence
• Doing the right thing
• Caring is our passion
• Keeping it simple
• Delivering on our promises
• Succeeding and celebrating together
• Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.
Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications
For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people