145255 - Specialist Biomedical Scientist - DM Airdrie, Scotland
Job description
Exciting opportunity to join the Microbiology Team at University Hospital Monklands.
You will process a broad range of specialist and routine laboratory diagnostic investigations in Microbiology using a range of scientific measurements and technical procedures on patient samples and provide advice to clinicians and other healthcare staff as to appropriateness of tests and time-scales.
You will be responsible for own work and use specialist training to operate complex equipment and solve problems as well as act as a mentor to less experienced Biomedical Scientists and participates in training /supervision of Trainee Biomedical Scientists and Medical Laboratory Assistants.
You must hold registration with the Health Professions Council and have a BSc honours degree in Biomedical Science or equivalent, which is acceptable for Health Professions Council registration.
You will have formal evidence of specialist knowledge of a range of discipline specific procedures and evidence of continuing professional development, for example, a specialist portfolio of development, attendance at specialist courses, training on new instrumentation and learning through reflective practice.
Informal enquiries regarding the post will be welcomed by Sandra Mitchell, Technical Manager - Microbiology on [email protected]
For queries regarding the application form or recruitment process only , please contact david.murray3@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk stating the job title and reference number in the subject. Please note: all job related queries must be directed to the informal contact noted above.
Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the advert once sufficient applications are received. Please complete and submit your application early.
‘In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
- Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.’
