Band 5 Biomedical Scientist - IT secondment

Band 5 Biomedical Scientist - IT secondment Birmingham, England

University Hospitals Birmingham
Full Time Birmingham, England 27055 - 32934 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

Job summary

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust is one of the largest acute hospital Trusts in England, serving the populations of Birmingham and Solihull. The Trust is composed of four main hospital sites; Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Heartlands Hospital, Good Hope Hospital and Solihull Hospital. The post-holder will be required to work and rotate across all sites.

This is an exciting opportunity to support with the implementation of the new Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) in Haematology, supporting Haematology, Special Haematology and Coagulation, blood transfusion and routine coagulation across all sites at UHB. The implementation includes working with the laboratory IT team for a 23 month fixed term full time post working between 08:00 - 20:00 and potential weekend working to fully test all the instrumentation.

There is also scope to support with current IT projects and changes in the department which will ultimately feed into the LIMS projects.

The department provides a 24/7 diagnostic and monitoring service for routine and urgent investigations. The Haematology department has undergone many changes with equipment over previous years. Equipment includes Sysmex analysers on all sites and both BHH and QEHB have a fully tracked solution. Blood Transfusion has Grifols, with QEH currently validating this equipment, and Werfen across UHB for Coagulation, with the installation of an Accustar most recently.


Main duties, tasks & skills required

This is an exciting opportunity to gain experience of working on the implementation of a new Laboratory Information System in a fast-paced department that is continually growing and to expand and develop your existing knowledge and skills while contributing to an integral part of the laboratory. You will work closely with the Laboratory managers and the Lead Senior BMS for IT in Haematology. You will be involved in the verification of the new system, attending meetings to support the design, training staff, and support the roll of the new LIMS when completed.

You must have a BSc in Biomedical Science or equivalent and HCPC registration

The successful candidate will take a pragmatic, flexible and enthusiastic approach to their daily workloads which will include but is not limited to; management of their own workload, mentoring and training of staff on the new LIMS, analyser troubleshooting and other day to day tasks required to be performed. Other IT related duties will also be carried out under supervision of the pathology IT team.

The candidate must have excellent attention to detail, able to clearly communicate any issues identified and troubleshoot if possible and ideally have knowledge of the IT host communication pathways involved within the haematology department.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

Job description

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Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science or

equivalent academic achievement that is

ratified by the Institute of Biomedical

Science (IBMS)

State registration with Health Professions

Council (HPC)

Evidence of continuing professional

development and proficiency in

accordance with HPC guidelines.

Experience

Essential

Experience of working in clinical

laboratories.

Experience of laboratory techniques and

automation.

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.

Band 5 Biomedical Scientist - IT secondment
University Hospitals Birmingham

www.uhb.nhs.uk
Birmingham, United Kingdom
David Rosser
$500 million to $1 billion (USD)
5001 to 10000 Employees
Unknown
Healthcare Services & Hospitals
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