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Band 5 BMS Haematology/Blood Transfusion
Based at the Royal Derby Hospital site

We are inviting applications from experienced, motivated, and enthusiastic HCPC registered candidates to join our friendly and hardworking team in Haematology/Blood Transfusion.

It is required that the candidate is a HCPC registered Biomedical Scientist with Haematology and Blood Transfusion laboratory experience and has completed an IBMS Registration Portfolio. Consideration will be given to candidates who are within 2 months of completion of the IBMS Registration Portfolio.

Candidates should be able to demonstrate experience of working in modern fully automated Haematology and Blood Transfusion laboratories. All candidates will be required to participate in the 24/7 shift system once appropriate training and competencies have been completed.

The Royal Derby Haematology and Blood Transfusion laboratories are well equipped and currently include tracked Sysmex FBC analysers, Starrsed ESR, Sysmex coagulation, Beckman Coulter Flow Cytometry, Biorad Variant and Biorad HbA1c analysers and Biorad IH1000's in Blood Bank.

The successful candidate will be expected:

• To undertake specialist clinical technical work for any given area within the Haematology and Blood Transfusion sections of the laboratory service.
• To assist senior staff within the departments maintain and develop the service in line with departmental objectives.
• To assist with the training, instruction and supervision of trainee BMSs, APs and MLAs within the department.
• To help maintain our full UKAS accreditation (ISO 15189) the successful candidate will be involved in service development including verification of equipment, auditing, and reviewing of documents.
• To participate in 24/7 shift systems.

Closing date of applications: 11th April 2023

Interview date: 25th April 2023

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts about our Trust:

• Our hospitals see more than 4,000 outpatients daily
• We see more Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients than any other Trust – over 3,300 per week
• An average 860 patients are seen in A&E every day – 6th largest in the country
• Our hospitals admit more than 220 emergency patients daily.
• We carry out more planned surgical operations than any other Trust in England with almost 50,000 operations taking place in our 52 operating theatres
• We are one of only 5 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres
• We carry out more than 300 elective procedures each working day

Please see attached Job description and Person Specification. To apply please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB – this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account.