Biomedical Scientist (Specialist) Wakefield, England
Job description
An opportunity has arisen for a suitably qualified, HCPC registered candidate to join the Mid Yorkshire Pathology Team as a Biomedical Scientist, working in the Biochemistry Department of the Blood Sciences Department.
Applications are invited from experienced HCPC registered Biomedical Scientists with a completed IBMS Specialist Portfolio for the Specialist Biomedical Scientist role (Agenda for Change Band 6).
Applicants with almost completed portfolios will be considered for this role. In this situation, a portfolio assessment by the departmental training officer would become a pre-employment requirement.
Applications are also sought from HCPC registered Biomedical Scientists for a Biomedical Scientist role (AfC Band 5). The department would support the successful candidate in completing their IBMS Specialist Portfolio.
The post holder will be required to participate in a shift system.
The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust covers three sites, Pinderfields, Pontefract and Dewsbury Hospital. Biochemistry is present on the Pinderfields and Dewsbury sites.
The department is under a managed service contract with Biochemistry automation equipment supplied by Roche & Tosoh. Pre and post analytic processes are dealt with by a GLP track. Helena equipment is used in the processing of samples for electrophoresis and immunofixation.
