Specialist Biomedical Scientist Edinburgh, Scotland
Job description
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
Applications are invited from suitably experienced and motivated individuals to fill the role of Specialist Biomedical Scientist. We are looking for HCPC registered Biomedical Scientists with significant Microbiology experience that have completed their IBMS Specialist Diploma in Microbiology. Experience of working in a Containment Level 3 environment is desirable but not essential. For applicants applying for band 6 Annex 21, these candidates if successful, will be required to complete their Specialist Portfolio and the schedule of in-house training provided within the agreed time scale prior to progression to Band 6 and the salary will be paid at Annex 21 of the A4C Terms & Conditions.
This full time post is based in the Scottish Mycobacteria Reference Laboratory which is integrated and co-located with the NHS Lothian Mycobacteria Laboratory at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
You will participate in Continuing Professional Development.
For further information on what is included in the role and what skills/experience are being looked for, click on the links at the bottom of the screen to the job description and person specification. If after reading this information you have any questions please contact Lewis Stewart – 0131 242 6048 or [email protected] or Linda Mulhern – 0131 242 6017 or [email protected]
*Please note this is a Trainee post, therefore Annex 21 applies*
For trainees covered by Annex 21 where the period of training lasts for between one and four years, pay will be as follows:
- up to 12 months prior to completion of training: 75 per cent of the pay band maximum of the fully qualified rate;
- more than one but less than two years prior to completion of training: 70 per cent of the pay band maximum of the qualified rate of the qualified;
- more than two but less than three years prior to completion of training: 65 per cent of the pay band maximum for the qualified rate.
- more than three years from completion of training: 60 per cent of the pay band maximum of the fully qualified rate.
For further guidance on Annex 21 – please follow this link: Annex 21 – Arrangements for pay and banding of trainees
