Job summary
- Main area
- Infection Science - Virology
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Job ref
- 205-6233112
- Employer
- University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal stoke University Hospital
- Town
- Stoke on Trent
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Biomedical Scientist
Band 6
Job overview
Job overview
We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic HCPC registered Specialist BMS to join our team. You must be a strong team player who has a positive attitude to change. You must have excellent organisational and communication skills. The successful applicant will work as part of a team of virology staff based at the Royal Stoke University Hospital site.
Applicants will be expected to have virology, serology or molecular microbiology experience.
Completion of the IBMS Specialist portfolio or equivocal in Virology or Medical Microbiology is essential.
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job
For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.
Working for our organisation
Working for your organisation
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Working for your organisation
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- HCPC registration
- 2 years virology experience as a BMS
- Experience working in a busy lab
Desirable criteria
- NHS experience
- Good communication skills
- Hard working
- Able to troubleshoot
Experience
Essential criteria
- Skilled with use of automated analysers
- Demonstrates technical virology knowledge
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Gareth Pierce-Wilding
- Job title
- Lead Biomedical Scientist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01782 674941
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