Job summary
- Main area
- Blood Sciences/Transfusion
- Grade
- Synnovis Pay Band 7
- Contract
- 11 months (Fixed term: Until 30th March 2025)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- VIS5561-A
- Employer
- Synnovis
- Employer type
- Private Sector
- Site
- Harefield Hospital
- Town
- Uxbridge
- Salary
- £49,178 to £55,492 per annum (pro rata) depending on experience
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Biomedical Scientist
Synnovis Pay Band 7
The place to work in pathology
We are looking for top talent to join the UK’s leading and fastest growing pathology company – a scientific organisation with a clinical purpose.
Working in partnership with our service partners, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospitals, King’s College Hospital and Princess Royal University Hospital we aim to set the standard for the future of pathology.
Job overview
Synnovis is a scientific organisation with a clinical purpose and is part of SYNLAB Group, Europe’s leading provider of laboratory diagnostic services. Harefield Hospital Blood sciences laboratory is part of Synnovis Analytics. Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospital Clinical Group is part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is the largest heart and lung centre in the UK and among the largest in Europe.
We are seeking a registered Senior Biomedical Scientist to join the Blood Sciences Department. The laboratory is equipped with ACL TOP 500 coagulometers, Beckman Coulter DxH blood cell counters and Bio-Rad blood grouping analysers. EPIC Beaker is our main laboratory IT system, but in Blood Transfusion we have Clinisys Winpath Enterprise laboratory information system, and Haemonetics blood tracking systems are in use.
Main duties of the job
Harefield Hospital is a moderate blood user category by NHSBT and we issue around 4500 red cells per annum. We don’t have Emergency or Maternity department; however, we are Specialised heart and lung Transplant unit. Our main users are Theatres and Intensive care units. Harefield Hospital Laboratory if fully UKAS accredited laboratory, and operating as fully functional Blood Sciences laboratory.
The Successful candidate will manage the day-to-day work of the Blood transfusion laboratory, supervising the work of junior staff and using initiative to provide a high-quality service compliant with the Blood Safety and Quality Regulations and ISO standards 15189.
Senior BMS will deputise for the operational manager in matters relating to blood transfusion. Also, participate in the analytical work of the Haematology and blood transfusion laboratory, providing and coordinating specialist clinical scientific services to service users.
Working for our organisation
You will have a suite of learning opportunities available through The Synnovis Way Development programme, the Scientific Learning and Development Fund and the Synnovis Academy through which you can receive funding / support for advanced qualifications.
Through our Innovation Accelerator Fund, you can apply for finance to get that new innovative scientific project off the ground, and participate with the wider scientific community through symposiums, conferences and other peer group meetings.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
At Synnovis, we are currently shaping the future of pathology services by creating a world-leading Hub and Spoke pathology network with our NHS partners. A large part of this modernisation will involve moving 70% of our services to a purpose built, state of the art Hub laboratory in the heart of London. For now, the job you are applying for will be based at one of our hospital sites however, from 1 April 2024 our people and services will start to move to our Hub laboratory in Blackfriars, Southwark, SE1, with some work remaining in refurbished essential services laboratories across our hospital network, focusing on the rapid turnover of urgent tests. Please do ask your recruiting manager if you wish to find out more.
Based in Uxbridge, North West London, The hospital is one of the largest and most experienced centres in the world for heart and lung transplants. It has jointly pioneered work in the development of ‘artificial hearts’ (also known as left ventricular assist devices or LVADs).
At our dedicated heart attack centre, we deal with heart attack emergencies from outer north-west London, providing primary angioplasty in our specialist catheter laboratories. We believe our arrival-to-treatment time of 27 minutes is one of the fastest in Europe. Speed of treatment has been shown to be crucial to survival in these cases.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- FIBMS Haematology or Transfusion Science
- IBMS Higher Specialist Diploma in Transfusion Science
- IBMS-accredited MSc in Haematology and/or Blood Transfusion
- IBMS-accredited MSc with a transfusion specialism of at least 120 level 7 CATS points BBTS Specialist Certificate
Desirable criteria
- Participation in an organised CPD scheme
- Management qualification
- Quality management qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Thorough knowledge of Haematology and blood transfusion backed by practical experience, preferably in a hospital laboratory setting
- Understanding of quality management systems and experience in maintaining good laboratory practice
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of team leadership
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good practical analytical skills
- Good hand eye coordination
- Ability to work with a high degree of speed and accuracy
- Ability to work in accordance with policies and procedures
- Good organisational skills
- Ability to train and supervise others
- Good communication (written and verbal) and presentational skills
- Ability to work under pressure
- Advanced IT skills and knowledge
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of coordinating laboratory training
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jeyakumar Visuvanathan
- Job title
- Operational Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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- Address
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- Telephone
- 01629 702340
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