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Main area
Clinical Chemistry
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shift work to cover 24/7 service)
Job ref
214-CSTO-7347693
Employer
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
King's Mill Hospital
Town
Sutton in Ashfield
Salary
£31,049 - £37,796 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
13/08/2025 23:59

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Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Biomedical Scientist in Clinical Chemistry

NHS AfC: Band 5

Thank you for your interest in this role, we would be delighted to welcome you to Sherwood Forest Hospitals.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and know that happy colleagues deliver better care.

Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

We would love you to join us.

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen within the Department of Clinical Chemistry for an enthusiastic, highly motivated HCPC registered Biomedical Scientist to join the team. 

The department is situated in a purpose-built state of the art laboratory and provides routine biochemistry testing to all inpatients, outpatients and GP surgeries in the Mansfield & Ashfield and Newark & Sherwood areas. The laboratory is equipped with Roche Cobas Chemistry/Immunoassay analysers and pre/post analytics. The Department has full UKAS accreditation and HCPC/IBMS training status, with active encouragement for CPD participation.

Strong scientific and technical knowledge are vital, as is the ability to manage the demands of independent work within our team and whilst lone working. Also essential are good organisational and interpersonal skills, a keen eye for detail and the ability to maintain high levels of concentration. 

After an initial period of training, you will be expected to participate in the department’s 24/7 shift system.

Main duties of the job

Flexible working is a requirement for this post and the department operates a 24/7 shift system including weekend and bank holiday rotas in which you will be expected to participate once trained.

Please refer to attached job description for the main duties and responsibilities of the job.

Working for our organisation

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. 

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation. 

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities  of the job please refer the job description attached

Not all of our roles are eligible for sponsorship to find out which roles are eligible for sponsorship please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK

Home Office guidance has changed as of the 9th April, anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

Person specification

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Understanding of the role of Biomedical Scientist

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • BSc (or MSc) in an accredited Biological / Biomedical Sciences degree.
  • HCPC registered as a Biomedical Scientist.
  • IT skills
  • IBMS Certificate of Competence
Desirable criteria
  • European Computer Driving Licence

Further Training

Essential criteria
  • Participates in Continuing Professional Development.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Previous laboratory experience

Contractual Requirements

Essential criteria
  • 37.5 hrs per week, working on any shift within the full shift system as rostered.
  • Annual attendance at mandatory training.
  • To work on any site as rostered.

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Mark Somes
Job title
Senior Biomedical Scientist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01623 622515
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