Job summary
- 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
Employer heading

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