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Job summary

Main area
Pathology
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 5/6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (To cover 24/7 rota)
Job ref
190-9044-DIR-A
Employer
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Doncaster Royal Infirmary
Town
Doncaster
Salary
£31,049 - £46,580 pa/pro rata for part time staff
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
01/02/2026 23:59
Interview date
09/02/2026

Employer heading

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Biomedical Scientists - Haematology DBTH

NHS AfC: Band 5/6

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Job overview

 

Are you looking for an exciting new challenge in a place to take your career to the next level? Would you like to join a friendly, progressive, innovative team in pathology services across South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw based at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals? Do you want to work in a fully UKAS-accredited, modern laboratory environment where you can make a difference?

Then read on.

The South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw (SYB) Pathology Network is a fully integrated network providing pathology services across five regional sites

  • Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (DBTHFT)
  • The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust (TRHFT)
  • Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust (SCFT)
  • Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (STHFT
  • Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (BHFT)

We are inviting applications from enthusiastic, driven individuals to join our Haematology teams at the Doncaster site. 

SYB Pathology aims to provide the best possible service for patients and clinicians, improving health outcomes, driving research and innovation, delivering healthcare efficiencies, and ensuring a sustainable workforce, providing job satisfaction and career progression opportunities for all staff.

Main duties of the job

 

The post holder will act as an HCPC-registered Biomedical Scientist providing scientific services to patients as an aid to clinical diagnosis. The successful candidate will be required and undertake a wide range of complex analytical procedures, performing a range of manual, semi-automated and automated tests using scientific knowledge and experience to comment upon and validate results in line with ISO 15189.

Suitable candidates will require Haematology experience and be nearing completion of  their registration portfolio and ideally have experience of working out of hours. 

Please also note this vacancy is banded dependent upon applicants experience relevant to this post. The banding of the successful applicant will start at Band 5 unless applicants meet the necessary threshold of skills and experience required to start on Band 6.

Working for our organisation

 

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

STHFT operates with a budget of £1.2 bn, has a workforce of over 18,500 employees, covers five hospital sites, provides care from over forty community settings, and has an excellent reputation for research.

As an organisation we value and respect our staff and the community we serve. We provide excellent staff benefits; this includes commitment to professional development but also many initiatives to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

The South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Pathology Network are invested in training, developing, and supporting staff in all aspects including academic courses from certificates of achievement, registration, specialist and higher specialist IBMS portfolios, apprenticeships and leadership and management qualifications.

We pride ourselves in enabling opportunity across all our sites to develop staff and provide a strong and sustained service for the future.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

 

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • (Band 5 & 6) IBMS accredited BSC in Biomedical Sciences
  • (Band 5 & 6) Registered with HCPC as a Biomedical Scientist
  • (Band 6) IBMS Specialist Diploma in a relevant specialist subject or a Masters degree and equivalent experience.
  • (Band 5) Completion of IBMS post graduate registration portfolio
  • (Band 5 & 6) Commitment to complete and maintain Mandatory Training and required Laboratory competencies
  • (Band 5) Commitment to complete the relevant Specialist BMS IBMS portfolio
  • (Band 6) Commitment to continuous professional development required to maintain HCPC registration
Desirable criteria
  • (Band 5 & 6) Evidence of continued CPD including relevant courses with regards to H&S, leadership, quality or training

Experience

Essential criteria
  • (Band 5 & 6) Experience of range of laboratory techniques
  • (Band 6) Discipline specific NHS experience in a UKAS accredited laboratory (Microbiology/Virology laboratory)
  • (Band 6) Experience working within a laboratory providing local, regional or national tertiary reference facilities
  • (Band 6) Detailed understanding of job content
  • (Band 6) Ability to work with other colleagues to improve and develop working practices
  • (Band 6) Experience in the implementation of new methodologies and /or equipment
  • (Band 6) Experience with the UKAS accreditation process
  • (Band 6) Multi – disciplinary awareness
  • (Band 6) Experience with a wide range of laboratory techniques in use across Blood sciences
  • (Band 6) Experience in demonstrating leadership qualities
Desirable criteria
  • (Band 5)Discipline specific NHS laboratory experience (2)
  • (Band 5) Multi – disciplinary awareness (2)
  • (Band 5) Experience in demonstrating leadership qualities (2)

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • (Band 5 & 6) Keyboard and basic IT skills
  • (Band 5 & 6) Have an awareness of Health & Safety issues
  • Band 5 & 6) Can communicate effectively with staff of all grades
  • (Band 6) Evidence of effective time management skills and with a methodical approach
  • (Band 6) Able to follow and work to SOP and Policy
  • (Band 6) Ability to work individually and part of a team.
  • (Band 6) Maintains composure in pressurised situations
  • (Band 6) Ability to plan and prioritise allocated work

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria
  • (Band 5 & 6) Understand and follow clear instructions. (2)
  • (Band 5 & 6) Participation in weekend and evening work and out of hours shifts as required. This includes participation in a 24/7 shift pattern. (2)
  • (Band 5 & 6) Commitment to role (2)

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Gemma Harte
Job title
Chief BMS
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01302 644031
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