Trosolwg o'r swydd

Welcome to Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust and thank you for considering us as your choice of employer.

We take great pride in our staff, and we believe that investing in ‘You’ is key in our ability and capacity to deliver high quality services and patient care across Frimley Park, Wexham Park and Heatherwood Hospitals.

We are looking for energetic, enthusiastic and well-motivated Registered Biomedical Scientists who are looking for permanent posts to complement the Bacteriology Department within Berkshire and Surrey Pathology Services.

 We are in looking for 1 Band 6 Specialist BMS and 2 band 5 BMS's (1 full time and 1 part time- 2 days a week).

The laboratory is currently developed with a Kiestra system, MALDITOF and PCR techniques.

Applications are invited from HCPC registered BMS staff who have completed or in the process of completing the IBMS Specialist Portfolio or equivalent.

You will work in rotation with other staff in all sections of the laboratory. You must be keen to embrace new ways of working and develop your knowledge and skills.

You will be expected to participate in the full shift rota, covering early and late shifts, weekends and on call duties during the week.

Our busy laboratory is fully accredited with UKAS 151089 and HCPC training status.

You will be expected to work according to our working time compliant shift system and may be required to work at other network sites such as Frimley Park to maintain quality, training and service requirements.

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

• To perform the diagnostic microbiology examination and reporting of specimens received in order to aid patient treatment and care.
• To use interpretive skills on culture plates and complex analysers combined with the Laboratory Information Management Computer System in order to deliver the diagnostic microbiology service to our users.
• The diagnostic work of the department includes processing, for example, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, urine, faeces, sputum, tissues and diverse secretions.
• Processed samples are then interpreted for the presence of pathogens, these could be bacterial, viral, fungal or parasitic.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available. 

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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