Job summary
- Main area
- Microbiology (Bacteriology)
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 151-SL0311
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wexham park hopsital
- Town
- Slough
- Salary
- £45,753 - £52,067 per annum incl HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Biomedical Scientist -Training officer
Band 7
Job overview
(A joint venture with Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Ashford & St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust and East Surrey Hospital)
We are looking for a full-time, energetic, enthusiastic and well-motivated Senior BMS with appropriate qualifications and relevant experience to join the leadership team of the Infection & Immunity Sciences (I&IS) at Wexham Park Hospital Microbiology departments for Berkshire and Surrey Pathology Services (BSPS).
Successful candidate must be adaptable, able to multi-task between workload management and supporting the BMS team on the bench and take responsibility for training within the department as a training officer.
Applications are invited from HCPC registered Biomedical Scientists who have completed their Specialist portfolio training and has extensive experience in a specialised Microbiology laboratory setting.
You will be expected to work according to our working time compliant shifts and will be required to work between the Hub sites to maintain training and service requirements as required.
You will work in rotation with other senior members of staff to manage sections of the laboratory within our team. You must be keen to embrace new ways of working and develop your knowledge and skills. You will be expected to participate in the band 7 rota, covering mandatory weekends, public/bank holidays and mandatory on call duties.
Main duties of the job
Responsible for the day to day organisation of the laboratory, managing staff and resources to provide a high quality, efficient and cost effective specialist diagnostic microbiology service.
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 System in order to deliver the diagnostic microbiology service to our users.
To provide teaching and training for more junior members of staff.
To have responsibility for Training , Workload Management, service improvement or bench/section training.
To validate and verify new equipment and methods in the laboratory conforming to UKAS standards.
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.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Some of the responsibilities:
- To be responsible for the organisation of the laboratory and allocation of staff alongside training duties
- To participate in the analytical work of all aspects of the microbiology department to ensure that the most efficient microbiology service is provided for the users of the department.
- To work as part of the team, or independently, processing specimens and producing accurate relevant diagnostic results, by the interpretation of clinical information and specimen type against the organisms isolated or detected. To initiate and interpret microscopy examinations, complex biochemical profiles, agglutination patterns and antibiotic sensitivity patterns as necessary. To make judgements and initiate follow up tests as required.
- To monitor the performance of other staff to ensure that departmental standards of work are maintained.
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To ensure the departments quality standards are maintained and to troubleshoot any areas failing to meet these standards.
- To be responsible for maintaining and producing accurate records pertaining to work and quality control, including the recording of findings on the Laboratory Information Management Computer System. To act on any results and initiate corrective action as necessary.
- To participate in the audit of quality control measures within the department and to present this data to the Lead BMS in a timely fashion.
- To undertake complex audits as required and report using spreadsheets and databases.
- To manage the validation and roll out of training on new equipment ensuring the technology is maximised for patient care.
To comply with and implement the Hospital and Pathology Safety policies and to ensure they are followed.
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To take a lead and participate in all aspects of the service including both the core and non core hours and the on-call rota as required
Person specification
Qualifications and Experience
Essential criteria
- HCPC Registered BMS
- Willing to undergo relevant training to ensure sound relevant knowledge
- At least two years post State Registration experience in diagnostic microbiology
- Experience and advanced knowledge of all areas of medical microbiology including bacteriology, mycology and parasitology
- Able to communicate complex information to clinicians and other users to advise on tests performed and results obtained
Desirable criteria
- Experience of serological techniques
- Molecular biology technical expertise
- Previous supervisory experience
- Design and implementation of microbiology computer systems
- Computer skills : word processing, spreadsheets and file management Lateral thinking
Skills
Essential criteria
- Microbiology lab expereince
- Training qualifications
- Understanding of the Clinical scientist programme
Desirable criteria
- Willingness to learn and train
- Oncall experience
Supervisory experience
Essential criteria
- Management skills gained through supervisory roles held previously
- Able to get manage projects and work to tight deadlines
Desirable criteria
- Able to communicate well with all levels of staff and get buy in
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Suneela Ramnarayan
- Job title
- Site Lead Biomedical Scientist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03006 159413
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