Job vacancy: Specialist Biomedical Scientist Microbiology, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry

Job summary

Main area: Microbiology
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Weekends, Shifts 08:00-16:00 and Late 13:00-21:00 and on-call 21:00-08:00)
Job ref: 218-HSS-B6-6411611

Employer: University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire
Town: Coventry
Salary: £35,392 - £42,618 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 05/07/2024 23:59
Interview date: 23/07/2024

Specialist Biomedical Scientist Microbiology

NHS AfC: Band 6

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Main responsibilities are:

To report to the Section Manager any instance or event which may cause a service delivery failure, but be fully involved in the resolution of such events
To develop and investigate new techniques or analysers as required by the changing needs of the service
To ensure that all results are reported within the agreed turnaround time and to take remedial action, for example communicating appropriately with colleagues and managers
Work to meet laboratory performance targets as directed by senior staff
To use departmental resources efficiently and ensure reagents and consumables are ordered when approaching minimum stock levels
To participate in the review and update of Standard Operating Procedures and health and safety documentation including COSHH and workplace risk assessments by commenting or proposing changes.
To comply with the policies and procedures of University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust.

The post holder will be responsible for the supervision of department section areas, undertake more specialised tasks including new test validation, audit review, ordering of laboratory consumables and supplies, and assessment of quality documentation to ISO 15189 standard.

Successful candidates will be both patient and quality focused, innovative and professionally motivated, to help promote and progress CWPS services. They must be confident and adaptive with the ongoing changes and be willing to work flexibly within a demanding yet rewarding environment.

The successful candidate must be highly self-motivated, quality focused, have experience of supervising staff and workflow and be willing to work within a demanding but rewarding environment.

For further details of the job role please see attached job description.

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To ensure that we provide world-class patient care, UHCW recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.
Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust’s Values and Behaviours which can be accessed on the right side of this page under the job description.
The Supporting Information Section in your application should therefore reflect your understanding of the Trust’s Values and associated Behaviours. You will be expected to provide us with examples from work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviour.

The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities within the workplace. All vacancies will be considered for Job Share unless otherwise stated. All applicants who have a disability and who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be interviewed. Where a post has an overwhelming response, this Trust may use random selection in order to reduce numbers to interview, any disabled applicants will automatically be guaranteed an interview and will be exempt from this process.

In submitting an application form, you authorise University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust to confirm from your previous or current NHS employer and other prior employers; previous NHS service details and personal data held about you, including Occupational Health data (inoculations and screening tests). This data will be transferred using NHS Electronic Staff Record and third-party systems via an automated process and only used for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining accurate employment records, should you be appointed to the post.

UHCW NHS Trust, by virtue of its Green Plan, is committed to ensuring that the way we provide services minimises the impact on the environment and the future health of the public e.g. zero waste to landfill, reducing our carbon footprint and increasing our recycling and reuse percentages.

If you are successful at interview you will receive a conditional offer of employment and we’ll ask you for information so that we can carry out pre-employment checks. You must successfully complete all pre-employment checks to progress to a final unconditional offer.

We must confirm the identity of our staff and their right to work in the United Kingdom. We will ask you to submit proof of your identity and right to work documents via a secure digital platform approved by the Home Office, named TrustID. Alternatively, you may be asked to attend our office with original documents.

Depending on you level of exposure with patients you may be required to undertake a Standard or Enhanced DBS. The cost of this check will be charged to you and will be deducted from your salary over the first 3 months of employment at the current rate.

All correspondence will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk/SPAM folders

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: Hiten Mistry
Job title: Microbiology Section Manager
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 02476 965509

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Specialist Biomedical Scientist Microbiology

NHS AfC: Band 6

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