Job vacancy: Specialist Biomedical Scientist - Histopathology (Band 6), Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, Steeton

Job summary

Main area: Biomedical Science
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 423-7116981

Employer: Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Airedale General Hospital/Bradford Royal Infirmary
Town: Steeton
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 pro rata per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 15/04/2025 23:59

Specialist Biomedical Scientist - Histopathology (Band 6)

NHS AfC: Band 6

Be part of our future landscape

At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.

We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.

These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information and full details of the role please see the attached job description and person specification.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Biomedical Science degree or equivalent qualification
HCPC registration as Biomedical Scientist
IBMS Specialist Portfolio Histopathology or equivalent qualification or experience ( significant Histopathology Laboratory experience)

Desirable criteria

Membership of profession body such as IBMS

Experience

Essential criteria

Significant discipline specific experience and knowledge.
Experience of working within a Histopathology laboratory
Evidence of Continuous Profession Development
Experience of Pathology IT systems
Experience of Pathology Quality management systems

Desirable criteria

Experience of working within NHS Histopathology laboratory.
Experience of writing SOPs

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Knowledge of the NHS Constitution & ‘Understanding the New NHS’
Effective verbal and written communication skills Methodical with effective organisational skills in the workplace. Able to prioritise workload to work effectively under pressure.
Able to work to high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
Ability to supervise and train junior staff
Ability to work well within a team.
Ability to work independently and use initiative.
Emotionally resilient able to deal with information or specimens of a distressing nature
High degree of manual dexterity to perform complex laboratory techniques.

We are happy to discuss flexible working opportunities.

NOTE: This vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient suitable applications are received.

If you are offered a position which requires you to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £54.40, Standard or Basic £26.40) from your first full months salary. This is a condition of your employment.

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You are encouraged to participate in the DBS Update Service and pay the £16 cost per year.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Alison Boyle
Job title: Senior Biomedical Scientist
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 01535 29 3457

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Specialist Biomedical Scientist - Histopathology (Band 6)

NHS AfC: Band 6

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Experience

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Knowledge

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