Band 5 Trainee Biomedical Scientist - Clinical Chemistry

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust is one of the largest acute hospital Trusts in England, serving the populations of Birmingham and Solihull. The Trust is composed of four main hospital sites; Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEHB), Heartlands Hospital, Good Hope Hospital and Solihull Hospital (HGS). The post-holder will be expected to be based at Heartlands Hospital unless service provision is required across site. The department will be looking into taking on a trainee biomedical scientist in the view of completing their IBMS registration portfolio within 18 months of appointment.

The department provides a 24/7 diagnostic and monitoring service for routine and urgent automated investigations. The Clinical Chemistry department is equipment with Abbott Alinity c and i series analysers and the Abbott a3600 track.

Specialist Chemistry provides a wide range of services to the Trust as well as other Hospital Trusts. Equipment includes IDS iSYS, Cascadion, Shimadzu HPLC and Sciex Tandem Mass Spectrometry analysers, with several tests measured including immunosuppressant's and steroids. There are manual methods using radio-immunoassay for alpha-subunits and ELISA for faecal Elastase.

This is a fantastic opportunity to become HCPC registered while training and becoming fully competent in all areas of Biochemistry. The department has an active training group and full support will be given to any candidate.

This is a full time permanent post (37.5 hrs per week).

Main duties, tasks & skills required

We are seeking enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join our busy, friendly team and support our progressive department in providing high quality, timely and specialised services. We are UKAS accredited to ISO 15189 standards, MHRA approved and IBMS accredited for training.

This is an exciting opportunity to gain experience of working in a fast-paced department that is continually growing, and to expand and develop your existing knowledge and skills.

You must have an accredited BSc in Biomedical Science in order to apply for the trainee Biomedical Scientist position on a learning contract with the expectation to complete the registration portfolio within 18 months.

The laboratory operates a 24/7 service and, after appropriate training, you will be expected to support the departmental shift system as required - including weekends. Shifts include Early (7:30-3:30pm), Day (9:00-5:00pm), Late (2:00-10:00pm) and Nights (9:45pm-7:45am).

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science or

equivalent academic achievementthatis

ratified by the Institute of Biomedical

Science (IBMS)

• State registration with Health Professions


Council (HPC)

• Evidence of continuing professional


development and proficiency in

accordance with HPC guidelines, Working towards completion of post

registration specialist competency portfolio., Experience of working in clinical

laboratories.

• Experience of laboratory techniques and


automation, Experience of dealing with suppliers, clinical

and support staff, the public or customer care., Honesty

• Reliability


• Resilience and adaptability


• Self-motivated.


• Positive attitude.


• Expected to participate in all out of hours
  
  We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.


Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

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