Biomedical Scientist - Blood Sciences

Job summary

Biomedical Scientist, Oxford Hospital | Pathology | Fixed Term | Full time | Up to £40,000 per annum depending on experience, 37.5 hours per week. To look after the nation's health, we must provide the highest standards of care. So, we need to work with the best talent around. That's why we're looking for someone who understands how important it is to maintain great relationships while providing the high levels of service in a modern pathology laboratory.

Main duties of the job

• Deliver high-quality pathology services
• Complete your share of covering the out-of-hours on-call service
• Perform biomedical diagnostic testing, interpretation, reporting and quality control
• Keep records of specimens, results, reagents and consumables
• Support the validation and assessment of new equipment and new diagnostic procedures
• Help ensure we deliver the very best experience for patients

About us

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Oxford. Our modern hospital is based within a stone's throw of the historic City of Oxford, a world-renowned centre of excellence for surgical and medical expertise. We are proud of the wonderful environment and team we have established, providing our patients with first class care. We operate 6 well equipped and modern operating theatres with 64 well-presented ensuite rooms. We cater for inpatient and day care, providing a broad range of surgical specialties and clinics including Paediatrics, Oncology, Interventional Cardiology & Radiology, Orthopaedics, Endoscopy, Gynaecology, Urology, Ophthalmology as well as women's and men's health clinics. The hospital is located with excellent transport links by road and rail, both to and from London, Thames Valley, and the Midlands.

Job responsibilities

As a Biomedical Scientist, you will:

• Deliver high-quality pathology services
• Complete your share of covering the out-of-hours on-call service
• Perform biomedical diagnostic testing, interpretation, reporting and quality control
• Keep records of specimens, results, reagents and consumables
• Support the validation and assessment of new equipment and new diagnostic procedures
• Help ensure we deliver the very best experience for patients

Helping you feel good. We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That's why we've developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options. At [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal], we take care of what's important to you.

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Oxford. Our modern hospital is based within a stone's throw of the historic City of Oxford, a world-renowned centre of excellence for surgical and medical expertise. We are proud of the wonderful environment and team we have established, providing our patients with first class care. We operate 6 well equipped and modern operating theatres with 64 well-presented ensuite rooms. We cater for inpatient and day care, providing a broad range of surgical specialties and clinics including Paediatrics, Oncology, Interventional Cardiology & Radiology, Orthopaedics, Endoscopy, Gynaecology, Urology, Ophthalmology as well as women's and men's health clinics. The hospital is located with excellent transport links by road and rail, both to and from London, Thames Valley, and the Midlands.

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• As a Biomedical Scientist at our Oxford Hospital, you'll bring the relevant qualifications.

Experience

Essential

• Laboratory experience in multidisciplinary biomedical science. You have a good working knowledge of different analytical equipment in a range of techniques. You're also a natural communicator and team player, and you share our idea of quality.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

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Address: Beech Road, Oxford, OX3 7RP

Employer's website: https://www.nuffieldhealthcareers.com

Contact details

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