Band 6 Specialist Biomedical Scientist in Point of Care

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 07 May 2025

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for you to join a centre of Pathology excellence at University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB), one of the largest teaching hospitals in England. We have state of the art facilities across 4 main sites (Queen Elizabeth, Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull hospitals) and other community sites.

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and experienced Specialist Biomedical Scientist with experience in all aspects of POCT, who must be HCPC registered, have completed a specialist portfolio. We will also consider candidates as learning contract who have commenced specialist portfolio training. There may also be able to work on specialist portfolio in POCT when becomes available. This vacancy is to work 37.5 hrs/week across all sites at UHB.

The POCT department provides a dynamic service that actively promotes innovation, service development and patient focused quality service.

You will be part of a friendly POCT team, made up of a specialist and experienced professionals, all working towards a common goal. Our POCT department has a wide range of equipment spread across multiple sites including blood gas analysers, Glucose/Ketone meters, Urine pregnancy and Urinalysis readers, INR, D- Dimer, HbA1c, Hb, TEG, ROTEM, COVID/ Flu testing.

The successful candidate will be expected to work autonomously to deliver high quality of service; communicate with clinical, managerial staff within the Trust and across external organisations and suppliers.

Main duties of the job

The candidate will be expected to have an excellent understanding of all areas within POCT, experience in using different POCT instruments with the evidence of maintaining skills and competency. We are looking for people who work well in a team and are excellent communicators.

We are committed to personal and professional development, and this will be encouraged and supported. There will also be opportunities to be involved in the teaching programmes of the department along with various projects.

POCT department is working towards UKAS accreditation. Involvement in quality management and IT systems is an important part of this role.

The post holder will be responsible for performing tasks to meet the needs of the POCT service in different clinical area. This could include a range of technical, scientific, professional, and clinical duties to achieve the objectives of efficient and effective patient care, ensuring that the needs of the department are met to deliver a quality clinical service including but not limited to:

*Undertake maintenance on a wide range of POCT instruments.

*Train all grades of staff within POCT and Clinical area.

*Maintain compliance with good laboratory practice, quality assurance procedures in accordance with UKAS ISO 15189 standards.

*Technically validate, interpret, and report results within the agreed turnaround times.

*Participate in breath test clinics

About us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Date posted

29 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

304-9008626

Job locations

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

*BSc(Hons) Biomedical Science or equivalent academic achievement that is ratified by the Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS)
*State Registration with HCPC
*Completion of post registration specialist competency portfolio

Experience

Essential

*Experience of working in a POCT role
*Experience of laboratory techniques
*Demonstration of POCT knowledge
*Use of Quality Management Systems

Additional Criteria

Essential

*Use of IT
*Numerate and able to carry out scientific calculations.
*Ability to work in a team.
*Ability to manage workload effectively when the workload is unpredictable and there are competing demands.
*Manual dexterity to undertake automated, manual and specialised techniques.
*Effective communication (written and oral)
*Be able to demonstrate logical thought processes with the ability to solve problems and plan remedial action
*Demonstrate good organisational, planning and time management skills
*Access to a car for cross site working
*Post requires staff to visit multiple clinical areas in the day within a large and busy Trust.
*Ability to support a 7 day service.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

*BSc(Hons) Biomedical Science or equivalent academic achievement that is ratified by the Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS)
*State Registration with HCPC
*Completion of post registration specialist competency portfolio

Experience

Essential

*Experience of working in a POCT role
*Experience of laboratory techniques
*Demonstration of POCT knowledge
*Use of Quality Management Systems

Additional Criteria

Essential

*Use of IT
*Numerate and able to carry out scientific calculations.
*Ability to work in a team.
*Ability to manage workload effectively when the workload is unpredictable and there are competing demands.
*Manual dexterity to undertake automated, manual and specialised techniques.
*Effective communication (written and oral)
*Be able to demonstrate logical thought processes with the ability to solve problems and plan remedial action
*Demonstrate good organisational, planning and time management skills
*Access to a car for cross site working
*Post requires staff to visit multiple clinical areas in the day within a large and busy Trust.
*Ability to support a 7 day service.

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).