Senior Biomedical Scientist

Job description

Job responsibilities

Communication and Working Relationships

• Provide and receive complex, sensitive information. Participate in relevantdepartmental meetings
• Have well developed communication and persuasive skills
• Able to explain complex information and concepts to clinicians and other service users.
• Able to interpret a range of results and communicate to relevant parties.
• To be the training lead for the department, responsible for competencies for each section and development opportunities for all staff.
• To ensure that all urgent tests of high clinical priority are analysed and their results authorised and released in line with Trust and departmentalspecification.
• In collaboration with the laboratory manager and consultant pathologists will provide a timely high quality, accurate and cost-effective service.
• Liaise with other departments, agencies and suppliers in relation to tests and services required.

Analytical and Judgement

• Able to use judgement and decision making on how to proceed during technical failures, maintenance shutdown and quality control assessments.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting in line with established protocols.
• Manage the performance of a range of manual, semi-automated, specialist and fully automated laboratory investigations
• Know when to question an anomalous test result and how to correct it.
• Deal with a range of complex analysis, interpret and decide on most appropriate options.
• To be responsible for the participation in and adherence to the procedures for both internal and external quality control (including National External Quality Assurance Schemes, NEQAS), thereby providing quality assurance in test results produced.

Planning and Organisation

• Plan and organise a range of activities for training and CPD on an ongoing basis. Review, reflect and adjust as appropriate to meet agreed objectives.
• Plan and prioritise specialist workload, which may require liaising with other departments, agencies or suppliers.
• Oversee the maintenance schedules for all equipment in the department.

Physical Skills

• Highly developed manual dexterity where accuracy is important.
• Be able to adjust specialist equipment as needed.

Patient and Client care

• Provide highly specialist diagnostic service which includes the interpretation of results and use of specialist equipment.
• To deal with queries from patients and service users in a helpful and professional way, whilst maintaining information governance policies to protect the service and its users.

Policy and Service Development

• To ensure that Cellular Pathology has access to / knowledge of latest developments in automation and technologies.
• To assist with the co-ordination, submission and implementation of proposals for service development that will improve the effectiveness or efficiency of service provision within Cellular Pathology.
• In conjunction with the Cellular Pathology Lead BMS be responsible for identifying service pressures and devising action plans or business cases / plans as appropriate.
• To inform and ensure that the departmental annual objectives are met.
• Be responsible for managing and implementing projects/developments at the discretion of the Lead BMS.
• To plan and support the implementation of service improvements in laboratory areas, including skill mix review, demand and capacity planning and process mapping.

Responsibility for Finance, Equipment and Other Resources

• Safe use of expensive equipment.
• To provide high quality service at reasonable costs.
• Order supplies for Dissection as needed ensuring value for money.
• Work in collaboration with the laboratory manager to deliver efficiencies in the service, while maintaining quality and safety within the department.
• Will be responsible for the evaluation of new equipment, new/replacement test methods and new techniques within your section and Department including the acceptance testing of consumable products.

People Management and Training

• Day to day professional supervision of team
• Be involved with recruitment and induction of new staff
• To deputise for the lab managers with support from other departmental managers as appropriate.
• Able to rearrange rotas when needed due to sickness and leave.
• Undertake personnel functions including the recruitment of staff, managing staff through the sickness policy and presenting cases to a panel and through the conduct process to the same level.
• Able to co-ordinate and deliver training to all grades in the department.
• Liaise with a range healthcare professionals of all grades on specialist topics.
• Co-ordinate and mentor trainees at various stages of their progression.
• Responsible for designated staff annual appraisals, enabling a clear understanding of the knowledge and skills required to perform their duties, identify training requirements and annual objectives.

Information Technology and Administrative Duties

• Record personally generated information/data entry, be responsible for the storage of this data.
• Responsible for laboratory databases and highly specialised generated statistics.
• Able to collate and present a range of statistics for the department.

Research and Development

• Regularly undertakes research and development in the department.
• Oversee and carryout verifications and produce SOPs and training for all new equipment.

Freedom to Act

• Be able to work independently and be the lead specialist in dissection. This includes reviewing and updating any SOPs related to the section;participation in UKAS assessments; training of staff in section and answer any queries regarding dissection.

Person Specification

Qualification and Training

Essential

• BSc (Hons) in Biomedical Sciences or equivalent
• MSc or Higher Specialist Diploma in Dissection
• Current registration in Cellular Pathology with the Health Professions Council (HCPC).

Desirable

• Recent Histopathology experience in an NHS diagnostic laboratory

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Experience with a digital Pathology System
• Experience of UKAS, ISO15189, Audit and Quality Management
• Proven communication and interpersonal skills to work effectively with both own co-workers and other, external health care professionals

Desirable

• Experience with Epic Beaker LIMS
• Experience of training and mentoring

Special Experience

Essential

• Specialist knowledge of dissection with a high degree of technical competence in all areas of Histopathology..
• Knowledge and Understanding of specialised Immunohistochemistry

Desirable

• Experience of cytology
• Experience of the IBMS and portfolio requirements

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Cellular Pathology

Level 2, The Portacabin

Torquay

TQ2 7AA

Employer's website

https://www.torbayandsouthdevon.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)