BMS - Biomedical Scientist - Blood Sciences

My client, a well-known healthcare and leading Scientific organisation are looking for an experienced HCPC-registered and motivated Biomedical Scientist (BMS) to lead a team of staff in Blood Transfusion providing a comprehensive 24/7 pathology service at a busy pathology laboratory in Chiswick South West London, on a permanent basis. You must be HCPC-registered.

About the role:

The successful candidate will co-ordinate and participate in the routine processing of all pathology specimens and issue of blood components; and to allocate work to the other BMS and MLA staff to ensure a smooth workflow, ensure that for each sample the appropriate requested investigations are performed in a timely manner and to ensure that specialised and urgent specimens are appropriately dealt with.

Other duties will include working within a multi-disciplinary team where duties include provision of other pathology services such as Haematology and Biochemistry. You must have blood transfusion experience and relevant qualifications.

Post is multidisciplinary with rotation in Haematology/ Biochemistry departments.

This is an exciting opportunity for an individual with a proven interest in quality with a view to maintaining UKAS and MHRA compliance. You will have overall responsibility for all aspects of the provision of a safe and reliable service to the laboratory. Duties will also comprise the routine operation, maintenance and troubleshooting of various analysers including Roche, Sysmex and Griffols instruments. Technical validation and authorisation of results and stock management will also be required.

To be successful for this role, you must:

• Be a fully qualified BMS with a minimum of 12 months recent experience within a UK based hospital
• Excellent attention to detail and strong communication skills
• Be HCPC-registered
• Master s Degree is essential
• Fallible with time and different shift patterns

My client offers a variety of excellent staff benefits including:

• Training and development opportunities including the funding of Undergraduate and master s degrees and Specialist Portfolios for Biomedical Scientists.
• No banding restrictions: As we are a private company, we are not restricted by salary bandings and so are able to negotiate appropriate salaries based on experience. This also means that annual salary reviews do not hit a band ceiling.
• Discounted gym membership
• Cash healthcare plan cash back on a variety of healthcare costs including dentist and opticians.
• Annual performance related salary review