Job summary
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides services within the Northumberland and North Tyneside areas. Laboratory services are located at North Tyneside General Hospital, Wansbeck General Hospital and the Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital
Applications are invited from enthusiastic, motivated, HCPC Registered Biomedical Scientists for a Biomedical Scientist Team Manager post within the Clinical Chemistry Department. The successful candidate will work closely with the Clinical Chemistry senior team to play an important role in the development of the staff and service.
The departments are well equipped with Beckman-Coulter AU 5800 and AU680 analysers, Automate robotic sample handling, TOSOH G11's and Roche Cobas e801 Immunoassay analysers, with Instrument manager and Cobas Infinity middleware. Helena equipment is used to provide the Protein electrophoresis service.
The department is migrating it's LIMS system from Telepath Daedalus LIMS system, to WinPath Enterprise.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be expected to have a good working knowledge of all aspects of Clinical Chemistry. They should also demonstrate good communication, organisational and interpersonal skills, and have a flexible approach to working.
The post will be based at North Tyneside General Hospital however the successful candidate will be expected to work in other Trust sites if required.
You will work in all sections of the Clinical Chemistry Department . The successful candidate will not be expected to participate in the full out of hours shift rota, however occasional working during unsocial hours may be required when appropriate.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality opening a state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read applicant guidance notes before submitting your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will act as a Biomedical Scientist Team Manager (Senior BMS / BMS2) in Clinical Chemistry managing a section of the department on a rotational basis ensuring that high quality patient results are produced in an efficient and cost-effective way.
The post holder will assist the Operational and Service Managers to ensure a high quality Clinical Chemistry Service is provided and will be required to undertake duties on any of the three sites within the Trust.The post holder will be expected to role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams/ departments and across organisational boundaries.
You must be capable of managing and supporting change, implementing efficient workflow and be able to support the department in delivering the service within the allocated budget. You will have excellent communication skills and be able to demonstrate effective interpersonal, leadership and organisational skills.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will act as a Biomedical Scientist Team Manager (Senior BMS / BMS2) in Clinical Chemistry managing a section of the department on a rotational basis ensuring that high quality patient results are produced in an efficient and cost-effective way.
The post holder will assist the Operational and Service Managers to ensure a high quality Clinical Chemistry Service is provided and will be required to undertake duties on any of the three sites within the Trust.The post holder will be expected to role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams/ departments and across organisational boundaries.
You must be capable of managing and supporting change, implementing efficient workflow and be able to support the department in delivering the service within the allocated budget. You will have excellent communication skills and be able to demonstrate effective interpersonal, leadership and organisational skills.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MSc Biomedical Sciences or Fellowship of Institute of Biomedical Sciences
- IBMS approved BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science or equivalent
- Leadership & Management Qualification
- Health and Care Professions Council State Registered Biomedical Scientist
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- ECDL
- Knowledge of Toxicology
- Higher Specialist Diploma (Clinical Chemistry)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MSc Biomedical Sciences or Fellowship of Institute of Biomedical Sciences
- IBMS approved BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science or equivalent
- Leadership & Management Qualification
- Health and Care Professions Council State Registered Biomedical Scientist
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- ECDL
- Knowledge of Toxicology
- Higher Specialist Diploma (Clinical Chemistry)
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
