Biomedical Scientist

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated, focused and enthusiastic HCPC registered BMS to join the team at our Blood Sciences laboratory at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital. This role is for Biomedical Scientist in Biochemistry. You will be part of a dynamic, multidisciplinary blood science team that provides a 24/7 specialist and acute services to the patients of East Kent

We are UKAS ISO 15189; 2012 accredited as are all Pathology disciplines within the organisation. Our services offer an exciting range of diagnostic tests and the department has a strong training ethos linked to career development and progression

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will have a designated base at Kent and Canterbury Hospital but should the needs of the service dictate as an employee of EKHUFT you could be asked to work at an alternate site.

The primary role will be the day to day running of the main Biochemistry laboratory, including making decisive analytical decisions, utilising both manual and automated techniques. Ensuring a robust and timely delivery of service is met on site.

After a period of training and competency assessment the successful candidate will be expected to participate in our multi-disciplinary continuous processing pattern (CPP), 24-7 365, including nights, weekends and bank holidays. This system is fully WTD compliant. Though not essential, previous multidisciplinary experience would be an advantage.

As a professionally diverse team with different experiences and challenges, we recognise that both professional and pastoral care for our teams is a priority and our team members are involved in Health and Wellbeing initiatives across the Trust.

About us

The organisation is currently launching its new improvement focus in the form of an improvement system called We Care. The We Care System is a fundamentally new model that the organisation will be shifting to, it champions empowerment, promotes innovation and will bolster the connection and collaboration of staff throughout the organisation.

The We Care System utilises a multi-layered approach to improvement allowing staff to develop and produce a variety of ideas to combat the issues and problems that have been identified. The system allows for the deployment of:

• Strategic Initiatives which are long term projects and focus led and driven by our executive
• Trust Priority Improvement Projects which are short term projects allocated to a range of project teams made up from our staff groups focusing on impacting our True North metrics and breakthrough objectives
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