Microbiology Senior Scientist

Job summary

As a senior scientist with specialised Transfusion Microbiology knowledge and scope of practice you will be working as part of a scientific and clinical team, including doctors, nurses and other health care professionals and the role you perform will directly contribute to saving and improving patients lives. There are many opportunities for career advancement within NHSBT. With experience and training you may progress to managing a section of the laboratory, right through to lead scientist with responsibility for the entire laboratory service. You may use your knowledge to specialise in an area vital to the operation of a modern reference service such as Quality Control, training and education, or research and development. You will have opportunity to learn from and network with a wide variety of colleagues in various fields both at national and international level. We will provide you with an extensive induction and training programme and ongoing development to support you in your role and achieving your career ambitions.

Main duties of the job

You will work with clinical colleagues and service users within the organisation and with external stakeholders to improve and develop Virology reference and screening services. You will take a leading role in the development and maintenance of scientific and technical expertise within the laboratory being on hand to deal with queries from other departments, medical staff or visitors You will manage, together with other Seniors, the day to day activities of the Virology Laboratory and take responsibility for the standard of work and the quality of the results produced You will train Biomedical Scientists and Healthcare Technical staff and clinicians and act as a mentor. You will support the departmental Quality Manager in developing and maintaining the Quality Management System within the laboratory

About us

It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, youll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary- donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need. Our three core values are what set us apart. They guide and inspire everything we do. By being caring, expertly meeting the needs of our patients and our people, and accepting nothing less than the best quality, we can do extraordinary work and help our people to do something extraordinary in their career, too. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever. You will join us on our journey to create an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with, and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.