Bank Biomedical Scientist

Bank Biomedical Scientist at Synlab UK in London, United Kingdom.

Main area: Tissue Sciences

Contract: Bank: 3 months

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £27.27 to £31.89 per hour depending on experience

Closing: 08/09/2026 23:59

Job overview:

Looking for flexibility and variety? Looking for consistent long-term contracts? Looking for exposure to advanced techniques to upskill and advance your career? If the above applies to you then becoming a Bank worker might be right for you. Our Bank workers enjoy competitive market rates (higher than the rates achievable in NHS environments), allowing you to earn well and achieve your financial goals sooner! Our Bank workers are employed on flexible contract assignments. As one contract comes to an end, we can either look to proactively redeploy you on another assignment, or you can enjoy some well-earned time off until you’re ready for a new role.

Main duties of the job:

• Complete routine and complex specialist biomedical investigations in accordance with standard operating procedures (SOPs) and within specific turnaround times.
• Deliver work autonomously within all regulations and legislative requirements.
• Operate and maintain complex laboratory equipment within all safety standards relevant to your area, including troubleshooting.
• Use cost effective methods in your practice and maintain levels of consumable goods and supplies in your area, and report shortages accordingly.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform and interpret routine and specialist biomedical investigations by participating in regular daily workloads, as directed by management, in line with your skills, experience and competencies.
• Maintain standards of conduct required by the HCPC to practice as a registered Biomedical Scientist.
• Process specimens and handle sensitive information with care and due diligence, such as patient results, in line with local SOPs.
• Participate in development of new tests, as directed, including alignment with accreditation bodies and local management processes.
• Day to day supervision of MLAs, APs and BMSs, providing support, training and mentoring to ensure performance is in line with laboratory standards.
• Observe all safety regulations and ensure others are doing the same.
• Ensure compliance for your area of work with all legislative and quality requirements of regulatory directives, accreditation bodies, and local management.
• Utilise the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), Q-Pulse quality management database and other relevant software to ensure high quality reliable data capture and entry.
• Complete data entry accurately to record sensitive patient information, requiring frequent, long period of concentration whilst maintaining patient confidentiality and following Information Governance (IG) guidelines.
• Work closely with colleagues in the quality team to identify best practice and embed a culture of high quality and performance across your area.
• Prioritise your workload effectively to ensure that deadlines are met, and that work is delivered to the highest standards possible.

Location:

GSTT Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital Foundation Trust is a major emergency and specialist teaching Trust which has all the specialties associated with a fascinating and career defining case load including: Women’s Services, Fetal Medicine, Haematology, Oncology, Transplantation, and is also home to the Evelina Children’s Hospital and the Cancer Centre on the Guy’s site.

KCH King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s leading NHS Foundation Trusts in specialist teaching.

PRUH Princess Royal University Hospital is a District General Hospital, which proudly provides quality care to patients within the boroughs of Bromley and Bexley as well as Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham.

The Royal Brompton Hospital has a formidable international reputation for its treatment of lung and heart disease.

Harefield Hospital is one of the largest and most experienced centres in the world for heart and lung transplants.

Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. All applicants are welcome to apply regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, race, nationality or ethnic origin, religion, or sexual orientation. Equality of opportunity is our policy.

Person specification:

Qualifications:

• BSc (Hons) IBMS accredited degree or equivalent
• HCPC State registration as a Biomedical Scientist
• Specialist portfolio in relevant discipline (if HCPC Registration via IBMS Portfolio route) or equivalent experience or FIBMS
• Evidence of ongoing Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
• Willing to work towards higher levels of education
• IBMS membership
• Significant demonstrable broad-based discipline specific practical experience
• Analysing, interpreting and technical validation of routine, complex and specialist results
• Using Laboratory Information Systems
• Development of special interest and expertise in one or more areas of the laboratory, for example Quality, Health & Safety, Training or IT

Skills and Knowledge:

• Demonstrates a sound understanding of the physiology, pathology, and scientific principles relevant to specialism
• Demonstrates a high degree of skill and knowledge where interpretation of results can be highly subjective
• Well-developed physical skills, demonstrable ability to use precision equipment and consumables
• Ability to troubleshoot highly technical and precision equipment
• Leadership qualities with experience of coaching, co-ordinating and supervising a team

Our Bank workers enjoy competitive market rates and flexible contract assignments across all of our sites, dependent on your availability and location. For our Permanent workforce we offer a competitive benefits package. All employees are entitled to a contributory pension scheme and generous annual leave entitlement.

Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults is a responsibility for all employees.

Please email recruitment@synnovis.co.uk if you have any questions.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. If you decide to apply for this post but do not hear back from us within three weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been short-listed on this occasion.

Thank you for your interest in Synnovis.