Specialist/Trainee Specialist Biomedical Scientist Microbiology in London

Are you seeking sponsorship to move to the UK or are in country and would like to switch who sponsors you so you can gain access to comprehensive development? Quiet nights on shift?

Contract: Permanent

Full time - 37.5 hours per week (A 24-hour rotating shift pattern with night shifts)

Location: Friars Bridge Court

Salary: £47,950 to £56,863 per annum depending on experience

As a Specialist Biomedical Scientist, you will join the Synnovis Infection Sciences team providing support for a specialist service for a range of complex patients, over a 24/7 shift pattern - enhancing your earning potential. Due to some night working, you will then have time off during the days, following steady night shifts. This will also strengthen your existing skill set and will provide an opportunity for advanced professional development.

We are a progressive, UKAS ISO 15189:2012 accredited service that provides a comprehensive range of investigations which include bacteriology, parasitology, mycology, virology, and infection surveillance for Synnovis NHS Partners and the local community.

This role requires working a rotating 24-hour shift pattern across Infection Sciences, including night shifts (8:30pm to 8:30am), long early shifts (7:30am to 6:30pm), and long late day shifts (9:00am to 9:00pm). An example of the current operational rota is attached.

• Perform and interpret routine and specialist biomedical investigations in line with skills, experience, and competencies.
• Supervise, support, train, and mentor MLAs, APs, and BMSs to ensure laboratory standards are met.
• Ensure compliance with safety regulations, legislation, and quality standards (CQC, UKAS, Synnovis policies).
• Participate in quality management activities, audits, inspections, EQA, and IQC procedures.
• Accurately use LIMS, Q-Pulse, and other systems for reliable data capture and reporting.

We are an IBMS-approved training laboratory and support career development through various pathways, including opportunities for higher degrees, specialist portfolios, and leadership roles. You will have a suite of learning opportunities available through The Synnovis Way Development programme, the Scientific Learning and Development Fund, and the Synnovis Academy through which you can receive funding/support for advanced qualifications.

Through our Innovation Accelerator Fund, you can apply for finance to get that new innovative scientific project off the ground and participate with the wider scientific community through symposiums, conferences, and other peer group meetings.

This role supports the delivery of biomedical investigations as part of the laboratory in Synnovis. Reporting to the Operations Managers, you will hold a variety of responsibilities to ensure the successful delivery of pathology services, in line with our corporate objectives. You will hold a variety of accountabilities in the laboratory environment.

• 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.
• Propose and implement changes to SOPs, policies, and work practice as required.
• Participate in the 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.
• This includes holding people to account when standards fall short of expectations and raising concerns about safety in the laboratory.
• Ensure compliance for your area of work with all legislative and quality requirements of regulatory directives, accreditation bodies, and local management including: Care Quality Commission, Synnovis policies, and SOPs.
• Participate in quality management activities including inspections, audits, EQA, and IQC procedures as required.
• 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 periods of concentration whilst maintaining patient confidentiality and following Information Governance (IG) guidelines.
• Work closely with colleagues in the quality team to identify best practices and embed a culture of high quality and performance across your area.
• Demonstrate ongoing laboratory-based competency against training plans.