Band 6 Biomedical Scientist | Barking Havering and Redbridge Univ Hospitals NHS Trust

This role is based at the Queen's Hospital, Romford and King George Hospital, Ilford. Blood Transfusion laboratory is part of the Pathology department, providing a patient focused quality service that is committed to the trust values of being PRIDE (Passion, Responsibility, Innovation, Drive and Enpowerment). We are committed to staff health and well-being, training and development, enabling and equipping staff with the tools to embark on an exciting and fulfilling career.

1. To undertake manual, semi-automated and fully automated laboratory investigations in accordance with standard operating procedures.

2. To undertake preventative maintenance of laboratory equipment. In the event of equipment failure, to investigate and correct or seek advice from senior staff or service engineer. To maintain a record in accordance with protocol.

3. To check the accuracy and precision of manual and automated laboratory investigations using appropriate quality control procedures and take appropriate action if a problem is identified.

4. To report any instance or event which may cause a service delivery failure.

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and experienced Biomedical Scientist with experience in blood transfusion and Haematology, and who must be a HCPC registered. A learning agreement will be considered for those who have not completed their specialist portfolio., Disability Confident
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5. To maintain up to date knowledge and skills in haematology and blood transfusion to support best practice and maintain a portfolio to demonstrate this.

6. To keep the workplace and work benches clean and tidy.

7. To maintain good work relations with all members of staff, and to plan and organise their own work within the demands of the team.

We're an organisation that is getting better and better. We were the most improved Trust in England for A&E performance in 2023/24; we're no longer in special measures; and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal. Our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and that our patients are happy with.

Many of our 8,000 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and the majority are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. More than 400 of them are on apprenticeship programmes and we're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

We operate from two main sites - King George Hospital (KGH) in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London - more than 300,000 people visited our A&Es in 2023.

Patients across north east London are benefitting from two new state of the art theatres at KGH and our Community Diagnostic Centres at Barking Community Hospital and St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub will significantly increase the number of scans that can be carried out.

We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record next year. This will mean the records of any patient visiting one of the seven hospitals run by BHRUT and Barts Health will be accessible to the clinical teams. It'll make things easier for staff and will be better for patients.