Biomedical Scientist - Team Leader

We are looking for 3 Biomedical Scientist - Team Leaders to support our Microbiology laboratory at Cambridge. The Microbiology laboratory at Cambridge currently provides services to Addenbrooke's, Royal Papworth, and the E&N Herts Hospitals, the surrounding district, and other NHS Laboratories. It has active research and epidemiological interests. The laboratory undergoes assessment against UKAS ISO 15189 standards and has strong teaching interests. Set on the outskirts of the university city of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital is one of the top hospitals in the UK and a thriving NHS Foundation Trust. Addenbrooke's is closely associated with leading educational providers including the University of Cambridge and is a major centre for biomedical research and education. The department undertakes a wide range of routine and specialist microbiological and molecular investigations. It makes extensive use of automation including Qiagen platforms, Biofire, BacTec, Sedimax, MGIT, Vitek, Centaur XP, Panther, Liaison and Vidas analysers and Kiestra.,

• Advises staff regarding technical difficulties.
• Participates in implementing and suggesting changes to work practices and procedures.
• Selection of appropriate test profiles for samples received according to agreed protocols.
• Analysis of cultures, determination of antibiotic susceptibility and biomedical identification of micro-organisms
• Performance of immunological and other assays to investigate microbial infection and management of therapeutic agents.
• Screen and interpret test results and communicate findings to senior colleagues and medical microbiology staff.
• Technical validation of reports for clinical authorisation
• Under strict protocols authorisation of reports for release to other departments, wards, general practitioners and other customers.
• Participate in provision of out of hours on-call service (lone-working).
• Participate in SeniorBiomedical Scientist (SBS) rotation through all sections of the department.
• Contribute to preparation of documents and Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
• Contribute to incident and outbreak investigations
• Participate in and support relevant Research and development (R&D) activities of the laboratory and UKHSA, including epidemiological characterisation of organisms by alternative technologies
• Provide technical advice to internal and external laboratory users
  
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