Trainee Biomedical Scientist

An opportunity has arisen for a capable and enthusiastic individual to join the Biochemistry department at the Mid Yorkshire Teaching Hospitals as a Trainee Biomedical Scientist

The successful candidate will work cross-site at laboratories Dewsbury District Hospital and Pinderfields Hospital. They will be supervised whilst performing a broad range of scientific, technical, and support work within the department, as required by biomedical scientists.

They will undertake training to attain up to date knowledge of all equipment and techniques used in the department whilst completing their HCPC registration portfolio.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will gain experience working in the busy biochemistry department across two hospital sites. The laboratory at Dewsbury and District hospital analyses samples from inpatients, emergency department patients plus GP and outpatient samples. The laboratory at Pinderfields Hospital serves as the hub for the Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust, analysing inpatient and emergency department patient samples alongside the bulk of the GP and out-patient samples from the local area.

The instruments in use across the trust consist of Roche chemistry and immunoassay modules, Tosoh G11 HPLC instruments, BIO-UV Spectrophotometer, Helena V8 Capillary Electrophoresis and an Advanced Instruments Osmometer. These are used in conjunction with the GLP automated track system to process blood, CSF, faecal, fluid, sweat and urine samples for over 100 tests. These include urea and electrolytes, liver function tests, bone profile, therapeutic drugs, specific proteins, hormones, vitamins, cardiac markers, tumour markers, faecal immunochemical test (FIT), HbA1c, electrophoresis and immunofixation to name just a few.

The successful candidate will rotate across the laboratory sites and around the different work sections being trained whilst completing their registration portfolio.

We provide care and support to over a million people in Wakefield and Kirklees in their homes, community settings and across our three hospital sites at Pontefract, Dewsbury and Pinderfields (Wakefield).

Always striving for excellence, we are at the forefront of innovation and research, and we invest in teaching and the development of our workforce.

We live by our values of caring, improving, being respectful and maintaining high standards. We listen and learn because we aim to make Mid Yorkshire the best place to work and receive care.

We value diversity and welcome talent and enthusiasm irrespective of age, disability, neurodivergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances including providing unpaid carers support to someone with a health and care need. As ethnic minority groups, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and people with a disability/neurodivergence are currently under-represented across the organisation, we encourage applications from members of these groups. We have policies and procedures to ensure all applicants are treated fairly and consistently.

We are proud of our staff networks - who offer valuable guidance and feedback from those with lived experience.

We have a clear vision and you could be part of this! If you share our values and you want to make a difference to the lives of our patients and their families and carers, we would love to hear from you.