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Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a large acute teaching hospital, and the Histology workload is complex and specialist reflecting this. Bradford has a dissection laboratory which serves to support the Trust Consultant Histopathologists in dissection, with onward processing of specimens being prepared on the Airedale site laboratory.

The candidate will be an enthusiastic HCPC-registered Biomedical Scientist with IBMS Specialist Portfolio, and a post-graduate qualification conducive with FIBMS, for example, MSc. Experience of specialist areas of Histopathology, and supervisory or staff management experience is desirable. The successful candidate will work closely with the Section Manager of the service to manage the team and organise the laboratory, ensuring an efficient, high-quality and safe service. As this is an Advanced Biomedical Scientist role, it has additional duties attached overseeing Health and Safety of the laboratory. Demonstrable competencies in the dissection area of the Histopathology laboratory is desirable. Candidates will need to have a 'can-do' attitude, be enthusiastic, well-motivated and innovative, with good organisational abilities. This should be supported by well-developed interpersonal and communication skills and an ability to support individual and team working.

The Bradford laboratory is part of Integrated Pathology Solutions LLP (IPS), which is a joint venture providing a high-quality pathology service to Airedale NHS Foundation Trust (ANHSFT), Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (BTHFT) and Harrogate District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT). Whilst the role is based at the Bradford site, the successful candidate will be employed by Airedale NHS Foundation Trust as part of the joint venture arrangements. Occasional travel to other IPS sites will be required at times, in fulfilment of the role.About us We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:

• Cycle to Work
• Travel Scheme
• Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
• Onsite Nursery
• Buying and Selling Annual Leave
• Car Leasing
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee Health and Wellbeing
• Extensive Reward Scheme
• Counselling Service
• Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
• Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.
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• Committed to Quality of Care
• Compassion
• Working together for patients
• Improving Lives
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