Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Blood Sciences for a suitably qualified Specialist Biomedical Scientist. We are looking for a Specilaist BMS with experience in Haematology  to join our team.

The Haematology Department which is currently managed across 2 laboratories based at Queen’s Hospital Romford and King George Hospital Goodmayes is run as one department. All staff are expected to be able to work on either site as required, but this post will be initially be based at King George's Hospital.

 The department is part of Blood Sciences which plays a pivotal role in the provision of 26 million diagnostic tests annually for the Trust and primary care services.

The successful candidate will join an excellent team providing an efficient and effective haematology service to 2 busy district general hospitals. The ideal candidate should be highly motivated with good interpersonal, leadership and organisational skills and ideally have experience of leading a section of the laboratory.

 The post holder will play a key role in helping to maintain our Haematology and Blood Transfusion Service. The Trust's services include a large maternity unit, regional neurosurgical unit, hyper acute stroke unit, clinical haematology, haemoglobinopathy and oncology and busy accident and emergency services.

Main duties of the job

· To undertake manual, semi-automated and fully automated laboratory investigations in accordance with standard operating procedures, including preparation of reagents where required.

·       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.

·       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.

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

·       To maintain up to date knowledge and skills in haematology, blood transfusion and immunology to support best practice and maintain a portfolio to demonstrate this.

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

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

·       To treat everyone associated with BHR Hospital NHS Trust with courtesy and respect.

We operate a 24/7 service on both sites. The bloodsciences department is ready to move to a full shift system and participation is essential. 
Both hospitals offer a pleasant working environment and are well served by several bus routes and mainline stations nearby.

Working for our organisation

We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. We’re no longer in special measures; we’ve opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, was named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal in 2024.
 
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care. 
 
Our patients are benefitting from our Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub in Hornchurch. 
 
These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 94,000 scans a year. 
 
The majority of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
 
We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.