Job summary
- Main area
- Pathology
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Secondments will be considered)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Including Weekends, Nights, and Bank holidays (24/7 extended working))
- Job ref
- 156-7344552
- Employer
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- RCHT
- Town
- Truro
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Biomedical Scientist
Band 7
Job overview
Applications are invited for the post of Senior Biomedical Scientist to lead and inspire the Clinical Chemistry service at the Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro. The post holder will be the section lead for the Speciality assay laboratory and will oversee the use and management of technologies such as HPLC and Capillary Electrophoresis.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for the management and delivery of the Speciality Assay service in the Clinical Chemistry Department, and support management across the wider Chemistry Team. The post holder will be a state registered Biomedical Scientist (BMS) with extensive experience and knowledge in Specialist Clinical Chemistry. The post holder will provide managerial and professional leadership across the wider department.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.
We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.
The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.
Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side.
To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:
- Identity Checks
- Professional registration and qualification checks
- Employment history and reference checks
- Occupational Health clearance
- Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check
- Right to work in the UK
For further information please visit:
https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation
We reserve the right to close this advert early.
We may be able to offer flexible working. Please discuss at interview.
We may be able to offer sponsorship but this is not guaranteed.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- HCPC Registered BMS
- MSc in relevant discipline or Equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- Highly developed knowledge of routine/specialised manual and automated laboratory investigations.
- Awareness of UKAS Pathology Accreditation (UKAS) requirements, NHS screening programmes requirements and quality management systems
- Experience to supervise a section of the laboratory
Desirable criteria
- NHS experience in a Blood Sciences position
Practical and Intellectual Skills
Essential criteria
- Good interpretative skills and able to explain complex information to requesting Consultants and other service users.
- An extensive understanding of theoretical and practical Clinical Chemistry
Desirable criteria
- Good Organisational Skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Adam Westhead
- Job title
- Lead Biomedical Scientist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07920414093
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