Job summary
- Main area
- Haematology
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 321-CSS-7363440-B7-INT
- Employer
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- John Radcliffe Hospital
- Town
- Oxford
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 per annum/ pro-rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/09/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 15/10/2025
Employer heading
Senior Biomedical Scientist
Band 7
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
Many of our recruitment programmes use Value Based Interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values
Job overview
Applications are invited for a Senior Biomedical Scientist post within Haematology Department to support the Haemostasis team within the Department.
Oxford is a large Tertiary Teaching Hospital with a Trauma Centre, a Cancer Centre and a wide variety of Specialist Services several of whom have their own unique Haematology requirements.
The Department of Laboratory Haematology operating from the Haemophilia and Thrombosis Centre, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford site; Haematology Lab, JRH, and Haematology Lab, Horton site.
The Oxford University Hospital Haematology has a more diverse range of testing being carried out than many other Hospitals. The Department is UKAS 15189 and HCPC accredited, in Oxford and Banbury.
Oxford has a higher than average commitment to Research both as a stand alone institution and in collaboration with Clinical colleagues in Oxford University with multiple papers produced and the right candidate would be able to contribute.
The candidate must be HCPC registered as a Biomedical or Clinical Scientist.
The department undertakes a high volume of routine testing 700-750,000 FBC, The Haemophilia and Thrombosis Unit is one of the oldest and largest in the country, with a commitment to service and R&D. presently equipped with Sysmex CN equipment on 4 sites.
The Department has recently implemented a new pan S4 Network IT system
Main duties of the job
Section Responsibilities: Haemostasis Laboratory
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The post is mainly based in the Oxford Hospitals but the ability to travel to the Horton site may be necessary. A flexible approach to working hours is an advantage.
The Haemostasis service (as part of the UKAS accredited Haematology Laboratory) processes approximately 300,000 samples per annum in the including a wide range of Specialist testing associated with a large Haemophilia Centre.
We require a suitably qualified Senior Healthcare Scientist to jointly lead (as part of a small team) the day to day delivery of Haemostasis testing and development within the OUH Haematology Department. The Laboratories perform a full repertoire of routine and complex coagulation testing acting as a referral centre for an extended region. Automation is based around 7 Sysmex CN analysers and Abbott track connectivity.
Rotating predominantly between the Churchill and John Radcliffe sites this is an exciting opportunity to develop and support yourself and others in the field of Haemophilia and Thrombosis.
Candidates should have a keen interest in Haemostasis being able to demonstrate a commitment to this area through previous work and knowledge. Experience of Sysmex analysers although desirable is not essential.
It is expected that the successful candidate will participate in the Haemophilia and Thrombosis Centre on-call rota and delivery of basic Haemostasis lectures at local Oxford Brookes University.
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please view OUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To supervise/organise staff/work within section/area of expertise, ensuring work is completed within acceptable timescales and coordinates the training of all levels of staff within the section.
To perform, analyse, interpret, document and report both routine and highly complex laboratory investigations of a highly specialised nature commensurate with the professional grade that will impact directly on patient care.
The postholder will exercise autonomy within professional and managerial boundaries and will be required to verify and validate completed work.
To liaise/cooperate with hospital clinicians other healthcare professionals, suppliers/manufacturers and their agents, patients and their representatives.
Participate in the strategic development of the section and deputise for their line manager in their absence.
Provide supervisory cross cover in related sections of the laboratory when required, maintaining competency in these sections.
The work may include some weekend, and evening duties, which requires a flexible approach to the hours of employment subject to terms and conditions
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Health and Care Professions Council Registration
- Masters Level in Biomedical Science or equivalent demonstrable knowledge
Desirable criteria
- Membership of professional bodies i.e. IBMS, BBTS
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Post registration laboratory experience as either a Biomedical Scientist (BMS) or Clinical Scientist (CS)
- Candidate will be expected to demonstrate their experience and knowledge of all aspects of Haematology
Desirable criteria
- Examples of internal/external presentation of scientific work
- Experience in a UK laboratory
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- D Smith
- Job title
- Lab Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01865 220337
- Additional information
Joyce Dyer
PA
01865 572824
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