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Job summary

Main area
Laboratory Medicine
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract
6 months (Can be fixed term or secondment)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.)
Job ref
190-0450-DIR
Employer
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Specialised Clinical Chemistry, Northern General Hospital
Town
Sheffield
Salary
£24,071 - £25,674 pa/pro rata for part time staff
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
22/06/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Biomedical Science Assistant - Higher Level

NHS AfC: Band 3

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Job overview

 

The South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw (SYB) Pathology Partnership fully integrates the pathology services delivered on behalf of the Partner Trusts within the Integrated Care System (ICS) footprint; Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust.

The Pathology Partnership will provide the best possible service for patients and clinicians; improving health outcomes, delivering quality and efficiency benefits and ensuring a sustainable workforce for the longer term.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Biomedical Science Assistant to join our team in the Specialised Clinical Chemistry & Toxicology department at the Northern General Hospital in Sheffield.  This ISO 15189 accredited department provides an analytical toxicology service to hospital physicians, pathologists and Coroners across England and Wales, as well as a toxic metal/trace element and therapeutic drug monitoring service throughout the SYB partnership and other NHS trusts.  

Main duties of the job

 

• To deliver scientific/ technical procedures under the direction of the responsible healthcare scientist practitioner.
• Performs a number of healthcare science / scientific activities, under the indirect supervision/direction of a suitably qualified practitioner.
• Pre-analytical processing of samples to include the receipt, preparation and processing.
• Store, retrieve and dispose of biological material according to the relevant procedures.
• Deal with direct queries from Medical Staff, Nursing Staff and other Service Users including telephone enquiries and taking appropriate action as necessary.
• Assist in maintaining high scientific and technical standards.
• Promote and maintain a high standard of relevant education and training.
• Adhere to all Trust and departmental policies.
• Maintains clinical records in relation to activities carried out and may input/ interrogate test results of others.

Working for our organisation

 

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

STHFT operates with a budget of £1.2 bn, has a workforce of over 18,500 employees, covers five hospital sites, provides care from over forty community settings, and has an excellent reputation for research.

As an organisation we value and respect our staff and the community we serve. We provide excellent staff benefits; this includes commitment to professional development but also many initiatives to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

The South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Pathology Partnership are invested in training, developing, and supporting staff in all aspects including academic courses from certificates of achievement, registration, specialist and higher specialist IBMS portfolios, apprenticeships and leadership and management qualifications. 

We pride ourselves in enabling opportunity across all our sites to develop staff and provide a strong and sustained service for the future.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

 

This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term contract basis for the maximum period of six months. Where there is potential, the secondment/fixed term contract may finish early, or in the first instance, the secondment/fixed term contract may be extended due to the internal/external secondment of the substantive post holder. The fixed term contract status of the post holder will be reviewed in accordance with the Trust's legal obligations regarding fixed term contracts and secondments in relation to the substantive post holder.

Please also note any secondment must first be agreed with your current line manager.

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • GCSE at Grade 4/C or above in English and Maths (or equivalent).
  • Level 3 qualification e.g. NVQ, 2 A-Levels, Apprenticeship or IBMS Certificate of Achievement (Part I) plus Significant laboratory experience or Extensive laboratory experience in the relevant discipline

Further Training

Essential criteria
  • Experience of using computer systems including data input.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working with a hospital laboratory LIMS system
  • Experience of the pre and post analytical phase of a hospital laboratory.

Special Skills/Aptitudes

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of effective time management skills and a methodical approach
  • Keyboard and Basic IT skills
  • Have an awareness of Health and Safety Issues
  • Effective communication skills written and oral
  • Ability to concentrate for extended periods of time

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Ability to follow and work to Standard operating procedures
  • Ability to work with other colleagues to improve and develop working practices.
  • Understanding of the role of a Medical Laboratory Assistant in a diagnostic laboratory.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience with a range of laboratory techniques
  • Previous NHS Laboratory experiance.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Jack Casbon
Job title
Deputy Laboratory Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0114 2267233
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