Job summary
- Main area
- Microbiology
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 2 years (September 2025 to September 2027)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 151-NM127
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Frimley Park Hospital
- Town
- Camberley
- Salary
- £50,008 - £56,908 per annum incl HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Scientist
Band 7
Job overview
We are looking for a full-time, energetic, enthusiastic and well-motivated Clinical Scientist with appropriate qualifications and/or relevant experience to join the clinical team of the Infection & Immunity Sciences (I&IS) particularly Frimley Park Hospital Microbiology department for Berkshire and Surrey Pathology Services (BSPS).
Successful candidate must be adaptable, able to multi-task between clinical duties and supporting the senior Band 7 BMS team in managing staff and provide a high standard service to all users.
Applications are invited from HCPC registered Clinical Scientist who has completed their STP training or equivalent and has extensive experience in a specialised Microbiology laboratory setting.
You will be expected to work according to our working time compliant shift and will be required to work at between the Hub sites to maintain quality and service requirements.
You will work in rotation with other senior members of staff to manage sections of the laboratory within our team. You must be keen to embrace new ways of working and develop your knowledge and skills.
Main duties of the job
- To work alongside clinical teams to provide relevant clinical duties: authorization, lab liaison, and communication of critical results and microbiology sample processing advice.
- To support the band 7 senior biomedical scientist team, managing staff, and resources to provide a high quality and professional service to all users.
- To ensure that the Microbiology service meets the scientific and clinical needs of the Trust and hospitals affiliated with BSPS and primary care staff by providing fast, accurate, and reliable clinical microbiology results.
- To provide a comprehensive scientific and clinical interpretative service for all microbiological investigations and to ensure the efficacy, quality, and safety of the investigations.
- To provide specific expertise in one of the following: Quality facilitator, Training officer, Workload management, IT, R&D and service improvement or bench/section training, to significantly support the lab lead in that area.
- To develop an area of specialised knowledge and take responsibility for provision of teaching, scientific, and clinical services in that area, towards acting as an expert in the field.
- To provide teaching and training for more junior members of staff, both clinical and laboratory based.
- To support the verification, validation, and implementation of new equipment and methods into routine diagnostic use.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To provide specialist analytical supervision and support in an area of special interest for investigation and management of patients.
- To perform complex analytical procedures and interpret their results independently, or as part of a team, in all areas of the microbiology department.
- As part of Clinical Scientist Duty Rota, referring to Consultant staff when necessary, the CS will advise clinical colleagues on the appropriate selection and timing of laboratory investigations, and undertake detailed interpretation, authorisation, and reporting of laboratory results to appropriate clinical teams.
- With direct supervision by the responsible duty infection consultant, advise clinicians and other healthcare workers, including senior medical staff, on the interpretation of patient results and communicate management plans. This may involve the instigation of additional tests that may be appropriate for an individual patient.
- To make judgements on, and take responsibility for, the prioritisation of work of different Consultants and ensure rapid processing of urgent samples.
- To be responsible to the Lead BMS / Consultant staff for maintaining good standards of discipline, dress, timekeeping, and behaviour of subordinate staff.
- To be responsible for maintaining and producing accurate records pertaining to work and quality control, including the recording of findings on the Laboratory Information Management Computer System. To act on any results and initiate corrective action, as necessary.
- To attend all statutory and mandatory training as and when required to do so.
For further details refer to the attached job description and person specification
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Honours degree in pure or applied science relevant to Microbiology
- Higher degree (e.g., Master or PhD)
- HCPC registered Clinical Scientist
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of research experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experienced team member
- Previous experience in a diagnostic microbiology laboratory
- Experience and advanced knowledge of all areas of medical microbiology including bacteriology, mycology, and virology
- Experience of ISO15189 and UKAS accreditation
- Ability to evaluate critically new methods of analysis
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of CPD
- Ability to develop molecular techniques and interpretation skills if not already acquired
- Previous supervisory experience
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Able to communicate complex information to other healthcare professionals and to advise on tests performed and results obtained
- Computer skills - word processing, spreadsheets, and file management, data entry and record keeping
- Proven problem-solving skills
- Ability to work effectively under pressure
Desirable criteria
- Lateral thinking
- Committed to working in healthcare environment
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
- Paul Cain
- Job title
- Deputy General Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03006136958
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