Trosolwg o'r swydd

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.

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

• 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.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

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.

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