Employer: Public Health England
Location:
Ipswich
Salary: £22,280-£27,585 per annum
Type: Permanent
Expires: 12 Jan 2018
We are looking for permanent and a FTC.
Public Health England current operates four Specialist Microbiology Services laboratories in the East of England (EofE) Group, Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds, Ipswich Hospital and Colchester Hospital. A process is underway to consolidate the work of these centres to the laboratories in Cambridge and Ipswich. This post is being recruited out of Ipswich but you will be required to work at West Suffolk until the work is transferred to the Ipswich hub.
The Microbiology laboratory in Bury St Edmunds is sited at West Suffolk Hospital and is currently part of the PHE East of England region laboratory service. The laboratory currently provides services to the local Trust and the surrounding district, and is accredited with CPA. All EofE PHE sites have teaching, research and epidemiological interests through their links to the PHE hub laboratories at Cambridge and Ipswich. The department undertakes a wide range of routine microbiological investigations with automation supporting the delivery of the service, including BactAlert, IQ Sprint, VITEK 2, Probetec, Vidas and T4 analysers.
The PHE EofE West Suffolk laboratory currently operates from 09:00 to 17:30 Monday to Friday with a 1:5 Saturday 09:00 to 17:30 and 1:5 Sundays 09:00-5:30.
The Microbiology laboratory at Ipswich Hospital is one of the Hub laboratories for the Eastern Regional Laboratory for Public Health England currently providing services to Ipswich Hospital, the surrounding district and other NHS Laboratories. In the future Ipswich will be providing services to both Colchester and West Suffolk Hospitals. It has active research and epidemiological interest with its link to the other PHE Eastern Hub Laboratory at Cambridge. The laboratory is accredited with CPA with strong teaching interests. Set on the outskirts of the County Town of Suffolk Ipswich Hospital is one of the largest District General Hospitals in the UK. Ipswich pathology is closely associated with leading educational providers including the University of Essex
The PHE EofE Ipswich laboratory currently operates from 09:00 to 17:30 Monday to Friday with a 1:4 Saturday 09:00 to 12:45.
We are looking for a well-motivated, enthusiastic person to join the team. Applicants must be registered (or have applied for registration) with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a BMS and should have experience of working at registrant level in a Microbiology laboratory. Successful applicants will join the team of rotating BMS staff, contributing to all areas of Microbiology laboratory diagnostic work and developing a broad range of skills.
Following a programme of transformation and consultation, all laboratory operations from WSH site will be transferred to the Ipswich hub site The Ipswich laboratory will be moving to a 24 hour shift system in which you will be required to participate. A Continuing Professional Development programme is provided and encouragement will be given to develop skills that will assist you in the pursuit of your career ambitions.
Applicants are strongly advised to use the criteria in the person specification (available online) as sub-headings in their application to make it clear how they meet each of the selection criteria.
For further information / an informal discussion about the post, please contact WSH - Joanne Grimwood, joanne.grimwood @wsh.nhs.uk
Ipswich - Andrew Bendall, [email protected]
Option 3 – External
Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants).
Appointment to this post is on PHE terms and conditions of service. Only previous continuous service in the Civil Service is recognised for contractual purposes.
PHE is bringing together its national scientific laboratories and headquarters to create one of the world’s leading centres for public health science in Harlow, Essex, in the heart of the London and Cambridge life sciences corridor. For more information please search ‘PHE Harlow collection’.
Public Health England promotes diversity in the workplace and is an equal opportunities employer
Contact: Andrew Bendall
Email: [email protected]