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Biomedical Scientist - Clinical

Employer: Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Trust
Location: Blackpool Victoria Hospital
Salary: £22,128 to £35,577 pa
Type: Permanent
Expires: 04 Jul 2017

Band 5 or 6

Applications are invited from suitably qualified HCPC Registered Biomedical Scientists to join a well-established friendly team in the Biochemistry Department of Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, based at Blackpool Victoria Hospital.

Consideration may also be given to applications from non-HCPC registered candidates who hold an IBMS accredited degree.

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, and offers a full range of district hospital services and community health services to a population of 1.6 million in Lancashire and South Cumbria. The Trust provides services to the 440,000 residents of Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre and North Lancashire, as well as specialist tertiary care for Cardiac and Haematology services across the wider region.

The Biochemistry laboratory is equipped with Siemens Centaur XP and Beckman Coulter AU2700 analysers. The post will require rotation into all sections of the Biochemistry department as required; appropriate training will be provided. Our users include a large District General Hospital peripheral hospitals and over 70 GP surgeries.

The post will require participation in the single discipline 24-hour shift system for which a shift enhancement is paid. A recruitment and retention premium is payable after 8pm but this is currently under review with the intention that AFC payments will be in place by 31st March 2019. The department has recently been accredited against ISO 15189 standards.

For further details / informal visits contact:
Geoff Birkinshaw, Biochemistry Laboratory Manager on Tel: 01253 953168

Contact: Geoff Birkinshaw
Tel: 01253 953168