Biomedical Assistant or Associate Practitioner

The post holder will play a key role in overseeing the day-to-day operational delivery of pre-analytical laboratory services, ensuring accurate and timely processing of specimens, maintaining high technical standards, and supporting staff development. The role requires strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to lead by example within a 7-day service model. South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Pathology (SYBP) is on a transformational journey that will fully integrate our existing pathology services, providing the best possible service for patients and clinicians across the Integrated Care System. It is our mission to deliver high-quality and innovative laboratory medicine solutions to patients, clinicians and partners to improve health, add value to patient care, safeguard best clinical outcomes and support the transformation of healthcare across SYB and beyond.

• THIS VACANCY MAY BE CLOSED EARLY DUE TO THE HIGH VOLUME OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED , Supervise and provide day-to-day leadership for Biomedical Assistants and Higher Level Biomedical Assistants within the team.
Organise, prioritise and allocate daily workload to ensure efficient specimen workflow and timely processing of urgent samples. Oversee specimen reception and pre-analytical activities, ensuring sample integrity and accurate data entry onto the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS). Ensure compliance with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Trust policies, and quality standards including ISO 15189 and UKAS requirements. Support the development, review and updating of SOPs and contribute to continuous service improvement initiatives. Deliver training, competency assessments and maintain training records for team members. Participate in staff rota planning to support a 7-day service and maintain safe staffing levels. Assist with quality monitoring, audits, risk assessments and health & safety compliance within the laboratory. Maintain stock control, equipment care, and highlight shortages or maintenance issues to senior staff. Promote safe handling, storage and disposal of biological samples, chemicals and laboratory waste in line with COSHH and national guidance. Communicate effectively with laboratory management, biomedical scientists, clinicians and service users where required. Participate in departmental meetings, annual appraisals, and ongoing professional development., Please note that in order to comply with the UK Government's rules on Skilled Worker sponsorship, any applicants who do not meet the eligibility requirements or concessions on salary thresholds under the Skilled Worker visa will not be eligible to receive sponsorship from the Trust. Please keep this in mind when submitting your application. Further details on these concessions, and who qualifies for them, can be found here. Candidates are advised to read the attached guidance on using AI technology. When you complete your application, you are required to declare that the information in your application form is true and complete. The personal statement is exactly that; personal. When selecting to apply via NHS Jobs, you will be redirected to our preferred recruitment system called Trac. You will be asked to create and submit your application via the Trac recruitment system. You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through the NHS Jobs website, and furthermore, as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any e-mails sent to us via the NHS Jobs website. All communications should be sent via your Trac system account. If you are offered employment at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals your information will be transferred from the Trac recruitment system into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. In addition, in submitting an application form, you authorise our Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed. Please note, all communication regarding your application will be made via email sent via the Trac recruitment system, please ensure you check your junk/spam folders as emails are sometimes filtered there.

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.

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.