Biomedical Scientist H&I

You will play an important role in supporting the laboratory and contributing to the delivery of a high-quality Histocompatibility & Immunogenetics Service across Liverpool Group Hospitals and the wider region. This role is ideal for a skilled Biomedical Scientist who is confident working independently, across a broad range of histocompatibility techniques, while maintaining the highest standards of quality and patient care. H&I Laboratory forms part of the Infection and Immunity directorate in LUHFT's Diagnostic Treatment Centre. We are a small cohesive team comprising of Technical Support Staff, Biomedical Scientists and a Clinical Team. The laboratory offers a standard weekday routine service with an additional out of hours on call service for renal transplantation, supported by state registered technical and clinical staff.Main duties of the job · Perform comprehensive range of molecular and serological testing to a high standard · Perform and monitor internal quality control (IQC) · Maintain accurate laboratory records and documentation. · Adhere to health and safety, infection control, and laboratory policies. · Work collaboratively with colleagues to support an efficient diagnostic service. · Ensure all laboratory work meets quality assurance and accreditation standards. · Supervise and appraise all relevant levels of staff within the section. · Assist in training and development for all relevant levels staff. · Evaluations of new methods and validation and verifications of reagents and equipment. · Participate in out of hours 24/7 oncall service. · Maintain professional HCPC registration, · Perform flow cytometry crossmatching · Author Standard Operating Procedures, and associated technical documents · Manage documents using QPulse Document Management System · Utilise a comprehensive range of bespoke software packages to interpret complex data for HLA typing and antibody identification · Reporting and authorising of laboratory results and maintaining local database records · Monitor IQC data and generate statistical trending and monthly reports · First line management · Perform staff appraisals · Perform Risk Assessment · Perform Laboratory Audits · Supervision and training of technical staff · Evaluate new technologies and reagents and complete validation documentation · Troubleshoot technical issues · Monitoring stock control and procurement · Liaise closely with Laboratory Clinical Team, The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working. The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24. Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. 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Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation. All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action. As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence. If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post. 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We are seeking a highly motivated, experienced Band 7 Specialist Biomedical Scientist with previous NHS experience to join our team.,

• NVQ 3 or equivalent, Demonstrable experience working with an NHS Patient Administration System
• Extensive experience of waiting list management
• Ability to work & communicate with a range of internal and external professionals, Knowledge of medical terminology, Able to use own initiative with occasional support from manager.
• Ability to work to meet deadlines, run multiple tasks at the same time, deal with
• Ability to plan own work load and use own initiative with limited support
• Able to display attention to detail.
• Flexible approach to work
• Good interpersonal approach.
• Ability to support and develop others
• Motivation and negotiating skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication manner.
• Good organisational skills
• Confidentiality awareness
  
  NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHL Group) was formed on 1 November 2024, born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our communities.
We are one of the largest employers in region, with over 18,900 colleagues who are dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services that extend to more than two million people in the North West. We operate from five hospital sites: Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside, and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to several elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital provide specialist services in cardiothoracic surgery, cardiology and respiratory medicine, both in the hospital and out in the community. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single en-suite bedrooms and mainly focuses on complex planned care and specialist services., 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.

Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria.