Senior Biomedical Scientist

The post holder will play an active role in the ensuring the smooth running of the Cellular Pathology department on a daily basis. Working in a supervisory capacity they will provide direction as appropriate to assist in the in the management of the workload and the Cellular Pathology team. They will participate in staff training and competence assessment in all areas of the department and foster a culture of continuous improvement enabling the highest standard of patient care. They will maintain good working relationships amongst all staff, promoting effective team work and the professional image of the Department of Pathology within the Trust.,

• Maintain and foster the highest possible standards of technical work in the department maintaining ensuring compliance with ISO 15189:2012 (UKAS), HSE and HTA standards
• Act as lead in the relevant EQA schemes, undertaking internal quality control on a daily basis and acting upon any defects identified during the process
• Participate and coordinate routine processing, embedding, section cutting and staining.
• Coordinate the rotas for all areas of the department
• Coordinate and play an active role in the delivery of the department scheduled audit program, ensuring any non conformances found as part of the process are actioned
• Ensure that equipment is used is accordance with departmental policies and suppliers instructions and maintained correctly. Report any defects of equipment found during use to the assistant departmental manager
• Maintain adequate stocks of reagents and consumables within the department
• Identify and implement improvements and development of the service, evaluating new equipment and introducing new techniques where applicable
  
  Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
  
  Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital. Community Services Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre. Specialist Regional Services We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales. Achievements:
• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.