Bank Biomedical Scientist

Bank Biomedical Scientist/Spire Manchester / 0 Hours

Spire Manchester Hospital has an exciting opportunity for a Biomedical Scientist to join the team on a Bank 0-hour contract.

Duties and responsibilities:

To assist in the organisation, management and development of services within specialty of expertise provided by the laboratory.

• To liaise with the Laboratory Consultant and the Laboratory Manager, to ensure the provision of the high-quality service in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
• Plan, analyse, assess and report pathology investigations.
• - Analyse, interpret and report information and knowledge related to ideas and concepts.
• - Develop and evaluate the movement of laboratory specimens, blood and tissues.
• - Assist with research and development.
• - Plan, monitor and quality assure the application of technology for measuring and monitoring pathology investigations.
• - Provide and receive complex , sensitive or contentious information.
• - Develop own knowledge and skills and that of others.
• - Promotes best practice in health and safety and security.
• - Assist in maintaining and developing services.
• - Contribute to quality improvement.
• - Support and enable equality, diversity and rights.
• - Acknowledge the risk of Healthcare Associated Infections (HCAI) and understand own responsibility as agreed with line manager in the prevention and control of HCAI.

Who we're looking for:

• - Degree qualified, HNC Medical Laboratory Sciences or equivalent which would allow individual to be eligible for Associate Membership of the Institute of Biomedical Sciences.
• - Biomedical Scientist with the Health & Care Professions Council.
• - Working within a performance driven culture while maintaining safe standards.
• - Assists in meeting financial and budgetary targets.
• - Supporting the commercial development of pathology services locally
• - Experience in a scientific laboratory.
• - Experience of independent sector
• - Strategically commercial and familiarity with service developments.
• - Experience of working in partnership with consultants and participating in helping to creat innovative solution for new pathology services.
• - Uses evidence based practice
• - Shares evidence based practices with colleagues to enhance pathology service and standards
• - Possess the mandatory training requirements for role including infection control and health and safety competencies.
• - Possess medical device competencies
• - Numeracy Skills
• - Keeps abreast of developments in pathology practice.
• - Have an awareness of current healthcare issues
• - Flexible in thinking about work patterns
• - Trained on MS Office and other relevant packages
• - Teaching others.
• - Auditing skills across clinical standards and departments
• - Root cause analysis
• - Professional assessment skills
• - Basic business Development skills e.g. helps in the creation of business cases

Benefits

* Bank colleagues are paid weekly
* We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness, or annual leave
* Unsocial Enhancements, dependent upon shift pattern worked (won't be applicable for all)
* Access to Spire Healthcare pension
* Access to Blue Light Card discounts
* Smart spending discounts (in addition to Blue Light discounts) via 'Spire for You'
* Wellbeing Centre access via 'Spire for You'
* Free uniform
* Free DBS
* Full induction, including mandatory training updates
* Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts
* Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire's specialist Resourcing Team
* We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness or annual leave.

Our Values

We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:
* Driving clinical excellence
* Doing the right thing
* Caring is our passion
* Keeping it simple
* Delivering on our promises
* Succeeding and celebrating together
* Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.
Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications
For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people