Biomedical Scientist, Biochemistry

Job Title:Biomedical Scientist 

Department:Biochemistry 

Location: The Ridgeway Hospital, SN4 9DD

Contract /Hours: Permanent - Full Time (37.5 hours)

Salary range:Up to £43,700 DOE per annum 

 

Sonic Healthcare is an internationally renowned healthcare provider with a demonstrable track record of medical services across the world. Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Sonic is an ASX Top 50 company that has grown to become one of the world’s leading healthcare providers, specialising in pathology, radiology and primary care medical centres. We have operations in Australia, the USA, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Ireland and New Zealand. 

 

Sonic Healthcare UK encompasses the two main entities in the UK, The Doctors Laboratory (TDL) and Health Services Laboratories (HSL). HSL is a partnership between The Doctors Laboratory (TDL), Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH). HSL was formed to provide pathology services to the NHS Trusts and has expanded further to provide services to other NHS Trusts. Over 2,500 staff work at Sonic Healthcare UK, primarily under the TDL or HSL banner. 

 

Our purpose is to deliver medically-led diagnostics, innovation, value and long-term investment to healthcare. With our core laboratory based at The Halo Building in London WC1H 9AX, we also have an expanding site in Manchester as well as smaller hospital-based laboratories across the country. We maintain rigorously high standards of quality, whilst also delivering efficiencies to healthcare through careful workforce planning, pioneering technology and significant investment in infrastructure and IT. 

 

Due to the nature of work that Sonic Healthcare UK undertakes, our clients require that Employees filling certain roles, need, as part of their on-boarding to complete a DBS Check. This role falls in to the category of requiring a DBS check (standard)   

 

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced HCPC Registered Biomedical Scientist to work in our Pathology Laboratory within the CHG Ridgeway Hospital. The hospital is in rural Wiltshire, and offers mainly elective surgery and outpatient clinics. There is no AE, ITU or Maternity unit on site. The role is a multi-disciplinary role that includes Biochemistry, Haematology and Blood Transfusion. 

 

This role is full time hours working as part of a small team and is an excellent opportunity to further develop your skills, knowledge and experience within a multidisciplinary laboratory. Duties will include the performance of the routine diagnostic analytical work in Biochemistry, Haematology and Blood Transfusion as directed, technical validation and clinical authorisation of results, stock control and ordering of supplies, amongst other duties. 

 

The successful candidate will be expected to maintain the highest professional and technical standards in the department, ensuring they meet all standards as required by accreditation bodies and adhere to quality assurance procedures. The ideal candidate will have experience of working in a busy blood sciences laboratory including Biochemistry, Haematology, Coagulation and Blood Transfusion. However, some training may be offered to the right candidate if not experienced in all disciplines. 

 

Routine shifts cover between 08:30 and 19:00 Monday to Friday and an on-call rolling rota is in place to cover out of hours and weekends on site. Participation in this rota will be expected after a period of training and assessment of competency. There are additional sessional payments in place for this.

 

At TDL we offer a variety of excellent staff benefits including: 

• Training and development opportunities – supporting professional development 

• Annual salary review - No banding restrictions: As we are a private company we are not restricted by salary bandings and so are able to negotiate appropriate salaries based on experience. This also means that annual salary reviews do not hit a band ceiling. 

• Discounted gym membership – we have a corporate gym membership scheme with Better Gyms 

• Cash healthcare plan – cash back on a variety of healthcare costs including dentist and opticians 

• Sick Pay Entitlement – 5 paid days in the first year of employment, 20 days thereafter 

• Permanent Health Insurance and Death in Service Cover  

• Life Assurance – providing salary continuation for long term illness (six months qualifying period) 

• Employee Assistance Programme – supporting staff wellbeing 

• Season Ticket Loan Scheme – interest free loan for the cost of annual travel ticket 

• Perkbox – Access to additional staff perks and benefits such as high street discounts 

• Company Pension Scheme – company and staff contributions which increase with service 

• Competitive annual leave allowance - 28 days 

• Flexible working hours – we support and offer flexibility around shift patterns and working schedule