Specialist/Trainee Specialist Biomedical Scientist (Biochemistry)

SPECIALIST BIOMEDICAL SCIENTIST/ TRAINEE SPECIALIST BIOMEDICAL SCIENTIST – Clinical Biochemistry (Permanent)

Band 5 – £31,892 - £39,735
Band 6 – £33,072 - £48,635

Hours – 37.0

Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced HCPC registered Biomedical Scientists. Newly graduated candidates, if successful, will be required to complete their Specialist Portfolio prior to progression to Band 6. We are looking for individuals who can demonstrate team spirit, initiative, flexibility and have the enthusiasm to train further.

This is an excellent opportunity to work in a new facility with state of the art equipment: The core laboratory is equipped with Roche cobas 8000 analysers, 8100 pre analytics and track. The special investigations laboratory has Thermo GCMS and has also recently been re-equipped with Sebia electrophoresis systems.

This post involves rotation through the various sections within the department and the post holder will be will be required, following suitable training, to cover the 24/7 laboratory service. Working hours are 37.0 per week average including evenings, weekends and overnight working when suitably trained.

The department is UKAS accredited and is IBMS approved for Biomedical Scientist training. Active participation in CPD and opportunities for further study are both supported and encouraged.

For informal enquiries, please contact Karen Ritchie, BMS Manager on or email .

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.

As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here. 

For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licenced Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be found here.

It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.

We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.