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Job summary

Main area
Pathology
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Maybe required to participate in OoH shift, service dependent)
Job ref
326-6857268-RB
Employer
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
East Surrey Hospital
Town
Redhill
Salary
£46,148 - £52,809 per annum plus high cost allowance
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
29/12/2024 23:59
Interview date
20/01/2025

Employer heading

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust logo

Senior Biomedical Scientist- Chemical Pathology

NHS AfC: Band 7

We want to give you the best possible experience in the next stage of your career.

We always strive to be the best place to work and to be cared for.

  • We’ve been named the 2021 Acute NHS Trust of the Year, in the annual Health Service (HSJ) Journal Awards for our clear ambition and vision and a significant improvement journey over a number of years’.Ìý
  • The Trust is 6th highest rated Trust in the South East and was still in the top 25% nationally for recommended places to work.Ìý
  • We’re rated Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission and when asked whether the care of patients is the organisation’s top priority our staff rank us the best in the country among comparable acute trusts.
  • We pride ourselves on supporting you to thrive in your existing role and to develop your career with us. So with us you’ll get loads of benefits, great training and development opportunities, flexibility and a real community feel.

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Benefits to working with us

  • Great training and education, including preceptorship and CPD (up to £1,000 individual CPD funding available for nurses, midwives and AHPs)
  • Our location: you can access beautiful countryside, historic towns and villages and bustling city life all nearby. With good schools, nature reserves and cultural attractions on our doorstep, and both London and Brighton easily accessible too, there’s something for everyone nearby.
  • At least 35 days leave (inclusive of bank holidays)
  • NHS pension scheme
  • A huge range of Health Service Discounts at hundreds of big brands from holidays to gadgets and restaurants to retail.
  • On-site nursery
  • On-site Boots and WHSmith shops
  • An Amazon locker and an InPost locker on site
  • Restaurant facilities
  • Full educational library services
  • Excellent rail and bus links
  • The local bus operator offer all new staff one month’s free travel to East Surrey Hospital when they first join (please visit the Metrobus website for details and terms and conditions)
  • Lockable storage for cycles.

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About us

  • We’re a major local employer, with a diverse workforce of c5,000 providing healthcare services to a growing population of around 535,000.
  • We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill.
  • We offer a full range of acute and complex services at East Surrey Hospital in Redhill, where we are the nearest trauma unit to Gatwick Airport.
  • We provide a range of outpatient, diagnostic and less complex planned services at The Earlswood Centre, Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey, and at Crawley and Horsham Hospitals in West Sussex.

The Trust is committed to being an inclusive employer - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. As an employer we offer a range of benefits including, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement networks, Ìýfacilities and services to support staff well being.

Job overview

The Berkshire and Surrey Pathology Services is an innovative partnership of NHS pathology services, established to provide excellent pathology services for clinicians and their patients in the area.Ìý It provides pathology services in a wide variety of settings, serving our founding Trusts, other NHS and private hospitals and primary care organizations.

A vacancy has arisen for a HCPC Registered Band 7 BMS to work in the Biochemistry department at East Surrey Hospital. The candidate must have a post graduate qualification, MSc or FIBMS and significant experience in all areas of Chemical Pathology.

The department is approved by the Institute of Biomedical Sciences as a training laboratory.Ìý

The department provides a 24/7 service coverage and operate a 24hour shift system, split into early, core, late, night, weekend day and night. The post holder may be required to participate in the Out of Hours shifts.

We are looking for a team player with in depth knowledge in chemical pathology, good supervisory and time management skills who can contribute to the on-going development of the biochemistry department.Ìý Evidence of competencies and knowledge will be required at interview.

Please be advised that this post is subject to a 6 month probationary period.

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, worked flexibly between 08:00 – 08:00.Ìý

Main duties of the job

For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

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Working for our organisation

We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as ‘Outstanding’ and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:

  • Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021.
  • National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do.
  • We are rated the sixth highest trust in the South East and in the top 25% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application clearly reflects where you match them including any examples you would like to highlight.Ìý

Person specification

Criteria

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
  • A complete and accurate application
  • Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
  • Evidence of essential experience for role
  • Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
  • Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
  • Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
  • Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the personal specification

Employer certification / accreditation badges

HSJ Acute or Specialist Trust of the year

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Documents to download

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Robert Tettekpoe
Job title
Site Lead BMS Blood Sciences
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07137768511
Additional information

ext 2192