Senior Biomedical Scientist​/Training Lead

Overview

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has re‑designed its Pathology services with new state‑of‑the‑art equipment and a new laboratory, and a new Lab Info Management System is being installed later this year. An opportunity for a Senior Biomedical Scientist/Training Lead within the field of Microbiology is now available.

• Develop, coordinate, deliver and evaluate educational and training programmes within the Microbiology laboratory.
• Ensure all staff are trained and competent to meet user, service, regulatory, accreditation and professional requirements.
• Lead training strategy, competency assessment, quality improvement related to training and support workforce development across all staff groups.
• Carry out complex microbiological investigations on patient samples to diagnose infective disease and monitor patient treatment.
• Lead teams of Biomedical Scientists and Medical Laboratory Assistants on a rotational basis to deliver a patient‑orientated medical laboratory service within budget.
• Safely and efficiently manage a designated section within the laboratory to approved standards and protocols, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Provide and assist in the training of personnel within the Department.
• Effectively manage staff and resources on a daily basis, contributing to sickness management, recruitment of new staff, and reviewing and writing of procedures.

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites:
Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

We understand relocating can be a big step. Hampshire Hospitals may be able to provide accommodation options for successful candidates, depending on availability. If this is something you would like to explore, please contact Southern Housing on

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found in the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

Please do not hesitate to contact us for further information.