Virology Biomedical Scientist – 7‑Day, 3-On​/3-Off Shifts

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.

This is an opportunity for an HCPC registered Biomedical Scientist to work in a busy department which provides a full range of clinical and diagnostic services to NHS Tayside.

Applications are invited from HCPC registered Biomedical Scientists. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to work in a busy diagnostic department undertaking 400,000 investigations per annum in the Microbiology Laboratory at Ninewells Hospital.

Applicants must have, an HCPC approved degree in Biomedical Science which is acceptable to the Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS) and have successfully completed an IBMS registration portfolio. Candidates must have the ability to work as part of a team. This post is within the 7-Day team in Virology who work 3 days on-off shifts, including weekends & public holidays. The shift timings are 08:00am to 19:15pm.

The Department is approved by the Institute of Biomedical Science and NHS Education Scotland as a training laboratory. The department has UKAS accreditation to ISO 15189 standards.

Remote interviews are not available due to there being a practical aspect to the interview.

Informal visits are actively encouraged: enquiries to:
Rajiv Farmer Service Manager Tel  or David Cathcart or Emma Gray
- Senior BMS Virology Tel

Hours of work are: 36 per week

Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.

If you are a current member of staff, please ensure you update your Jobtrain profile to reflect that you are employed by NHS Tayside.