Registered​/Specialist Biomedical Scientist

Employer The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Victoria Infirmary Town 317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary Salary £32,073 - £48,117 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 04/10/2026 23:59 Interview date 15/10/2026

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion.

With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, w e’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country.

As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus.

Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Applications are invited from enthusiastic and highly motivated Biomedical Scientists to join our Cellular Pathology team at the Royal Victoria Infirmary.

We are seeking a dynamic individual to support our expanding department. Applicants must be able to demonstrate knowledge and experience within Cellular Pathology, alongside the ability to contribute to staff training, quality assurance and service development. Knowledge and experience of Immunohistochemistry (IHC) would be advantageous.

Applicants who hold the IBMS Specialist Portfolio in Cellular Pathology will be appointed as a Specialist Biomedical Scientist (Band
6). Applicants who are HCPC registered Biomedical Scientists but do not hold the IBMS Specialist Portfolio will be appointed as a Registered Biomedical Scientist (Band
5).

The department provides Histopathology, Cytopathology and Mortuary services housed within a purpose-built facility in a prime city-centre location. We receive a broad range of specimens from within the Trust, General Practitioners and other healthcare providers and, as a specialist referral centre, handle cases regionally, nationally and from overseas. This provides an excellent opportunity to gain experience across a wide range of specimen types and specialised investigations.

The laboratory is divided into several specialist sections including Specimen Reception, Slide Production, Immunohistochemistry (IHC), Muscle & Nerve, Electron Microscopy, Neuropathology, Cytology, Mohs and our research facility, Novo Path. We also work closely with Genomics services, supporting the increasing complexity of integrated pathology and molecular diagnostics in our role as the regional Cellular Pathology Genomics Centre (CPGC).

The department has…