Biomedical Scientist

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.

Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.

We’re proud to be an armed forces-friendly place to work and welcome applications from reservists, armed forces veterans (including the wounded, injured and sick), as well as cadet instructors, and military spouses and partners.

If you want to continue to help make our world a safer and healthier place, then apply for the role below and become a part of the extraordinary Eurofins.

Working hours are Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm. Occasional Saturdays may be required.

Please note you must be HCPC registered to be considered for this role.

As a HCPC registered biomedical scientist you will work as part of the laboratory team carrying out a range of laboratory and scientific tests to support the diagnosis and treatment of disease by the use of sophisticated automated equipment, microscopes and other hi-tech laboratory equipment.

• Provide a high level of diagnostic service using automated and manual analytical methods in order to provide patients with reliable diagnosis and treatment.
• Perform a range of specialist technical and scientific activities.
• Support the training of other members of staff under the supervision of senior BMS and the operational lead.
• Process specimens received and to undertake the related tasks in the various sections of the laboratory, leading to the reporting and interpretation of results in accordance with agreed policies and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• To be aware and raise of clinical risk within the laboratory and support a high-quality clinical service for patients.
• To ensure internal quality controls appropriate checks are conducted for to monitors the daily precision of methodologies and instruments before analyser use as well as prior to patient results being released.
• To perform checks on EQA before submissions to ensure submissions are on time and review reports.
• To interpret first line laboratory results and take appropriate actions in line with laboratory policies and procedures. e.g., validation and authorisation of results, ordering relevant follow-up laboratory procedures, adding technical and approved pre-defined clinically relevant comments, referring results for clinical interpretation or opinion, informing the requestor of clinically significant result.
• Provide approved departmental information and advice to other healthcare professionals, and to refer on to appropriate specialists’ requests for information out with their area of responsibility.
• Maintain the quality assurance procedures of the department, ensuring work towards UKAS ISO
  15189 standards. Measure and monitor the accuracy and imprecision of laboratory investigations using appropriate quality control procedures.
• To carry out first line equipment and method troubleshooting, advise line manager of situations requiring further action and document accordingly raising CAPAs.
• Based upon sound knowledge and experience, to designate, on receipt, the range of tests to be performed on various samples.
• To undertake technical and clinical validation of the results from laboratory investigations.
• To undertake method and laboratory instrument evaluation as directed by the Lead BMS
• Read and acknowledge documents, raising CAPAs, write SOPs and document control (all logs including IQC, Maintenance, dilution, transcriptions, handover.
• Perform audits directed by the Quality team.
• Be responsible for your training record including competences and maintain in CPD.