An opportunity has arisen for an experienced and enthusiastic individual to join the Blood Sciences Department at Forth Valley Royal Hospital. We are looking to strengthen our departments and you will be part of the Central Specimen Reception team that contributes to the provision of a safe, effective and efficient Blood Science service for NHS Forth Valley. Blood Sciences as a whole are busy, well equipped departments providing Clinical Chemistry and Haematology support to the Acute Hospital, Community Hospitals and General Practice in Forth Valley. The Haematology department is UKAS Accredited and Chemistry is working towards this.
The key duties include providing line management, supervision, and support to over 18 Healthcare Scientist support workers and collaborating with the senior Biomedical Scientist (BMS) team to improve sample workflow. In this busy department, the successful candidate must be able to work quickly and with a high degree of accuracy as mistakes may cause incorrect results to be reported. They must be willing to work collaboratively with the laboratory managers, BMS team and support staff. General duties include, devising staff rotas, conducting PDR (Personal Development Reviews), delivering and maintaining staff training and competency in addition to general specimen reception duties including managing workflow. A more detailed description can be found in the Job description.
The post will involve working a combination of day shifts ( Up to 17:00) and backshifts (Up to 20:00) routinely after a period of training. Weekend and public holiday working will be required to meet with service requirements.
Applicants should be educated to at least SVQ/NVQ Level 3 and/or have considerable experience in a supervisory or training role, excellent typing/keyboard skills and be IT (Information Technology) literate. Previous experience in a medical laboratory would be desirable.
Informal enquiries to: Paula Wilson, Blood Sciences Department Manager - email [email protected]. Visits to the department are encouraged.
The duties of this post require the successful candidate to complete a Level 2 Disclosure Scotland check.
As from 1/4/26, the Agenda for Change full-time working week will be reducing from 37 to 36 hours per week. Part time hours will be reduced pro-rata. However, there will be a corresponding increase in the hourly rate so that pay will not be affected.
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