Sherwood Forest Hospitals are seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated HCPC registered Specialist Biomedical Scientist to join the Department of Cellular Pathology. The successful candidate must have completed the IBMS Specialist Portfolio in Cellular Pathology.
The primary role is to serve as a registered Specialist Biomedical Scientist, providing a diagnostic service to clinicians and other users to aid in diagnosis and treatment. This includes conducting scientific work within the laboratory, analysing initial findings, and identifying necessary follow-up actions.
If you do not hold but are working towards the IBMS Specialist Diploma, you maybe considered for interview, however, if successful, pay would reflect Annex 21 of Band 6 under Agenda For Change Terms and Conditions until the IBMS Specialist Portfolio is achieved.
The pay at annex 21 will depend on what stage of the Specialist Portfolio the successful applicant may be at. In line with Agenda for Change annex 21 this will be based on:
Up to 12 months prior to completion of training: 75% of the top of the band
More than one but less than two years prior to completion of training: 70% of the top of the band
More than two but less than three years prior to completion of training: 65% of top of the band
More than three years from completion of training: 60% of the top of band
If you're ready to embark on an exciting journey, apply today to become our Specialist Biomedical Scientist in Cellular Pathology!
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:
Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK
Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
