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East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

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At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust:

We provide high quality services for the local population of over half a million people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area.

We employ over 9,500 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work.
We treat nearly three quarters of a million patients a year from the most serious of emergencies to planned operations and procedures.
We offer care across Three hospital sites, and various community sites, using state-of-the-art facilities.

In this section you’ll find information about our hospitals, the goals the Trust is working hard to achieve, the annual plan and reports on how we are performing.

We are always try to deliver the highest quality care to our patients and have ambitious plans to continue to improve the services we offer in response to the changing needs of our patients.

Background.

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust is an NHS Organisation, which was formed on the 1st April 2003, following the merger of Blackburn Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Health Care NHS Trust and Burnley Health Care NHS Trust.

In addition to a full range of acute hospital services the trust is a growing centre for emergency hospital services, Hepato Biliary, Head and Neck and Urological Cancer services, a growing centre for Cardiology services and a network provider of Level III Neonatal Intensive Care.

The Trust has a total of over 950 inpatient beds at Burnley General Teaching Hospital and Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital. Inpatient rehabilitation services are also provided at Pendle Community Hospital and at the Rakehead Unit at Burnley General

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Address: Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital; Haslingden Road; Blackburn; Lancashire; BB2 3HH
Contact Number: 01254732075

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Swyddi Gwefan

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Cyf: 435-D081-24 ID y swydd wag: 6208059

Biomedical Scientist Band 6 - Haematology / Blood Transfusion

Closed for applications on: 2-Meh-2024 00:00

Statws y swydd wag: Closed

Closed for applications on: 2-Meh-2024 00:00

Lleoliad

Gwefan: Royal Blackburn Hospital
Cyfeiriad: Haslingden Road
Tref: Blackburn
Cod post: BB2 3HH
Major / Minor Region: Swydd Gaerhirfryn

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Contract: Parhaol: Participation in 24 hr roster.
Oriau: Llawnamser - 37.5 awr yr wythnos

Cyflog

Cyflog: £35,392 - £42,618 out of hours working: Agenda for Change shift enhancements
Cyfnod cyflog: Yn flynyddol
Gradd: (NHS AfC: Band 6)

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Prif leoliad: Haematology / Transfusion

At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 9,500 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work.

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Provide a rapid, reliable and efficient service by performing a comprehensive range of routine and specialized analyses.
Perform investigations and analytical techniques unsupervised whilst organizing own work tasks, normally under the direction of a Section Leader.
The post holder is required to rotate through all the sections of the department including specimen reception.
Apply the approved Standard Operating Procedures used in the Department.
Assist in the development of Standard Operating Procedures, and recommend improvements and amendments as necessary.
Perform complex manual and automated analytical investigations requiring specialist skills.
Operate complex, high value analytical equipment without supervision.
Maintain, troubleshoot and repair faults in complex laboratory instruments, ensuring essential services are maintained in the event of technical failure.
Prepare reagents, control materials and calibrators with a high degree of accuracy and precision.
Required to work with hazardous and noxious chemicals, and with frequent exposure to uncontained body substances.
Check reliability of results to ensure accuracy and precision by applying quality assurance statistical criteria.
Interpretation of results requiring subjective judgement and analytical expertise.
Recognise grossly abnormal and life threatening results.
Validate and report test results in a timely fashion so that they may be acted on as necessary by clinicians.
Provide technical interpretation and comment on validity of results.
Maintain accurate and detailed records of patient results, quality control data and calculations.
Participate in departmental audit and internal / external Quality Assurance programmes.
Work with laboratory and Trust information systems.
Maintain, troubleshoot and repair faults with laboratory point of care equipment in clinical areas and liaise with service engineers and ward staff as required.
Supervision of MLA and Trainee BMS staff.
Assist in the department’s stock control procedures.
Adhere to the departmental Quality management systems.
General clerical and administrative tasks.
Selection, matching and timely issuing of correct blood products in response to medical prescription,
Maintain adequate supplies of all blood products, liaising with Blood Transfusion Service and other outside agencies.
Maintain an accurate audit trail of the fate of all blood products.
Ensure that blood products are stored in compliance with National Guidelines

Dear Potential Applicant,

It is important you are made aware of the following as regards your application to East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Please note that the salary advertised is for full time hours. If this post is less than 37.5 hours per week, the salary will be pro-rata. For posts on Agenda for Change pay-scales, new entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
This vacancy may close before the closing date if the recruiting manager deems sufficient applications have been received. Therefore it is advised to complete your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
Please note that shortlisting is completed anonymously with candidates being assessed against the essential criteria for the post. Therefore only applicants, who can clearly demonstrate how they meet our person specification criteria in their application, will be short-listed.

Disclosure and Barring Scheme (DBS)

If the role you are applying for is identified as either controlled or regulated activity as defined in in the Safeguarding vulnerable Groups Act (2006) any offer of employment is provisional upon a satisfactory DBS check being obtained.

The healthcare sector is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

In line with other NHS organisations in the North West Region, the Trust is now passing the charge for undertaking a DBS check on to candidates in the event they are successfully appointed into the post for which they have applied. Candidates can choose whether to pay this over 1-3 months as a deduction from the monthly salary. However, if you are applying for a post as a BANK worker, the payment must be made in full at the time of employment checks. By applying for this vacancy you are agreeing to this undertaking in the event you are successfully appointed.

The cost of an Enhanced Disclosure will be £42.90 and for a Standard Disclosure £22.90 which includes a small handling fee.

This cost is not applicable for a Volunteer post

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The Trust is an equal opportunities employer, committed to improving the working lives of our staff and operates a 'Zero Tolerance' policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment. In addition, our aim is to help protect children and vulnerable adults by providing a first-class service to the recruitment of people into positions of trust.

We aim to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve.

We welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, gender, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, disability or social background.

We especially welcome applications from members of our black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, as we have identified that ELHT has an under-representation of BAME employees. Appointments will be made on merit.

Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be interviewed if you indicate you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme.

If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible. By telephone 01254 732075 or email [email protected] or write to Employment Services, Parkview Offices, Haslingden Road, Blackburn, BB2 3HH