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Senior Biomedical Scientist Clinical Biochemistry (Ref: 51486)
Full Time – 37.5 hours per week plus on-call
Band 7 - Salary Range £39,693 - £46,467 per annum
Plus Distant Islands Allowance of £1,895 per annum
Relocation Assistance of up to £8000 is available
NHS Shetland has an exciting new opportunity for a Biomedical Scientist to lead the Biochemistry service. You would be joining a friendly and dynamic Laboratory team in its purpose built facility in the Gilbert Bain Hospital, Lerwick. Serving a population of circa 24k and processing circa 100k samples per annum, the laboratory has a close working partnership with NHS Grampian.
Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team offering a service to our small, remote and rural 63-bedded hospital and 10 health centres, you act in a sole charge role to provide leadership and expertise to the Biochemistry section and our limited POCT for the laboratory. In addition, you will provide advice to healthcare staff on the appropriateness of tests and results and participate in the support and training of other staff.
A HCPC registered Biomedical Scientist, you will have relevant post graduate qualifications or equivalent experience suitable for registration as a Fellow of the Institute of Biomedical Sciences. Once trained you will be required to participate in the multi-disciplinary on-call roster.
Rise to the challenge and enjoy the opportunity - Shetland is a wonderful place to live and work. Shetland offers low pollution, low crime, excellent schools, great leisure facilities, unique wildlife and amazing scenery, whilst still only a short flight away from the UK mainland. To find out more about living and working in Shetland go to www.shetland.org and/or https://www.shetland.org/life
For an informal discussion, please contact Laboratory Manager, Sam Willis on 01595 743066 sam.willis@nhs.scot
Closing date: 16/05/2021
Interview date: 02/06/2021
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