Biomedical Scientist / Trainee

We have exciting opportunities across all our Histopathology departments at Royal Manchester Children's and Manchester Royal Infirmary on the Oxford road site. We are seeking enthusiastic and highly motivated HCPC registered Biomedical Scientists who have experience within the Histopathology department and a passion for clinical excellence, quality and a drive for career development.

The post holder will act as a registered Biomedical Scientist who provides scientific services to patients and clients as an aid to clinical diagnosis. The successful candidate will be required to undertake a wide range of complex procedures for the department, performing a range of manual and semi-automated tests using scientific knowledge and experience to comment upon and validate the results of those tests.

Suitable candidates will require post-registration Histopathology experience; however we will consider applications for a Trainee position.

The department opening hours are 7am - 7pm, Monday to Friday at all sites, and a 6-day working week with a Sunday shift worked on rotation, 8am - 4pm at Manchester Royal infirmary Oxford road and Wythenshawe.

The post holder will undertake specialist clinical technical investigations for the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of disease. They will have a multi-section role working in specimen reception, cut up, main laboratory, immunohistochemistry, electron microscopy and ophthalmic sections of the laboratory.

The post holder may be expected to work across both ORC and Wythenshawe sites. The post holder will assist the advanced biomedical scientist team leaders in supervising sections of the department providing advice on a range of technical issues and will contribute towards training support staff and more junior biomedical scientists.

MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the ‘NHS England’ website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!