Biomedical Scientist, Haematology Department

Overview

The Princess Alexandra Hospital, Hamstel Road, Harlow, Essex, CM20 1QX

Up to £48,500 per annum DOE

Job Title: Biomedical Scientist

Department: Haematology

Location: The Princess Alexandra Hospital, Hamstel Road, Harlow, Essex, CM20 1QX

Contract /

Hours:

Permanent, Full-time (37.5 hours per week)

Salary range: Up to £48,500 per annum DOE

Sonic Healthcare is an internationally renowned healthcare provider with a demonstrable track record of medical services across the world. Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Sonic is an ASX Top 50 company that has grown to become one of the world’s leading healthcare providers, specialising in pathology, radiology and primary care medical centres. We have operations in Australia, the USA, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Ireland and New Zealand.

Sonic Healthcare UK encompasses the two main entities in the UK, The Doctors Laboratory (TDL) and Health Services Laboratories (HSL). HSL is a partnership between The Doctors Laboratory (TDL), Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH). HSL was formed to provide pathology services to the NHS Trusts and has expanded further to provide services to other NHS Trusts.

Over 3,500 staff work at Sonic Healthcare UK, primarily under the TDL or HSL banner. Our purpose is to deliver medically-led diagnostics, innovation, value and long-term investment to healthcare. With our core laboratory based at The Halo Building in London WC1H 9AX
, we also have an expanding site in Manchester as well as smaller hospital-based laboratories across the country. We maintain rigorously high standards of quality, whilst also delivering efficiencies to healthcare through careful workforce planning, pioneering technology and significant investment in infrastructure and IT.

Note:

This role requires a DBS check as part of onboarding.

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced HCPC-registered Biomedical Scientist to work in pathology at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow. The post holder will initially work core hours whilst in training but will be required, once trained and competent, to work as part of a 24/7 service shift rota. Shift patterns consist of core shifts, night shifts, along with weekend and bank holidays to work within any section of the department.

You may be required to participate in other shifts to support the 24/7 requirements of the service, as allocated by the Laboratory manager. For night shifts an uplift of 26% on the base salary will be applied. Working as part of a team, this is an excellent opportunity to develop your skills, knowledge and experience in an automated clinical Haematology Department.

Combined, the departments incorporate routine Haematology and Blood Transfusion, Coagulation, and blood film morphology service. The ideal candidate will contribute to providing a professional and technical laboratory service, working effectively as a team member as part of the overall department and to work independently performing routine analysis with support as required from senior Biomedical Scientists. Duties include performance of Haematology, Coagulation and Blood Transfusion tests accurately and efficiently, reporting blood film morphology, cross-matching, quality assurance procedures and quality management related tasks.

The successful candidate will join our team of dedicated biomedical scientists and associate practitioners in delivering a high-quality pathology service. The Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow, is part of the Herts and West Essex (HWE) Integrated Care Board, commissioned on 1st March 2025. Please read the job description and person specification carefully and ensure that your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience required.

• Training and development opportunities supporting professional development
• Annual salary review - No banding restrictions:
  As we are a private company we are not restricted by salary bandings and so are able to negotiate appropriate salaries based on experience. This also means that annual salary reviews do not hit a band ceiling.
• Discounted gym…