Specialist Biomedical Scientist

JOB TITLE: Specialist Biomedical Scientist HOURS: 37.5 - Monday - Friday 10am-6pm or 12pm to 8pm (May be some weekend and night shifts) SALARY: Band 6, £19.78 per hour INITIAL LOCATION: Craigavon Area Hospital JOB SUMMARY To provide a diagnostic support service to users of the laboratory service. The post holder will be required to undertake a range of diagnostic analysis, interpret the results produced and communicate the relevant information to clinicians KEY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES Technical / Analytical 1. Perform all routine tests associated with their area of laboratory medicine, including issuing routine reports (printed reports and/or verbal communication of results to clinicians) or making appropriate referrals for advice where necessary (e.g. in equivocal or extremely complex cases). Reporting may take place in emergency or out of hours circumstances. 2. Perform the necessary quality control procedures to ensure the analytical integrity of the results produced, identifying and implementing first line remedial action in the event of QC failure. 3. Take responsibility for first line troubleshooting of analysers and equipment, carrying out any repairs which do not require the intervention of the manufacturer''s specialist engineers and reporting faults as required. 4. After gaining appropriate experience, be capable of providing the above analytical functions in an out of hours context, where the post-holder is the sole Biomedical Scientist on duty for ..... full job details .....