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Job Title: Biomedical Scientist

Department: Histopathology

Location: 60 Whitfield Street, London, W1T 4EU

Contract /Hours: Fixed Term (7 Months), Full Time (37.5 hours per week)

Salary range: Up to £57,799 per annum DOE inclusive of regional pay allowance

About us:

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.

Due to the nature of work that Sonic Healthcare UK undertakes, our clients require that Employees filling certain roles, need, as part of their on-boarding to complete a DBS Check. This role falls into the category of requiring a DBS check (standard)

About the role:

We are looking for an experienced HCPC registered Biomedical Scientist who will have an impact on all parts of our service. This position is a fixed-term contract providing maternity leave cover in our HSL-Advanced Diagnostics service.

The HSL Cellular Pathology service is a consolidated service covering the North Central London region, with a high-capacity core laboratory at 60 Whitfield Street (60WS) and satellite laboratory at the Royal Free Hospital. There are also satellite specimen receptions at Barnet & Chase Farm (B&CF), North Middlesex University Hospital (NMUH) and the Whittington Hospital (WH). Our new, purpose designed laboratory opened in January 2020, with entirely new equipment, and houses one of the largest Cellular Pathology services in Europe, providing Histology, Diagnostic Cytology and HSL-Advanced Diagnostics services. HSL Cellular Pathology and HSL-Advanced Diagnostics are UKAS Accredited Medical Laboratories (No. 9007).

Working in the centre of London, the service is located within easy reach of many transport links, being close to Goodge Street, Warren Street and Tottenham Court Road Tube Stations and also St Pancras and Euston Stations. The local area has an almost endless supply of retail and food outlets, entertainment and cultural opportunities within walking distance.

Training and career progression are core parts of how we operate. We have a dedicated educational faculty within HSL coordinating training activity throughout the company, as well as our own dedicated laboratory-based training manager who coordinates a range of opportunities for all staff.

Apply now and join the team.

At HSL we offer a variety of excellent staff benefits including:

Please read the job description and person specification carefully and ensure that your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience required.

We respect and value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from diverse communities.

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