This is an exciting opportunity to work part-time in one of the 8 English cervical screening laboratories, delivering a clinical cervical cytology service to the East Midlands region. We are a friendly team, with a strong ethos of staff support and development.

Ideally 7.5 hrs Mondays and Tuesdays are required but this can be flexible.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Consultant Biomedical Scientist to maintain their professional skills whilst achieving an improved work life balance.

Main duties of the job

• Work at consultant level in cervical cytopathology, independently reporting cervical screening samples.
• Participation in MDTs across the laboratory footprint, primarily by Teams.
• Participation in training of departmental staff, both medical and non-medical.

Closing date of applications: 15 October 2024

Interview date: 29 October 2024

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4 th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A& Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Job description

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to Master's degree level or equivalent as Healthcare Scientist
• Advanced Specialist Diploma Cervical Cytopathology

Experience

Essential

• Senior clinical experience within speciality
• Experience of reporting into MDTs

Desirable

• Experience of delivering training for medics / non-medics

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Derby Hospital

Uttoxeter Road

Derby

DE22 3NE

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