# Biomedical Scientist

**Company**: UK Health Security Agency
**Location**: London
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Salary**: £32073.00 to £39043.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

The Biomedical Scientist will work as part of the host laboratory team to deliver reference laboratory services. They will be responsible for the efficient processing of specimens and performing additional laboratory duties to ensure the efficient day-to-day performance of the laboratory.

The Biomedical Scientist will provide resilience to the bacteriology reference departments (BRD) or virology reference departments (VRD) in times of need. When not deployed during an incident, they will concentrate on training, maintaining competency, and development of skills required to assist in future incidents.

Main duties of the job include:

- Undertaking microbiological, serological, and molecular laboratory duties under supervision guided by standard operating procedures (SOPs)

- Reading and analysing test results generated and entering results onto the LIMS system

- Collating and presenting data for discussion

- Adhering to external and internal quality control practices

- Attending meetings, planning, and implementing project plans

- Monitoring safety cabinets and carrying out routine quality control procedures to maintain set standards

- Participating in and supporting research and development (R&D) activities within BRD & VRD and the organisation

The Biomedical Scientist would be expected to assist in any UKHSA co-ordinated response or activity of a national/international nature.

The role requires a BSc in a Biological Science, State registration with HCPC as a Biomedical Scientist, post-qualification laboratory experience in microbiology, knowledge of laboratory safety requirements and quality assurance procedures, experience in use of LIMS, and a range of common software (Microsoft Office, Excel).

The salary for this role is £32,073 to £39,043 per annum, pro-rata.

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## Skills

### Required
- BSc in a Biological Science
- State registration with HCPC as a Biomedical Scientist
- post-qualification laboratory experience in microbiology
- knowledge of laboratory safety requirements and quality assurance procedures
- experience in use of LIMS
- Microsoft Office
- Excel

### Nice to have
- experience and/or understanding of scientific principles of molecular assays including Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and sequencing technologies, and serological assays

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