Biomedical Engineer Jobs in United Kingdom

Biomedical Scientist

60 Whitfield St, Central London

Up to £48,000 DOE

Job Title : Biomedical Scientist

Location :  60 Whitfield St, W1T 4EU

About us :

Sonic Healthcare  is an internationally renowned healthcare provider with a demonstrable track record of medical 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 2,500 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.

About the role :

Forming a core part of the Cellular Pathology service at 60 Whitfield Street, HSL-Advanced Diagnostics is an internationally recognised cancer reference laboratory, providing patients & clients throughout the UK and wider with specialist IHC, FISH and Molecular diagnostic testing services. We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic scientist who will become an important part of our service.

You will be working in our centralised 350sqm state-of-the-art HSL-AD laboratory at 60 Whitfield Street, where we have a range of different staining platforms; including Leica Bond III, Leica Bond RX, Roche Ultra and Agilent systems. Our FISH laboratory is fully digital, using the BioView Duet-3 and Solo workstations for reporting. The laboratory is also the centralised testing laboratory for the OPTIMA clinical trial, using the Prosigna test on the Nanostring platform. We also have an extensive HPV genotyping service combined with RNAScope for high and low risk subtyping. We are also embarking on an ambitious digital pathology program.

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.

We offer a stimulating work environment with a diverse team, very competitive salaries, 37.5 hour working week and 28 days annual leave. 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 that coordinates a range of opportunities for all staff.

HCPC-registered Biomedical with previous experience of IHC, FISH or other molecular methods are highly encouraged to apply. We are looking for individuals who are dedicated to progressing their career in cellular pathology and making a truly meaningful impact in the care and quality of patient cases processed through our laboratories. Apply now and join the team.

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

• Training and development opportunities  – supporting professional development
• Annual performance related 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 membership  – we have a corporate gym membership scheme with Better Gyms
• Cash healthcare plan  – cash back on a variety of healthcare costs including dentist and opticians
• Sick Pay Entitlement  – 5 paid days in the first year of employment, 20 days thereafter
• Permanent Health Insurance and Death in Service Cover
• Life Assurance  – providing salary continuation for long term illness (six months qualifying period)
• Employee Assistance Programme  – supporting staff wellbeing
• Season Ticket Loan Scheme  – interest free loan for the cost of annual travel ticket
• Perkbox  – Access to additional staff perks and benefits such as high street discounts
• Company Pension Scheme –  company and staff contributions which increase with service
• Competitive annual leave allowance  -  28 days
• Flexible working hours  – 37.5 hours standard working week