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Biomedical Scientist (Fixed Term), Microbiology DepartmentHealth Services Laboratories • Princess Alexandra Hospital, Essex, UK
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Biomedical Scientist (Fixed Term), Microbiology Department

Biomedical Scientist (Fixed Term), Microbiology Department

Health Services Laboratories • Princess Alexandra Hospital, Essex, UK
30+ days ago
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Biomedical Scientist (Fixed Term), Microbiology Department - Princess Alexandra Hospital, Essex Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow Up to £51,216.90 per annum DOE inclusive of regional pay allowance
Job Title: Biomedical Scientist
Department: Microbiology Department
Location: Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow, CM20 1QX
Contract/Hours: Fixed-term Contract till Aug 2026, Full-time (37.5 hours per week)
Salary range: Up to £51,216.90 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:
A vacancy has arisen for a Biomedical Scientist (BMS) in our Microbiology Department based at Princess Alexandra Harlow (PAH) Hospital following implementation of a new Pathology and Phlebotomy services programme commissioned by the Herts and West Essex Integrated Care Board with services set to commence from 1st March 2025. As part of the commissioning of the Hertfordshire and West Essex (HWE) Pathology service HSL will establish a new hub laboratory based at 7 Croxley Park, Watford. This newly developed hub laboratory will provide pathology testing across a range of disciplines including Sample Reception, Biochemistry, Haematology, Routine Coagulation and Microbiology. It is an expectation that Microbiology staff based within the PAH hospital site will transfer across to either the new hub at Croxley Park when this becomes operational in 2026 or the Halo hub lab located in Kings Cross, London.
The laboratory at PAH provides a routine microbiology service 7 days a week. The successful candidate will join our team of dedicated biomedical scientists and associate practitioners in delivering a high-quality pathology service.
The ideal candidate will be committed to service excellence and have a genuine desire for continued personal and professional development. Candidates should have a suitable approved undergraduate degree in Biomedical Science (or equivalent) and be registered with the HCPC.
The microbiology laboratory operates a 7-day service so the successful candidate will be expected to participate in all relevant shifts required to cover this timeframe.
At HSL we offer a variety of excellent staff benefits including:
• Training and development opportunities – supporting professional development
• Annual salary review - salary and progression are aligned to our internal transparent pay structure (Progression Plus), supporting career development and structured annual salary reviews
• 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 – one month’s full pay and one month’s half pay after probation
• 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 – 29 days (pro-rata)
• Flexible working hours – we support and offer flexibility around shift patterns and working schedule
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