NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

St John’s Hospital

Department of Laboratory Medicine

Clinical Microbiology (Bacteriology)

Specialist Biomedical Scientist (Band 6)/Band 6 Annex 21

– Full time (part-time applicants also considered)

Applications are invited from suitably experienced and motivated individuals to fill the role of Specialist Biomedical Scientist. We are looking for HCPC registered Biomedical Scientists with significant Bacteriology experience that have completed their IBMS Specialist Diploma in Microbiology. For applicants applying for band 6 Annex 21, these candidates if successful, will be required to complete their Specialist Portfolio and the schedule of in-house training provided within the agreed time scale prior to progression to Band 6 and the salary will be paid at Annex 21 of the A4C Terms & Conditions.

The post is based in the Bacteriology Laboratory within St. John’s Hospital. We invite both full-time and part-time candidates to apply.

Participation in the weekend rota IS expected (currently 1 in 6).

You will participate in Continuing Professional Development.

For further information please contact:

Lewis Stewart – 01506 523075 or lewis.stewart@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk

or

Linda Mulhern – 0131 242 6017 or linda.mulhern@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk

*Please note this is a Trainee post, therefore Annex 21 applies*

For trainees covered by Annex 21 where the period of training lasts for between one and four years, pay will be as follows:

• up to 12 months prior to completion of training: 75 per cent of the pay band maximum of the fully qualified rate;
• more than one but less than two years prior to completion of training: 70 per cent of the pay band maximum of the qualified rate of the qualified;
• more than two but less than three years prior to completion of training: 65 per cent of the pay band maximum for the qualified rate.
• more than three years from completion of training: 60 per cent of the pay band maximum of the fully qualified rate.

For further guidance on Annex 21 – please follow this link: Annex 21 – Arrangements for pay and banding of trainees

*Please note: As a part-time post the salary will be pro-rata.*