Team Manager, Clinical Chemistry | £68 - £76K | JERSEY in Jersey inJersey PUBLISHED WED 19 FEB 2025 Jump to job information section

Biomedical Scientist Team Manager in Clinical Chemistry

Join us to deliver outstanding pathology services, theGovernment of Jersey has an exciting opportunity to recruit a Team Manager for the Clinical Chemistry Team.

Step into a world where breath-taking scenery unfolds, where safety and inclusivity thrive and where miles of sandy beaches beckon during warm summers and mild winters. This is your invitation to embrace a life thats far from ordinary in Jersey.

As a crown dependency, we are an Island nation which includes our own healthcare Service. And it is a service on the move. With our patients and health professionals at the centre of all we do, as a Biomedical Scientist you have more time to deliver your role and we give more time to you, for your development and wellbeing.

Every day, our dedicated team takes immense pride in their work, delivering exceptional care of the highest calibre to our Island community.

And as with many aspects of Island life, our healthcare system is familiar enough for comfort but offers variances that mean our Biomedical Scientists have a different experience.

At Health and Care Jersey, we are committed to providing exceptional care and service to our Islanders, thanks to our dedicated and compassionate team of professionals.

Lead a team of specialist biomedical scientists and support staff applying advanced scientific knowledge, methods and technology to the investigation of clinical biochemistry samples, to guide the clinical diagnosis and management of disease, protecting the health of islanders.

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Statutory Responsibilities

Active engagement, participation and compliance with any other statutory responsibilities applicable to the role, as amended from time to time.

Job Specific Outcomes

• Lead a team performing a range of advanced clinical biochemical analyses on blood and other samples, giving advice on appropriate techniques, to guide and contribute to clinical diagnoses, treatments and the evaluation of the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions.
• Manage the work of a laboratory section, using personal knowledge, experience and interpersonal skills, to resolve daily issues regarding samples, analyses, requests and reports, to meet urgent clinical need and agreed turnaround times, aligned with evidence-based best practice, reducing disease prevalence, promoting health, and prioritising resources.
• Support and mentor the team to take personal ownership of scientific decisions that impact on patient care by reporting biochemical, metabolic, endocrine, toxicological and specific marker assays, to enable prompt and appropriate diagnosis and treatment.
• Oversee instrumentation and procedures, researching and investigating latest techniques, verifying techniques, ensuring the laboratory repertoire remains current and that results of investigations meet quality acceptance criteria.
• As the lead specialist for a laboratory section, manage and delegate effectively to specialist biomedical scientists the lead roles for specific areas of responsibility, such as coordination of IT systems, health and safety, audit, supplier management, or introduction and verification of new scientific techniques.

• Network with other professionals at all levels, providing day to day liaison between the consultant and users of the service, to authorise results, telephone results that may affect immediate treatment, addition of further relevant tests, to give advice on guidelines and techniques, appropriate specimens and examinations, to manage users expectations and to collaborate on new service developments.

• Coordinate and manage internal and external quality assurance schemes, lead on internal audit and external accreditation, giving assurance to service users that the quality of laboratory work can be relied upon.

• Educate, train and assess the competence of less experienced employees in detailed laboratory processes and highly specialised scientific principles, take responsibility for their competency and continuing professional development so as to engender a culture of career-long learning.

• Supervise the writing and review of highly specialist documentation, the verification and control of procedural change, and accurate record keeping of scientific investigations to demonstrate commitment to quality and assurance.

• Assess and minimise clinical risk to ensure the safety and wellbeing of patients.