Senior Specialist Biomedical Scientist
Synnovis
Blackfriars, Central LondonView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£14,560
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time
Closing date
Not specified
Job description
The place to work in pathology
We are looking for top talent to join the UK’s leading and fastest growing pathology company – a scientific organisation with a clinical purpose.
Working in partnership with our service partners, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospitals, King’s College Hospital and Princess Royal University Hospital we aim to set the standard for the future of pathology.
Synnovis is a partnership between SYNLAB UK & Ireland and the NHS. Our organisation brings together the very best in clinical, scientific and operational expertise.
This vacancy is within the infection services department based in the recently opened centralised laboratory in Blackfriars, London. You will have the opportunity to work in this modern, newly designed and state of the art department.
The successful candidate will join a large team of Biomedical and Clinical Scientists and support staff producing more than one million test results annually. The department operates a full 24/7 service.
- Reporting to the Operations Manager, you will have a high level of responsibility, working to ensure successful service delivery, in line with corporate objectives.
- Participate in the strategic development and improvement of the service
- Work early, late, night and weekend / Bank Holiday shifts as required.
- Ensure compliance with all regulatory and quality requirements of regulatory directives and accreditation bodies.
- To line manage employees delivering all aspects of people management, including recruitment, performance and absence management.
- Demonstrate professionalism, patience and empathy when communicating with people who do not share the same level of knowledge or understanding.
- Develop, prepare, write, and review relevant documents, including SOPs, COSHH and risk assessments in line with ISO standards.
Working for our organisation
Your development and learning
You will have a suite of learning opportunities available through The ACCE competencies programme, the Scientific Learning and Development Fund and the Synnovis Academy through which you can receive funding / support for advanced qualifications.
Through our Innovation Accelerator Fund, you can apply for finance to get that new innovative scientific project off the ground, and participate with the wider scientific community through symposiums, conferences and other peer group meetings.
Purpose of the Job
This role delivers specialist biomedical investigations and provides first line people management as part of the laboratory team. Reporting to the Operations Manager, you will have a high level of responsibility, including leading in an area of expertise, to ensure the successful delivery of pathology services, in line with our corporate objectives.
You will hold a variety of accountabilities in the laboratory environment. These include, but are not limited to:
- Responsible for a specialist area, providing specialised technical scientific services and
communicating complex information that will aid and determine clinical diagnosis.
- Contribute to the development of specialist investigations, identifying better ways of
working and finding efficiencies in service delivery.
- Manage day-to-day staffing with the Operations Manager to ensure all resourcing needs
are met, manage workflow and relevant training to meet turnaround times, cover bench
work and where required supervise others as part of early or late or weekend shifts.
- Take part in other activities such as audits, training, and potentially clinical trials as
required.
- Analyse samples in line with local Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) including but not limited to recording results and necessary action on the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), ensuring all Information Governance (IG) requirements are met.
- Maintain standards of conduct required by the HCPC to practice as a registered Biomedical Scientist.
- Provide technical advice to clinical colleagues as required and within limits of competency.
- Participate in the strategic development and service improvement of the analytical service, be responsible for the implementation of new techniques, equipment, and tests, as directed including all verification and validation work. Where necessary this will include analysing clinical trial samples.
- Ensure all incidents and events are correctly reported by junior staff in Q-Pulse quality management database and other relevant software and support them in quality learning procedures and investigations.
- In conjunction with the Quality team, monitor, report and action errors, hazards, and incidents logged in the CAPA module of Q-Pulse. This may include taking part in investigations of incidents and providing expert insight into making improvements based on outcomes.
- Participate in appropriate clinical audits as required and directed.
- Monitor, and report on EQA and IQC procedures and be responsible for correcting problems that have been identified.
- Ensure compliance with all regulatory and quality requirements of regulatory directives, accreditation bodies, and local management including:
- Care Quality Commission
- UKAS
- Synnovis policies and SOPs
- Any other body in area of responsibility
- Provide supervision for all employees, including participating in early, late, night and weekend and Bank Holiday shifts as required.
- Line manage employees as required. This includes delivering all aspects of people management, such as recruitment, performance management, absence management, learning and development, employee health and wellbeing.
- Encourage junior employees in their scientific expertise, knowledge and professional development, including the safe use of highly complex and sensitive equipment.
- Develop, prepare, write, and review relevant documents, including SOPs, COSHH and risk assessments in line with ISO 15189 2022 standards.
- Demonstrate ongoing laboratory-based competency against training plans.
- Ensure that all Synnovis policies and procedures are implemented and maintained.
- Demonstrate professionalism, patience and empathy when explaining complex subjects, and in particular when communicating with people who do not share the same level of knowledge or understanding.
- Attend, and where required, chair regular departmental meetings and contribute to effective communication within the department.
- Work closely with Operations Managers to ensure stock inventory compliance.
- Deputise for the Operations Manager including attendance at meetings, as required.
- Take part in CPD activities to ensure that your practices and knowledge are always relevant and up to date to your specific area.
Synnovis is a pathology partnership between SYNLAB UK and Ireland, and the NHS to deliver and transform pathology services across South East London.The partnership provides services to 1.7 million people living in South Eeast London, as well as to hundreds of thousands of patients from outside the region who use local healthcare services.The partnership provides diagnostics, testing and digital pathology for hospital trusts, GP services and other healthcare providers.
The hub is an eight-storey building, and we are working across 10 floors including the ground and lower ground floors.
Synnovis’ corporate function operates from the hub on the 8th floor, above the laboratories underneath. This is a total net internal area of almost 10,000m squared across the 10 floors.
Based in Blackfriars, it’s less than a 5 minute walk from Southwark Tube or Blackfriars station and nestled closely to a vast array of entertainment and fabulous places to dine, relax and meet people.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. All applicants are welcome to apply regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, race, nationality or ethnic origin, religion, or sexual orientation. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
Our Bank workers enjoy competitive market rates and flexible contract assignments across all of our sites, dependent on your availability and location.
For our Permanent workforce w e offer a competitive benefits package.
- Contributory pension scheme
- Generous annual leave entitlement
- Ground breaking development
opportunities
Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. All employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their daily duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Please apply for this post on-line. If you have problems with using the online process, or need any assistance, please email [email protected]
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Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
If you decide to apply for this post but do not hear back from us within three weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been short-listed on this occasion.
Thank you for your interest in Synnovis.
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First seen
21 September 2026
Last checked
23 September 2026
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