Job Description

Ramsay Rivers Hospital, Sawbridgeworth


Up to 55,000 per annum DOE

Job Title:

Multiskilled Biomedical Scientist (Night Shifts)

Department:

Biochemistry

Location:

Ramsay Rivers Hospital, Sawbridgeworth, CM21 0HH

Contract /Hours:

Permanent, Full-time (37.5 hours per week)

Salary range:

Up to 55,000 per annum DOE

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 in to the category of requiring a DBS check (standard).

About the Laboratory Service:

TDL has held the Pathology Services Contract for several private hospital groups across the UK since 2011. Our laboratories are based within the respective private hospitals, adopting a hub and spoke arrangement to service other hospital and clinics within an appropriate geographical range. We support our clients outpatient, surgical and oncology needs, with regular interaction with the hospital staff.

The TDL Rivers Laboratory is based within the Ramsay Rivers Hospital in leafy Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, and supports local services and six other remote hospitals, two sites with additional blood transfusion.

The laboratory is staffed 24/7 by a cohort of 15 staff, ranging from apprentices, MLAs, trainee BMSs, multi-skilled, Senior BMS and the Pathology Lead. Core hours are weekdays between 8am to 9pm, with participation of all staff to out of hours and weekend shifts at additional remuneration.

The laboratory receives samples and rotates blood stocks via an efficient network of couriers to and from the spoke hospital sites and refers tracked samples to the Halo Laboratory in London.

Analysis is performed onsite according to the contractually agreed onsite repertoire, this being Biochemistry and Hematology/Coagulation. Blood Transfusion is also a critical service performed only onsite, as well as blood provision and management of the remote issue of units and products within the Ramsay Hospital environment. Any further testing or samples for other disciplines are referred to our larger central laboratories in London. Roche, Sysmex and Griffols instrumentation is utilised locally , and we are transitioning to bespoke single LIMS systems across the entire network.

About the Role:

We are a looking for a suitably experienced Multiskilled BMS (Nights) to join the team at the Rivers Laboratory. The requirement is for significant experience in one or all of these disciplines, with appropriate qualifications, and demonstrated responsibility and reliability in lone working.

The role will require at minimum booking and processing of samples, IQC, EQA, troubleshooting, operational reporting, authorisation of results and reporting and investigation of incidents. All staff are required to participate in internal training and competency programmes, CPDs and local housekeeping activities like stock control / reagent ordering.

For permanent night roles, regular scheduled rotation onto day shifts is mandated to ensure continued contact and communication with peers and senior staff for training and competency.

When applying please include your HCPC registration number on your CV.

To apply you will need to be able to work the above and not be be limited by working restrictions.

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

Training and development opportunities

- supporting professional development

Annual 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

- we support and offer flexibility around shift patterns and working schedule


Please read the job description and person specification carefully and ensure that your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience required.

We respect and value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from diverse communities.

PLEASE NOTE: WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CLOSE THIS VACANCY AT ANY TIME EVEN IF A CLOSING DATE IS SHOWN HERE OR IN ANY OTHER MEDIA


Vacancy ID : 035606 Closing Date : 14-Oct-2025


Contact Person : Andrea Vickers Contact Email : andrea.vickers@tdlpathology.com