Senior Specialist Biomedical Scientist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 20/08/2026
- Closes
- 03/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for an experienced, HCPC registered Biomedical Scientist with leadership skills to lead the Muscle service within the Department of Clinical Neuropathology at King's College Hospital. The successful candidate will apply advanced techniques in Neuropathology, focusing on processing muscle samples, muscle histochemistry/ICC staining, and overall quality control. The department is UKAS accredited and provides comprehensive diagnostic neuropathology services, including research investigations.
Essential criteria
- BSc (Hons) IBMS accredited degree or equivalent
- HCPC State registration as a Biomedical Scientist
- Specialist portfolio in relevant discipline or equivalent experience (if HCPC Registration via IBMS Portfolio route) or FIBMS
- MSc, FIBMS or equivalent experience in a similar role
- Evidence of ongoing Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
Desirable criteria
- Quality or Management qualification
- Willing to work towards higher levels of professional practice
- IBMS membership
- Leadership qualities with experience of coaching, co-ordinating and managing a team
- Experience of supervising junior employees
- Significant demonstrable discipline specific practical experience
- Experience in the education of physiology, pathology, and scientific principles relevant to specialism
- Experience in and ability to supervise analysis, interpretation and technical validation of routine, complex and specialist results
- Lead in area of special interest and expertise in one or more areas of the laboratory, for example Quality, Health & Safety, Training or IT
- Skills & Knowledge
- Advanced working knowledge of histological, immunocytochemical and cryotomy techniques.
- Advanced working knowledge of processing muscle samples and muscle histochemistry/ICC staining.
- Well-developed physical skills, demonstrable ability to use precision equipment and consumables
- Manage the resolution of troubleshooting activity for highly technical and precision equipment and assays
- Ability to manage effectively in a changing dynamic environment with multiple conflicting priorities
- Ability to maintain focus and concentration for extended periods of time
- Knowledge of the correct policies and procedures to implement in relation to quality systems, with reference to ISO/UKAS
- Good awareness of current issues within pathology locally and nationally.
- BSc (Hons) IBMS accredited degree or equivalent
- HCPC State registration as a Biomedical Scientist
- Specialist portfolio in relevant discipline or equivalent experience (if HCPC Registration via IBMS Portfolio route) or FIBMS
- MSc, FIBMS or equivalent experience in a similar role
- Evidence of ongoing Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
- Quality or Management qualification
- Willing to work towards higher levels of professional practice
- IBMS membership
- Leadership qualities with experience of coaching, co-ordinating and managing a team
- Experience of supervising junior employees
- Significant demonstrable discipline specific practical experience
- Experience in the education of physiology, pathology, and scientific principles relevant to specialism
- Experience in and ability to supervise analysis, interpretation and technical validation of routine, complex and specialist results
- Lead in area of special interest and expertise in one or more areas of the laboratory, for example Quality, Health & Safety, Training or IT
- Skills & Knowledge
- Advanced working knowledge of histological, immunocytochemical and cryotomy techniques.
- Advanced working knowledge of processing muscle samples and muscle histochemistry/ICC staining.
- Well-developed physical skills, demonstrable ability to use precision equipment and consumables
- Manage the resolution of troubleshooting activity for highly technical and precision equipment and assays
- Ability to manage effectively in a changing dynamic environment with multiple conflicting priorities
- Ability to maintain focus and concentration for extended periods of time
- Knowledge of the correct policies and procedures to implement in relation to quality systems, with reference to ISO/UKAS
- Good awareness of current issues within pathology locally and nationally.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
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Job summary
We are seeking an experienced, HCPC registered Biomedical Scientist (BMS) with leadership skills to join our team at a senior level as the departmental lead for the Muscle service.
Applications are invited for this exciting post within the Department of Clinical Neuropathology at King's College Hospital Denmark Hill Campus in London. Working full time, your existing skillsets will be stretched as you apply advanced techniques in Neuropathology, playing a key role in this specialist service and leading in the muscle service. The applicant should have evidence of extensive experience in processing muscle samples, muscle histochemistry/ICC staining and overall quality control.
This UKAS accredited department delivers comprehensive diagnostic neuropathology services for King's College Hospital, external referring institutions and is involved in research investigations for the London Neurodegenerative Diseases Brain Bank.
The department handles a wide range of CNS and PNS specimens including muscle, nerve, pituitary and skin (for IENFD intra-epidermal nerve fibre density analysis), and conducts whole brain examinations. The techniques employed include standard formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue sectioning and staining as well as advanced histological procedures including fresh frozen sections for enzyme histochemistry, automated and manual immunohistochemistry a
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