Specialist Biomedical Scientist

This is an exciting new opportunity to join our Blood Sciences department in Synnovis. We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and proactive individual to join our department as an HCPC registered Specialist Biomedical Scientist, with experience in working in busy automated blood sciences laboratories. The Synnovis Hub Blood Sciences department is one of the largest consolidated Blood Sciences Laboratories in a new purpose-built Hub laboratory based at Blackfriars in London.

The department is an innovative and progressive department that delivers analytical services to prominent London teaching hospitals, Kings College Hospitals and Guy’s and St Thomas Trusts as well as supporting Princess Royal in Orpington and the specialist Cardiovascular and Transplant trusts sites at Royal Brompton and Harefield. Synnovis Hub Blood Sciences laboratories routinely performs testing of outpatients from the 6 trusts sites as well as over 190 primary care GPs within Southeast London region. It offers repertoire of routine tests in both Haematology and Coagulation. Including Digital Morphology for reporting routine blood film morphology.

Synnovis is committed to training and development through the organisation's Scientific Learning and Development fund, allowing permanent members of staff the opportunity to apply for funding for a variety of qualifications and CPD activities. This is a fantastic opportunity to join Synnovis as a Specialist Biomedical Scientist within the 24/7 Blood Sciences service. Based at the Blackfriars Hub, you’ll work across General Haematology, Coagulation, and Morphology, supporting efficient patient care and resource management.

You must be HCPC registered with the IBMS Specialist Portfolio in Haematology and Coagulation or equivalent experience, with strong Morphology skills and ideally experience in Digital Morphology. The lab is fully automated with advanced systems including Sysmex XN-9100, CN6000, SP50, and Scopio Labs, integrated with Epic Beaker LIMS. You’ll perform and interpret routine investigations, maintain HCPC standards, process specimens, and support MLAs and APs. The role also involves ensuring compliance with UKAS and Synnovis policies, participating in audits and incident reporting, and using systems like Q-Pulse and LIMS to maintain high-quality data.

Synnovis is a pathology partnership between SYNLAB UK and Ireland and the NHS, including Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Together, they deliver and transform pathology services across Southeast London. The partnership serves approximately 1. 7 million residents of Southeast London, as well as many thousands of patients from outside the region who access local healthcare services. It provides diagnostics, testing, and digital pathology for hospital trusts, GP practices, and other healthcare providers.

Our organisation brings together the very best in clinical, scientific and operational expertise, and displays in action the core values at the heart of our brand: science for life, collaboration for the benefit of everyone, and innovation and quality. Your development and learningYou will have a suite of learning opportunities available through The Synnovis Way Development 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. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Vassan Thavarajah Job title: Operations Manager Email address: vassan. thavarajah@synnovis. co. uk