Job
overview
To become a Biomedical Scientist you need to be a good leader and work well under pressure. You will have to work quickly to analyse blood samples and organs. You would work in a hospital lab with a Transfusion Specialist and be linked to the pathologists and the pathology lab. You may have to work on a late shift and when you are on shift you will be constantly on-call.
Qualifications and Salaries
To become a Biomedical Scientist you need to have specific qualifications which will allow you to have a career in this area of work.
It is possible to become a Biomedical Scientist if you don’t have a biomedical sciences degree but do have a degree in another related subject, such as: Anatomy and physiology, biochemistry, molecular biology, immunology or medical microbiology.
The minimum entry levels are 3A’s at A2 level with a B at AS-level. These must be Chemistry and Biology and preferably Mathematics at A2.
Mathematics is needed with least a B at AS if it is not offered at A2. Candidates who have taken Maths at A2 are required to get a B in any other AS-level.
Salaries are based on the Agenda for Change Pay Rates. When biomedical scientists start (Band 5) they’re paid £21,176 - £27,625 per year. They can then go up to team leader or specialist roles where (Band 6) they’re paid £25,528 - £34,189 per year.
The range of salaries at a high level with experience like for a team manager or advanced practitioner, (Band 7), gets £30,460 - £40,157 per year. Higher salaries may be paid after this they can progress.
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To become a Biomedical Scientist you need to be a good leader and work well under pressure. You will have to work quickly to analyse blood samples and organs. You would work in a hospital lab with a Transfusion Specialist and be linked to the pathologists and the pathology lab. You may have to work on a late shift and when you are on shift you will be constantly on-call.
Qualifications and Salaries
To become a Biomedical Scientist you need to have specific qualifications which will allow you to have a career in this area of work.
It is possible to become a Biomedical Scientist if you don’t have a biomedical sciences degree but do have a degree in another related subject, such as: Anatomy and physiology, biochemistry, molecular biology, immunology or medical microbiology.
The minimum entry levels are 3A’s at A2 level with a B at AS-level. These must be Chemistry and Biology and preferably Mathematics at A2.
Mathematics is needed with least a B at AS if it is not offered at A2. Candidates who have taken Maths at A2 are required to get a B in any other AS-level.
Salaries are based on the Agenda for Change Pay Rates. When biomedical scientists start (Band 5) they’re paid £21,176 - £27,625 per year. They can then go up to team leader or specialist roles where (Band 6) they’re paid £25,528 - £34,189 per year.
The range of salaries at a high level with experience like for a team manager or advanced practitioner, (Band 7), gets £30,460 - £40,157 per year. Higher salaries may be paid after this they can progress.
Download the job description here:
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