Trainee biomedical scientist Review

Item: Trainee biomedical scientist at NHS
Rating: 5
Author: Anonymous

at NHS

Placement (10 Months+)

Medicine

Colchester

Review Submitted: October 2023

Overall Rating

5 /5

The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!

5/5 - Overview of Role

5/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

5/5 - Company Culture

5/5 - Overall Experience

5/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

Processing patient samples, reading previous days Agar plates to look for significant bacterial growth. To perform antibiotic sensitivity testing and report results.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes, once confident I would be given responsibility for a job. A biomedical scientist would just watch over me and make sure I was competent.

Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

5/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

Many, how to process samples, booking in, using the LIMS system, how to safely handle samples. Learning processes and analysers. Reading bacteria morphology, understanding antibiotics.

How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

5/5

How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

5/5

How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

5/5

Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

5/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

I had a training officer in microbiology and an overall training lead. I would have weekly 1 to 1 meetings and weekly group tutorials. I also had a contact from the university I could use.