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Lynne Benton

    • About Me:

      Hi I live with my husband, step daughter and twin daughters in Somerset.  By day I am a HCPC Registered Biomedical Scientist working for NHS England as Diagnostic Workforce Lead 🥼🧪🧫🧬💉🩸🔬 and love sports, particularly cricket 🏏and 🏉, and I play women’s softball cricket in Somerset.  I also love  🪀🧩and helping out at a local Squirrel Scout group.

    • My pronouns are:

      She / Her / Hers

    • My Work:

      I worked for 20 years as a Biomedical Scientist in a variety of haematology and transfusion laboratories. The role involved analysing blood samples, reporting on blood cell microscopy and matching blood donated to patient recipients who needed a blood transfusion.
      My current role works with service managers for all imaging, pathology, healthcare science and endoscopy departments to understand how best to use existing funding to better staff departments and to find ways to work more efficiently for the NHS.

    • My Typical Day:

      A typical day involves meeting with various managers, specialists, directors and places of education – schools, colleges and universities to understand how money is being used to train the workforce and to understand what needs to be done to make things better and attract more people into diagnostic professions.

    • What I'd do with the prize money:

      I would use the money to expand the Biomedical Science Career Framework website to support other careers within diagnostics.

    My CV

    • Education:

      After First School and Middle School I went to Droitwich Spa High School in Worcestershire, where I stayed on to do A-Levels

      Home – Droitwich Spa High School

      I studied at University of Wolverhampton part time between 1993 – 1997

      I studied by distance learning at University of Ulster between 2000 – 2002

      I studied by distance learning at Open University between 2003 – 2004

      I studied at University of West of England between 2014 – 2016

      I am currently studying via an apprenticeship at University of Exeter

    • Qualifications:

      GCSEs – English, Maths, Biology, Chemistry, German, Geography, Home Economics (DT) Food & Nutrition, Physical Education

      A-Levels – Biology, Chemistry, German, General Studies

      BSc (Hons) – Biomedical Science

      MSc – Biomedical Science

      PGCert – Management – Public & Non Profit Organisations

      MSc – Public Health

      Level 7 Apprenticeship – PGDip – Senior Leadership in Healthcare Management

    • Work History:

      Hairdresser Assistant – Adrian & Eileen Hairstylists

      Sales Assistant – WH Smith Ltd

      Trainee Biomedical Scientist – Worcester Royal Infirmary (now Worcestershire Royal Hospital)

      Biomedical Scientist – Worcester Royal Infirmary

      Specialist Biomedical Scientist – State of Jersey General Hospital

      Senior Biomedical Scientist – Section Manager – Torbay District General Hospital

      Specialist Biomedical Scientist – Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton

      Screening & Immunisation Co-ordinator – Public Health England

      Screening & Immunisation Manager – Public Health England

       

    • Current Job:

      Diagnostic Workforce Lead

    • Employer:

      NHS England

    • My Interview

      • What did you want to be after you left school?

        Physiotherapist

        Were you ever in trouble at school?

        Not really, I could be a bit cheeky but only ever got one lunchtime detention and one 'lines' punishment

        If you weren't doing this job, what would you choose instead?

        Midwife

        Who is your favourite singer or band?

        David Bowie

        What's your favourite food?

        Italian

        If you had 3 wishes for yourself what would they be? - be honest!

        Travel to watch cricket all over the world, Find a cure for cancer, End child poverty

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