Senior Clinical Scientist- blood sciences

4 weeks ago

Leeds, United Kingdom Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Full time

An opportunity has arisen in the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust for a permanent Band 7 senior clinical scientist role at 1.0 WTE in the blood sciences lab.

Main duties of the job

You will be required to be HCPC registered, or close to registration, as a Clinical Scientist and to have completed (or be near completion) of a post-graduate training programme in biochemistry (e.g. STP or equivalent). You are expected to have good scientific, analytical and clinical advisory skills, to support the technical lab staff, alongside good communication and team working skills. A significant part of your role will involve ensuring lab quality is maintained and the clinical appropriateness of our testing though audit and clinical liaison. Under supervision of more senior staff members, you will also have the opportunity to support major projects including verification of a new lab information management system and installation of new analysers. In addition to your daily work you would be expected to support the Duty Biochemist rota which includes participation in weekend working.

If you are interested by the prospect of working in a dynamic, supportive and exciting environment where you will be making a difference to patient care we would love to hear from you. You will be joining a team of 6 consultants (1 Chemical Pathologist, 5 Consultant Clinical Scientists) and around 10 other clinical staff (clinical scientists and chemical pathologists) across our various biochem labs, providing support towards achieving FRCPath pt 1.

About us

LTHT is one of the largest NHS Trusts In England operating seven hospitals across five sites. It is a regional and national centre for specialist treatment and world renowned for research and clinical trials. We encourage our 19,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals whilst working within the Leeds Way Values.

Were proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. Whats more, were excited to be an integral part of the Building the Leeds Way (BtLW) Project with the new pathology building at St. James Hospital, The Centre for Laboratory Medicine (CfLM). The CfLM in addition to two new hospital buildings and the innovative district for Leeds complete the BtLW project.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide a comprehensive scientific service (analytical and advisory) as a clinical scientist in the department to medical and other healthcare professionals within Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, primary care and mental health trusts.

To maintain an area of specialised knowledge and take responsibility for provision of scientific services in that area.

Person Specification

Skills & behaviours

Essential


  • To have a thorough knowledge of human biochemistry and chemistry, including metabolic processes, physiology and pharmacology.
  • To have a good knowledge of analytical methods, quality assurance and problem solving.
  • To have a good basic knowledge of metabolic medicine including inherited disorders, endocrinology and disease states.
  • To have a basic knowledge of managerial procedures in general.
  • To have developed analytical (technical) skills in general areas.
  • To have developed ability to deduce probability from a range of opinions.
  • Able to conduct Research and Development Activities.
  • Developing a clinical awareness beyond the context of own speciality.
  • Able to advise medical and nursing staff on investigations and interpretations of biochemical and metabolic processes (where necessary with back up from more senior staff)
  • Able to advise on aspects of service provision and development.
  • Able and confident to challenge established views.
  • Able to recognise patterns of abnormality and relate them to clinical situations and assess differential diagnoses.

Desirable


  • To have detailed knowledge of a specific speciality within medicine.
  • Able to initiate and co-ordinate R & D activities.
  • Able to conduct Audit of services.

Qualifications

Essential


  • First Degree in Biochemistry or Chemistry.
  • OR alternative qualifications AND experience externally assessed as being equivalent.
  • Masters Degree or PhD in Biochemistry Clinical Biochemistry.
  • OR assessed equivalent level of knowledge and expertise within speciality of clinical biochemistry.

Desirable


  • Relevant PhD

Experience

Essential


  • To have completed a formal post graduate training programme approved as appropriate for registration together with supervised in service experience totalling 3 years.
  • OR to have undertaken alternative training and supervised in service experience totalling 6 years as appropriate for registration.
  • Registration as a clinical scientist with Health Care Professions Council.

Desirable


  • To have undertaken training and gained experience in a specific sub speciality.

Additional Requirements

Essential


  • Able to use and manipulate lab computer system and standard software packages.
  • Able to provide leadership to a small team within the department as delegated.
  • Good oral and written communication skills.
  • Able to prepare and present scientific and clinical information at meetings or as part of a teaching commitment.
  • Able to organise and manage complex activities.
  • Able to maintain intense concentration on important tasks despite frequent interruptions.
  • Good hand eye co-ordination for fine manipulation of delicate instrumentation.
  • Able to maintain self-control in difficult and challenging situations.

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF

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