Clinical Bioinformatician

6 months ago


London, United Kingdom Synnovis Full time

We are looking for a highly motivated Bioinformatician to join our Infection Sciences team which is currently based at St. Thomas’ Hospital.

The post will be part of the Transformative award team, aiming to implement clinical metagenomics for sterile and respiratory samples, bacterial isolate sequencing and viral blood borne sequencing. Additionally, the postholder will work closely to the Synnovis bioinformatics team based across the Guy’s Hospital and Kings College Hospital sites.

The successful applicant will be dedicated and enthusiastic with knowledge and experience of working with NGS pipelines and large datasets, ideally in microbial genomics, and strong programming and troubleshooting experience. Applicants should be good communicators, be able to take initiative, support continual quality improvement and prioritise workload. The role requires consistent attention to detail and excellent organisational skills.

Applicants will be expected to have attained or be working towards passing HCPC registration. STP trainees in their final year of training or those wanting to attain HCPC registration are encouraged to apply.

The role involves maintaining and operating the bioinformatics pipelines for the processing of next generation sequencing data for Infection Sciences, managing multiple pipelines supporting services for the Clinical Metagenomics, isolate sequencing and viral sequencing services.

Your development and learning

You 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.

The post holder will work within the multidisciplinary Transformative team, which includes research scientists, biomedical scientists, and clinicians. The post holder will communicate progress across the multidisciplinary team.

Synnovis is a pathology partnership between SYNLAB UK and Ireland, and the NHS, including sites, Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, to deliver and transform pathology services across South East London.

The partnership provides services to 1.7 million people living in South East London, as well as to hundreds of thousands of patients from outside the region who use local healthcare services.

The partnership provides diagnostics, testing and digital pathology for hospital trusts, GP services and other healthcare providers.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital Foundation Trust is a major emergency and specialist teaching Trust which has all the specialties associated with a fascinating and career defining case load including: Women’s Services, Fetal Medicine, Haematology, Oncology, Transplantation, Intensive Care Unit including the Severe Respiratory Failure and High Consequence Infectious Disease units, and is also home to the Evelina Children’s Hospital and the Cancer Centre on the Guy’s site.

You will be close to the vibrant Borough Market and the South Bank, which are exceptional London locations; perfect places to work and relax next to such iconic venues as Big Ben, The London Eye and The Shard


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