Consultant Clinical Biochemist

6 months ago


North Shields, United Kingdom Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Full time

You will hold an MSc in Clinical Biochemistry (or equivalent) and HCPC registration. FRCPath will also be required.

This post will be ideal for someone who has a keen interest in providing a high quality service, as well as supporting the team with regional activities.

Our Consultant Clinical Scientists work in cooperation with the Consultant Chemical Pathologist to provide a comprehensive, high quality, cost-effective scientific and clinical service (analytical and interpretative) to primary and secondary care, to support the diagnosis and management of biochemical clinical problems.

You will provide leadership in a team delivering a comprehensive Clinical Chemistry, POCT & Toxicology service for Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - in particular to be responsible for maintaining and improving scientific standards within Clinical Chemistry across the Trust and maintain the quality of the service to the (ISO) standards set nationally by UKAS.

Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022). Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare and, this is the Northumbria Way

**What the Northumbria Way means for you**:
Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub

Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups

A range of flexible working opportunities

Generous annual leave and pension scheme

Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies)

Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes

On-site nursery places via salary sacrifice

Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

**Main duties of the role include**:
To provide a Consultant advisory service in all aspects of clinical biochemistry to medical, nursing and paramedic staff within the Trust and its associated community (GPs and Mental Health Trust).

To assist in the provision of a specialist Toxicology service.

To be responsible for ensuring compliance with Clinical Governance including quality assurance and audit.

To be integral for the provision of Clinical Chemistry trust wide including initiation, implementation and maintenance of Quality of assays and oversight of research, development and audit activities.

To be eligible for appointment as Clinical Lead for Clinical Chemistry Trust-wide.

This role may involve working clinically with the Point of Care Team overseeing the work of the PoCT Co-ordinator. This role has been rotated around Consultant staff members.

To participate in the on call out of hours Clinical Chemistry service.



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