Trainee Clinical Scientist

**Trainee Clinical Scientist**

**Job Summary**

Our Healthcare Scientists provide crucial support to NHS Hospitals, processing, testing, and issuing blood and its components and delivering diagnostic and therapeutic services relating to the transfusion of blood and stem cells, transplantation, and tissue banking.

The Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics laboratory carries out testing for renal and stem cell transplantation for NHS teaching Hospitals and immunogenetic testing for susceptibility genes to aid disease diagnosis and drug hypersensitivity. You’ll join our friendly team and play an important role performing, analysing and interpreting a wide range of specialist scientific and technical procedures and investigations relating to the issue of results for transplant patients and donors impacting directly on patient care.

**Main duties of the job**

In this role you will be:

- Undertaking a formal training programme to achieve registration with the Health Professions Council as a Clinical Scientist in a specialised field relevant to Transplantation/Transfusion.
- Working under the guidance of a Consultant Clinical Scientist and/or other HPC registered scientific staff.
- Performing a wide range of increasingly advanced healthcare science clinical, technical, and scientific activities as training progresses.
- Participating in the interpretation and validation of test results of the department to achieve independent practitioner status.
- Participating in the provision of services to support matching patients and donors for transplantation and specialised transfusions.
- You will be required to train and work on a rotational basis in all areas of the department._
- You will be required to provide cover during operational emergencies._

**About You**

**Experience and Knowledge**
- Broad knowledge of a relevant biological science.
- Experience of working in a laboratory environment.
- Evidence of involvement in Research and Development Projects.
- Experience of working with information technology using Microsoft Office packages (Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams and PowerPoint).

**Qualifications and Training**
- BSc in Biological Sciences or relevant equivalent experience.
- Demonstrates commitment to own continued professional development (CPD).
- Undertaking a recognised post graduate training programme in H&I e.g. BSHI Diploma and close to obtaining HCPC registration as a Clinical Scientist (e.g. in final year of STP course, working towards ACS portfolio or other route
- Please view the attached recruitment profile which is a summary of the detailed Job Description and Person Specification for the full personal attributes we require for the role. You will need to demonstrate these throughout the recruitment process._

**About Us**

At NHS Blood and Transplant, we’re incredibly proud of the many talented people who come together every day to make our organisation the very best it can be. We have clearly defined values that are centred around offering exceptional care to our donors and their families. We take care of each other too and we focus on building our expertise so we can change lives, provide quality support and offer fulfilling careers.

It’s an opportunity to contribute to a unique team as part of a service that saves lives 365 days a year. We offer brilliant benefits including 27 days of holiday (plus bank holidays), a comprehensive induction and training programme, and competitive pension scheme.

Three small words, one big difference - **Caring, Expert** and **Quality**.

Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever.

This vacancy will close at 23:59 on Sunday 10th March 2024.

**For informal enquiries please contact**:
Name: Dr Deborah Sage

Job Title: Consultant Clinical Scientist