Principal Clinical Scientist

3 weeks ago


Oxford, United Kingdom Oxford University Hospitals Full time

Job overview

This is a rare and exciting career opportunity for a dynamic individual to develop their leadership skills within a team and, through collaboration with the senior scientific management team, contribute to the overall management and direction of the Department. In addition you will also contribute to the C&S GLH and NHSE service development and seek professional roles as appropriate. 

You will have excellent clinical and scientific knowledge in Cytogenetics with several years’ experience of handling, and writing reports for, complex and unusual cases. You will have the ability to innovate and present ideas for further development of the service in keeping with national and local priorities. You will also have good communication and leadership skills to enable you to manage people and situations in the team. You will be able to provide excellent clinical advice to a range of health professionals and be able to develop networks and collaborations with other health professionals and to present work at scientific meetings (refer to job description and person specification for further details). 

HCPC registration in Genetics and possession of FRCPath Part are essential (applicants actively preparing for the exam will be considered). 

As we are in the process of reconfiguring our services to deliver the National GMS more effectively, the successful candidate may be required to work within and across different teams in the future. 

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

To provide complex clinical/scientific reports, advice, opinions, judgements for a range of highly specialised genetic investigations and services to local, national and international service users To lead a team of clinical scientists and technologists and be responsible for the clinical and scientific work, including quality, and managerial aspects of the work and the staff within the team(s) To exercise considerable autonomy for his /her own work and that of the section/team and to employ all the competences of a State Registered Clinical Scientist To contribute to the management of the department through active involvement in departmental committees and working groups and through experienced gained in the wider context of participation in national and professional working groups

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Working for our organisation

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this  Delivering Compassionate Excellence  and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the .



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