Job summary
An
opportunity has arisen in the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust for a fixed
term (9 month maternity cover) Band 8A principal clinical scientist role at
1.0 WTE in the blood sciences lab. The individual must have extensive
experience in clinical biochemistry with desirable experience in verification
and validation (V&V) of both assays and laboratory information management
systems (LIMS) to support major projects. In addition they should have
FRCPath part 1 and be working towards FRCPath part 2.
Main duties of the job
You will be required to be HCPC registered as a Clinical Scientist and to show that you are dynamic and highly motivated with a proven, high level of scientific skill and expertise. Good communication, team working and supervisory skills are also essential, as is significant experience in team and service management in a diagnostic setting. You will be responsible for managing the areas of quality and referral tests. You will also be extensively involved in the ongoing V&V of all assays (internal and referral) as well as a new LIMS with an important role in script review and end-to-end testing. 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/chemical pathologists) across various biochem labs.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the JD/Person Specification under the Supporting Documents heading. For further details contact: Dr Kevin Stuart, Blood Sciences Clinical Lead ([email protected]) / Mr Roger Bramley, Consultant Clinical Scientist ([email protected]).
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
1. To assist the Lead Clinician in
providing a comprehensive scientific service (analytical and interpretative)
by the Department to nationally accepted standards.
2. To deliver a broad range of complex,
specialised and non-routine scientific work requiring skilled performance
with a high level of individual responsibility.
3. To provide clinical and scientific
advice to clinicians regarding biochemical investigations and their
interpretation.
4. To deputise for the Lead Clinician as
required.
5. To undertake research and development
projects.
6. To plan clinical service provision.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Honours degree in relevant science.
- MSc in Clinical Biochemistry or equivalent.
- OR PhD or portfolio of publications.
- OR assessed equivalent knowledge and expertise within specialty of clinical biochemistry.
- Registration with Health and Care Professions Council as a Clinical Scientist.
Desirable
- Relevant PhD. MRCPath part 1.
- Alevel Maths and/or statistics.
Skills & behaviours
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Able to work collaboratively with laboratory and clinical teams
- Committed to personal and team development
- Able to make judgements requiring analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options.
- Motivation, drive and enthusiasm.
- Able to maintain self-control in difficult and challenging situations.
Experience
Essential
- To have completed a formal post graduate training programme approved as appropriate for registration together with supervised in service experience totalling 4 years.
- OR to have undertaken alternative training and supervised in service experience totalling 6 years as appropriate for registration.
- Substantial years experience in a higher Specialist Trainee or Substantive Registered Clinical Scientist post.
- Experience of CPA accreditation.
- Expertise in information technology including creation of databases and spreadsheets.
- Experience of supervising/ taking responsibility for a specialized area of work within the laboratory.
- Experience of research and development and audit.
- Thorough knowledge of human biochemistry and chemistry including metabolic processes, physiology, pharmacology and drug interference.
- Good knowledge of analytical methods quality assurance and problem solving.
- Clear insight into mathematical aspects of test interpretation sensitivity, specificity, DR, FPR, predictive values.
- Thorough knowledge of human biochemistry, including metabolic processes, physiology and pharmacology.
- Thorough knowledge of PC packages for word processing, presentations, spreadsheets and databases.
- Good knowledge of laboratory information systems.
- Understanding of the use of statistics in analyzing complex data.
- Basic knowledge of managerial processes in general.
- Basic awareness of Trust policies and Procedures and how they relate to the staff and service of the department.
- Basic knowledge of business planning and procurement.
- Knowledge of Clinical Pathology Accreditation (UKAS) standards.
- Well-developed analytical (technical) skills.
- To have developed ability to deduce probability from a range of opinions.
- Able to conduct R and D activities.
- Able to conduct Audit of services.
- Developing a clinical awareness beyond context of own specialty.
- 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 advice on aspects of service provision and development.
- Able and confident to challenge established views.
- Able to recognize patterns of abnormality and relate them to clinical situations and assess differential diagnoses.
- Able to use and manipulate PC packages and laboratory information systems.
- Able to provide leadership to a team within the department as delegated.
- Good oral and written communication skills.
- Able to organise, prioritise and manage complex activities.
- Able to pass on skills/knowledge to others within both formal and informal environments.
- Able to prepare and present complex scientific and clinical information at local and national meetings to large audiences.
- Able to maintain intense concentration on important tasks despite interruption.
Desirable
- Able to initiate and co-ordinate R and D activities.
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Good hand eye co-ordination for fine manipulation of delicate instrumentation.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Address
St. James's University Hospital
Beckett Street
Leeds
LS9 7TF