Employer: University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Royal Bournemouth Hospital
Town: Bournemouth
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 22/04/2025 23:59
Senior Clinical Scientist (Biochemist)
NHS AfC: Band 7
As University Hospitals Dorset, we are a three-site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches, you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth, and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming, and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD, our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust, we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
Job Overview
It is an exciting time to join the University Hospitals Dorset as there are several new developments including the creation of a new state-of-the-art clinical laboratory – the One Dorset Pathology (ODP) hub and future alignment with laboratories within the Southern Counties Pathology Network. The transformation of the hospitals in the region has already seen a new LIMS installation across the networked sites in Dorset and standardised equipment procurement.
The candidate will be joining a One Dorset Pathology (ODP) Clinical Biochemistry team comprising of one medical consultant, one consultant clinical lead clinical scientist, one consultant clinical scientist, and two principal clinical scientists.
Main Duties of the Job
As Senior Clinical Scientist, you will work with the Consultant and Principal Clinical Scientists in supporting and developing a quality Clinical Biochemistry Service. A specialist interest will be encouraged, in keeping with the needs and resources of the department and those of the other scientists. There are opportunities for research both within the department and collaboratively with Clinical Colleagues.
Working for Our Organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.
Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
There are opportunities to develop expertise in Point-of-Care testing (POCT), general laboratory service provision, quality assurance management, and protein electrophoresis. The new incumbent will be fully encouraged to work towards attaining full FRCPath and provided with a supportive training environment.
Please note that trainees nearing completion of the Scientist Training Programme (STP) will be appointed at band 6 and then transitioned to band 7 upon completion and registration with the HCPC.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* First or second-class degree in Science or related subject.
* Completed clinical scientist training (STP or Grade A) or due to complete within 6-months.
* Registration as a Clinical Scientist in Biochemistry with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) (or expected within next 6-months).
Experience
* Participation in a pre-registration training scheme in Clinical Biochemistry.
* Experience of working within a healthcare laboratory environment.
* Experience of UKAS accreditation.
* Experience of reporting serum protein electrophoresis.
* To be able to initiate and carry out research and development projects.
* To have good oral and written communication skills.
* To be computer literate.
* To have a good knowledge of statistical techniques.
* Teaching and training ability.
* Ability to develop clinical laboratory skills in a specialist area.
Knowledge
* To have a thorough knowledge and experience of general clinical biochemistry.
* Recognise patterns of abnormality and relate them to clinical situations.
* To have analytical skills relevant to the practice of clinical biochemistry.
* Thorough knowledge of chemical, immunoassay, and other techniques routinely employed in healthcare laboratories.
Other Requirements Specific to the Role
* Prepared to rotate as specified between laboratories if required by the service.
* Able to work as a team in a multidisciplinary service.
* Good oral and written communication skills in English.
* Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses, and other agencies.
* Research/critical review of literature.
* Able to prepare and present scientific information at meetings or as part of a teaching session.
* Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings.
Personal Attributes
* Self-motivation: able to identify and pursue own educational development.
* Ability to form constructive and effective professional relationships with patients and staff.
* Honest, reliable, and trustworthy.
* Supportive, tolerant, and able to work within a multidisciplinary team.
* Evidence of satisfactory CPD and a commitment to personal/unit CPD.
* Enthusiasm and ability to work under pressure.
Language Requirement
* Able to speak English as necessary to undertake the role.
Please note:
Staff recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our Trust locations to meet service demands.
This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself and our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst this vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.
Internal Candidates: staff employed prior to merger who voluntarily change jobs will be appointed to UHD terms and conditions.
Employer Certification / Accreditation Badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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