Consultant Clinical Biochemist

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Are you an experienced Consultant Clinical Scientist in Clinical Chemistry with a passion for driving excellence and delivering a high quality clinical service? Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is looking for an exceptional candidate for the position of Consultant Clinical Scientist, a role essential in the Blood Sciences Department.
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.

Main duties of the job

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.

About us

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

Date posted

12 February 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8c

Salary

£70,417 to £81,138 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-6023507JA

Job locations

North Tyneside General Hospital

Rake Lane

North Shields

NE29 8NH

Job description

Job responsibilities

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.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application.

Job description

Job responsibilities

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.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Professional Registration

Essential

First academic degree (eg. BSc or equivalent)
Relevant PhD or MSc in Clinical biochemistry and assessed equivalent expertise and knowledge to doctorate level, FRCPath or assessed equivalent highest level of specialist knowledge
Health Professions Council State Registered Clinical Scientist

Desirable

Management Qualification

Person Specification

Qualifications and Professional Registration

Essential

First academic degree (eg. BSc or equivalent)
Relevant PhD or MSc in Clinical biochemistry and assessed equivalent expertise and knowledge to doctorate level, FRCPath or assessed equivalent highest level of specialist knowledge
Health Professions Council State Registered Clinical Scientist

Desirable

Management Qualification

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).