Clinical Scientist

Job description

Job responsibilities

Selection process details

STAGE 1 - APPLICATION & SIFT:

You will be required to complete an application form and statement of suitability. This will be assessed in line with the advertised essential criteria please do provide evidence of how you meet this.

If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to an interview.

STAGE 2 INTERVIEW

This competition will involve an interview either face to face or via video.

As part of the process, candidates will be invited to interview which will involve an in-depth discussion of your previous experience and professional competence in relation to the criteria set out in the Person Specification.

Your Statement of Suitability should outline your skills, experience, and achievements, providing evidence of your suitability for the role, with reference to the essential criteria (outlined in the person specification section).

You will also be asked to provide information within the Employer/ Activity history section of the application form. This is equivalent to the information you would provide on a CV, setting out your career history.

Please note that you may be asked to undertake a test or presentation at interview.

For further information on the selection process, please refer to the attached Candidate Pack.

Please note, as part of the selection process, you may be asked to take a test or deliver a presentation.

The Success Profiles framework will be used to assess and recruit the most suitable candidate. The following behaviours and strengths will be used at the interview:

• Seeing the Big Picture
• Changing and Improving
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Developing Self and Others
• Managing a Quality Service
• Delivering at Pace
• Adaptable
• Analytical
• Challenger
• Decisive
• Efficient
• Precise
• Problem solver
• Strategic
• Team player

Expected Timeline:

Advert close: 23:55hrs on 13th of December 2023 unfortunately, late applications will not be considered. Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Shortlist: TBC

Interviews: TBC

Please note these dates could be subject to change.

Person Specification

Education

Essential

• Registered with the HCPC as a Clinical Scientist or Biomedical Scientist.
• A PhD (or a degree and relevant experience) in Microbiology or Biological Science or related subject.
• Comprehensive knowledge of project management, techniques and tools, such as Excel and Access Ability.

Experience

Essential

• Has a knowledge and experience of molecular biology techniques, interpreting and evaluating clinical and experimental data, writing scientific papers and/or project reports and presenting scientific papers at national and international conferences.
• Experience of drafting briefing papers or internal reports
• Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making, capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly, as well as demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales.

Desirable

• Experience in outbreak investigation.
• Thorough understanding of recent advances in the Next Generation Sequencing (NGS).
• Understanding of the microbiology of communicable diseases of public health interest and mechanisms of antibiotic resistance.
• Demonstrated experience of coordinating projects in complex and challenging environments.
• Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

UK Health Security Agency

Address

Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham B9 5SS

Birmingham

B9 5SS

Employer's website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-health-security-agency (Opens in a new tab)