Consultant Clinical Scientist

We welcome applications for a Consultant Clinical Scientist post in the Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Barts Health, East & South East London Pathology Partnership.

This is a new post to support our expanding service and you will join an experienced team of 3 Consultants and 7 Clinical Scientists, together with 3 STPs and 1 HSST.

You will be based at the Royal London Hospital but have consultant responsibility for the services we provide for Homerton University Hospital.

We are advertising a part-time post but are happy to discuss flexible working. Ideally, the post holder would have completed Fellowship Examination of The Royal College of Pathologists (FRCPath). However, applications are welcomed from candidates in the final stages of completion of part 2 examination.

We encourage applicants to contact us prior to application to discuss the post and welcome visits.

The department is one of the largest in the UK, with specialist services including LC-MS/MS, HPLC, atomic absorption and proteins. We provide clinical and technical POCT support across our partnership trusts. We serve specialist clinical services across Barts Health, which has the largest cardiovascular centre in the UK, the second largest cancer centre in London, one of the largest children's hospitals in the UK and leading endocrinology, stroke and renal units. We also have strong links with adult and paediatric endocrine, nutrition and ICU teams. These links afford ample opportunity for collaborative research and development and clinical liaison. The department is accredited training centre for STPs and HSSTs.

We are looking for a dynamic and ambitious Clinical Scientist to join us in further developing the service. You will join an experienced team of 3 Consultants and 8 Clinical Scientists. Ideally, the post holder would have completed Fellowship Examinations of the Royal College of Pathologists (FRCPath). However, applications are welcomed from candidates in the final stages of completion of part 2 examination.

The post holder will be involved in the oversight of Homerton Essential Services Laboratory (ESL) but will be involved in the specialist areas of the laboratory including specialist proteins, LC-MS/MS, HPLC, trace elements and point of care testing. You will be based at the Royal London hub with regular travel to the spoke sites as required.

The NHS East and South East London Pathology Partnership is an arms-length organisation providing pathology services to Barts Health NHS Trust, Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust. The Pathology Partnership is hosted by Barts Health.

The Pathology Partnership is based on well-established models for pathology networks, with the Royal London Hospital becoming the main hub laboratory for the network and Essential Service Laboratories (ESL) as a minimum at all other Hospital sites.

Pathology is made up of the following services - Blood Sciences including Haematology, Blood Transfusion and Biochemistry; Infectious Diseases including Microbiology and Virology; Cellular Pathology including Histopathology, non-gynae Cytology and mortuary services; Immunology; Cytogenetics and Molecular Haematology; Immunophenotyping; Clinical Transplantation and Retinoblastoma.

The 2020/21 total operating costs across the Partnership were c. £126m per annum with a workforce establishment of circa. 822 WTE. We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Zehra Arkir Job title: Consultant Clinical Scientist/Clinical Lead) Email address: zehra.arkir@nhs.net