Consultant Clinical Scientist Job Description 8c Special Biochemistry (PDF, 368.4KB)

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

About
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust was formed on the 1st October 2020 when Royal Bournemouth & Christchurch Hospital NHS Foundation Trust merged with Poole Hospital.
Hospitals covered by the Trust include: Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Castle Lane East, Bournemouth, Dorset BH7 7DW, Poole Hospital, Longfleet Road, Poole BH15 2JB, Christchurch Hospital, Fairmile Road, Christchurch, Dorset BH23 2JX.

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Key details
Location: Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Castle Lane East, Bournemouth, Dorset BH7 7DW
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 33.75 hours per week
Salary: £74,290 - £85,601 per annum
Grade: Band 8c

Specialty
Main area: Clinical Biochemistry

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 are 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.

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. With this will come the need for reconfiguration of pathology services to which you will have the opportunity to contribute.

The candidate will be joining a One Dorset Pathology (ODP) Clinical Biochemistry team comprising of one medical consultant, one consultant clinical lead clinical scientist, two principal clinical scientists, and one senior clinical scientist. The post holder will be expected to help provide, and develop as necessary, a comprehensive Clinical Biochemistry laboratory for ODP.

Base location: Royal Bournemouth Hospital

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
The successful post holder will support the clinical lead maintaining general laboratory service provision and quality assurance management, whilst further developing the protein electrophoresis service. The new incumbent will also work alongside the clinical lead to support training pre and post-registration trainees. The candidate may wish to contribute to the recently accredited BSc Biomedical Science course at the University of Bournemouth and there are plans in development to form a Medical School and MSc Biomedical Science course.

Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria

• First or second class degree in Science or related degree AND completed clinical scientist training
• Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists (FRCPath)
• Registration as a Clinical Scientist in Biochemistry with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)

• Additional appropriate postgraduate qualification e.g. PhD, MSc, MRSC, CChem
• Leadership and training experience

• To have completed a minimum of 5 years in post as a Registered Clinical Scientist of which 2 years should have been at advanced practitioner level.
• Experience of managing staff in a clinical laboratory environment

• Experience between different Hospital laboratories

• A broad knowledge of human biochemistry and chemistry, including metabolic processes, physiology and pharmacology and the ability to apply theoretical knowledge to clinical situations
• A good knowledge of analytical methods, quality assurance and problem-solving
• Expertise or experience in a number of analytical techniques
• A working knowledge of methodology and equipment used in the laboratory
• A strong working knowledge of computers and software
• Understands the purpose and relevance of research and audit
• Evidence of an enquiring mind
• Able to conduct Research and Development activities

• Undertaken or participated in research and/or audit projects
• Experience in developing and implementing new technologies

• Ability to apply theoretical knowledge to clinical situations
• Able to advise medical and nursing staff on investigations and interpretations of biochemical and metabolic processes (where necessary with support from more senior staff)
• Able to recognise patterns of abnormality and relate them to clinical situations and assess differential diagnoses
• An understanding of Clinical Governance
• Experience of supervising junior scientific and medical staff
• To have a good knowledge of managerial processes within the NHS

• An area of high level expertise within clinical biochemistry
• Experience of participation in undergraduate teaching
• Undertaken or participated in research and/or audit projects

• Prepared to rotate as specified between laboratories, and to participate in the out of hours rota
• Able to work as a team
• Good oral and written communication skills in English
• Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
• 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
• Research/critical review of literature

• Presentations at national and international conferences

• Self-motivation: able to identify and pursue own educational development
• Enthusiasm and ability to work under pressure
• Ability to form constructive and effective professional relationships with patients and staff
• Ability to respond to urgent clinical problems
• Ready to troubleshoot and not accept defeat
• Honest, reliable and trustworthy
• Supportive, tolerant and able to work within a multidisciplinary team
• Caring attitude to patients
• Evidence of satisfactory CPD and a commitment to personal / unit CPD

• Able to speak English as necessary to undertake the role

Further details / informal visits contact
Name: Paul Massey
Job title: Head of Operations | One Dorset Pathology
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 0300 019 4780