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Barts Health NHS Trust

About

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

Contact

Address: 20 Churchill Place; Canary Wharf; London; E14 5HJ
Contact Number: 020 7377 7000

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Ref: 259-5915003ESEL Vacancy ID: 5915003

Consultant Clinical Scientist in Immunology & Clinical Specialty Lead

Closed for applications on: 2-Jan-2024 00:01

Vacancy status: Closed

Closed for applications on: 2-Jan-2024 00:01

Location

Site: Royal London Hospital
Address: 80 Newark Street
Town: London
Postcode: E1 2ES
Major / Minor Region: London

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Salary

Salary: £78,163 - £88,884 Per annum inc
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 8c)

Specialty

Main area: Immunology

Interview date: 12/02/2024

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

If you wish to discuss this post or to arrange an informal visit please telephone 020 3246 0287
Tom Butler, Clinical Lead, ESEL
Sofia Grigoriadou, Clinical Lead, Immunology
Karl Jewell, Blood Sciences Operational Manager

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 where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals’ who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.

After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs.

By applying for this post you are agreeing to Barts Heath NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so. As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.

Barts Health promotes active travel as part of its goal to reach Net Zero. Each site is accessible by public transport and the Trust has a cycle to work scheme and some sites have Brompton Hire Pods.

Applicant requirements

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.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Degree or assessed equivalent level of knowledge. MSc in relevant subject or assessed equivalent level of knowledge. Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists, or externally assessed as equivalent.
Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Current registration as a Clinical Scientist with the Health and Care Professions Council. Management and/or leadership qualification, or equivalent skills, knowledge and experience

Desirable criteria

HSST in Immunology at the time of application or expectation of possession within 3 months of interview.
Doctorate (research or vocational) in Immunology or relevant subject

Experience

Essential criteria

Significant experience as a Registered Clinical Scientist and a broad and comprehensive experience in the field.
Experience of taking responsibility for complex aspects of service delivery and development without direct supervision
Experience directing/managing and leading services.
Experience in managing and developing people.
Evidence of developing services, policies and procedures and liaison with service users on strategic direction
Developed expertise in one or more specialised analytical or clinical areas to a point of acting at an expert level.
Good record of achievement in research, development and audit activities, through presentations at national or international conferences and publication in peer reviewed journals
Completion of audits that have contributed to improvements in clinical practice
Experience in UKAS /ISO 15189 Accreditation either from the laboratory perspective or as an assessor
Experience of policy implementation (e.g. in response to national guidelines)
Experience of teaching topics to a wide range of audiences
Membership of committees at directorate level or above.

Desirable criteria

Evidence of working as a national or international expert or advisor in the field.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Sound basic knowledge in other areas of diagnostics as well as Immunology.
Extensive knowledge of routine and specialised analytical methods, quality assurance and problem solving.
Health and safety knowledge and risk assessment. Clinical risk assessment and resolution of problems such as complaints and governance issues
Good knowledge of managerial processes within the NHS.
Interpretation of policies, national and local. Extensive knowledge of national professional and NHS guidelines relating to service provision and quality.
Extensive understanding of financial management, resource allocation and procurement. Understanding of standard financial instructions.
Involvement in service planning and development.

Other

Essential criteria

Positive and optimistic
Confident
Well motivated and innovative
Good interpersonal and communication skills
Flexible approach to working patterns.
Able to travel between hospital sites and more widely, according to service needs.

Skills

Essential criteria

Well-developed analytical (technical) skills. Well-developed deductive abilities.
Proven research and development record. Able to lead strategically on service development and delivery.
Able to initiate, direct and co-ordinate R & D activities.
Able to lead and co-ordinate audit activities and authorise corrective action
Well-developed clinical awareness within and beyond the context of own speciality.
Able to advise senior medical staff, nursing staff and other health professionals on the investigation and interpretation of tests in complex situations, also utilising data from other specialities.
Able to recognise patterns of abnormality and relate them to clinical situations and provide appropriate clinical advice.
Able to analyse highly complex information from out with as well as within the service and use to evaluate differential diagnoses.
Able to take personal responsibility for own decisions and advice and for those of more junior staff.
Able to conduct clinical audit and present reports. Demonstrable leadership skills and capability.