An opportunity has arisen for 3 HCPC registered, or working towards, Senior Clinical Scientists to join our Biochemistry team at University Hospitals Birmingham. This will encompass 2 permanent jobs and 1 temporary maternity leave cover. The team at UHB currently consists of 3 Consultant Clinical Scientists, 1 Consultant Chemical Pathologist, 4 Principal Clinical Scientists, 11 Senior Clinical Scientists (including these posts) and 4 STP trainees.

Birmingham is the UK's second largest city and has good transport links to a number of other major cities within the UK, including London. Transport around the City is simple with good train and bus networks the QE site itself has a train station 5 minutes walk away. Birmingham is a vibrant and multi-cultural city boasting world-renowned restaurants, 3 major football teams, a wide range of live music and 571 parks (the highest number of green spaces within Europe!).

UHB Trust is one of the largest Trusts in the UK, treating over 2.2 million patients annually. The Trust comprises 4 hospital sites, including Heartlands Hospital and Queen Elizabeth which is a level 1 major trauma centre and boasts the most active transplant centre in Europe. UHB Biochemistry department is strong clinically and analytically providing a wide range of services across all hospital sites. The automation laboratories utilise Abbott Alinity platforms with the laboratories at Heartlands and QE including state of the art Abbott pre-analytics and tracks.

Main duties of the job

The 2 permanent post holders will be required to primarily work within our specialist testing section with one post being based at the QE hospital site and the other at our Heartlands hospital site. The temporary post will be based in our automated lab section and be primarily based at the QE hospital site. Some degree of cross site working is to be expected. You will be required to liaise closely with the Operations Manager and Principal Clinical Scientist for that section to provide high quality analyses over an extensive repertoire. You will be expected to play a significant part in developing, growing and optimising the service.

The specialist testing department has a national reputation for specialist endocrinology and toxic drug monitoring investigations as well as clinical and postmortem toxicology work. The department employs the use of various techniques including chromatography, mass spectrometry and FT-IR spectroscopy. Experience these techniques is desirable for the permanent posts. You will also be expected to contribute to the clinical support activities of the department by participating in the duty biochemist rota.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• *1st class or 2:1 honours degree in biochemistry, chemistry or a closely related science
• *MSc in Clinical Biochemistry or working towards

Desirable

• *PhD in a relevant area of science
• *State registration with Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)

Experience

Essential

• *Specialist knowledge of clinical biochemistry and laboratory medicine
• *Awareness of the political and cultural aspects of the NHS
• *Awareness of clinical governance and risk
• *management
• *Awareness of laboratory health and safety
• *Awareness and experience of laboratory accreditation standards

Desirable

• *Experience in audit, research and development, method/equipment appraisal and evaluation, management of a specialist or routine service
• *Evidence of continuous professional development and discipline specific proficiency for maintenance of HCPC registration

Additional Criteria

Essential

• *Effective communication skills, both written and oral
• *Numerate and able to undertake scientific calculations
• *Ability to work in a team
• *Manage workload effectively when the workload is unpredictable and there are competing demands (medical emergency)
• *Good and accurate keyboard skills
• *Effective logical thought processes and the ability to solve problems and plan remedial action
• *Effective organisational, planning and time
• *Management skills
• *Punctual and reliable
• *A good team player
• *Respectful of all grades of staff
• *Ability to work across all sites

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

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