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Job summary

Main area
Cancer Institute
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
328-CI-7683952
Employer
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
The James Cook University Hospital
Town
Middlesbrough
Salary
£47,810 - £54,710 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
16/03/2026 23:59

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South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Clinical Scientist - GI Physiology

Band 7

Job overview

The Medical Physics Department of The South Tees NHS Foundation Trust comprises four main sections; Radiotherapy, Nuclear Medicine, Clinical Measurement and Medical Photography. 

The Clinical Measurement Section delivers scientific clinical support and development work for a range of specialties including intraoperative neuromonitoring,  intracranial pressure measurement, overnight home sleep studies and UV quality assurance.  

The postholder will be part of the Clinical Measurement team and will be responsible for the delivery of an upper and lower GI physiology service for patients in the Tees Valley. They will perform, interpret, and report on a range of diagnostic tests, ensuring a professional and patient focused service.

Main duties of the job

Duties include:

  • Diagnostic testing and analysis for upper and lower GI studies
  • Clinical reporting
  • Patient care
  • Quality assurance 
  • Service development
  • MDT collaboration

Working for our organisation

We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff.  This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills.  You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:

•    Your Leadership Impact
•    Leading your Team to Success
•    Leading Into the Future 
•    Service Improvement for Beginners
•    Developing your Service Improvement Skills 
•    Lean Practitioner 

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

•    Explore leadership within the NHS
•    Promote Trust values and behaviours
•    Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills 
•    Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.  

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Person specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential criteria
  • Qualified Clinical Scientist in GI physiology through the NHS Scientist Training Programme (STP) or equivalent.
  • Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of performing a range of GI investigations on patients.
  • Clinical reporting skills in GI physiology studies.
  • Experience in dealing with ill and/or distressed patients (of all ages) and their relatives including the ability to explain complex test/therapy details to patients in simple terms
  • Experience of reporting GI investigations on patients

Knowledge & Skills

Essential criteria
  • Good knowledge of anatomy, physiology and pathology relating to diseases relevant to specialty areas of practice.
  • Very good knowledge of clinical procedures involved in specialty areas of practice.
  • Ability to work both independently and as a member of the team.
  • Good communication skills with all staff groups.
  • Evidence of knowledge of current scientific and technological developments in clinical measurement.
  • Knowledge and understanding of current legislation, knowledge of codes of practice in relation to speciality area.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sarah Whitbourn
Job title
Head of Clinical Measurement
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01642 282847
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