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Job summary

Main area
Genetics
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday, 08:30-16:30)
Job ref
190-0660-DIR
Employer
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Town
Sheffield
Salary
£47,810 - £54,710 pa/pro rata for part time staff
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
10/08/2025 23:59
Interview date
20/08/2025

Employer heading

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

State Registered Clinical/Healthcare Scientist

NHS AfC: Band 7

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Job overview

Join Our Team as a Clinical Scientist!

Are you ambitious and passionate about advancing laboratory science and ensuring the highest standards in clinical diagnostics? If so, we invite you to apply for the role of Clinical Scientist at UK NEQAS for Leucocyte Immunophenotyping. 

Your Role: As a Clinical Scientist, you will play a crucial role in our mission. You will be responsible for leading specific EQA programmes and providing technical support to participating laboratories, contribute to innovative research projects, and assist in the development of new diagnostic techniques, presenting data at national and international meetings.

Why Join Us?

  • Impactful Work: Contribute to a globally recognised programme that ensures the accuracy and reliability of diagnostic tests, directly impacting patient care.
  • Professional Growth: Engage in cutting-edge research, collaborate with leading experts, and take advantage of extensive professional development opportunities.
  • Dynamic Environment: Work with state-of-the-art technologies, within a supportive and multidisciplinary team.
  • Career Progression: Benefit from the opportunity the become a key opinion leader within a pioneering and prestigious organisation.

Main duties of the job

The Clinical Scientist role at UK NEQAS for Leucocyte Immunophenotyping involves a range of critical responsibilities. The candidate will select and prepare materials for External Quality Assessment (EQA) surveys, test and distribute these materials, and process data returns.

They will prepare and distribute results and reports for EQA exercises and provide technical support to participating laboratories. Additionally, the candidate will engage in research and development projects, assist in maintaining and developing the UK NEQAS LI EQA software, and contribute to training and competency monitoring within the department.

The successful candidate will develop EQA for cutting edge laboratory testing, support large international standardisation projects, presenting EQA data at national and international meetings. Current areas of interest for the department are CAR-T cell monitoring, liquid biopsies, measurable residual disease testing and AI. 

To excel in this role, candidates should have a strong background in genetics. Familiarity with accreditation standards, such as ISO 17043 or ISO 15189 are important. 

This position requires someone who is committed to maintaining high standards of quality and safety, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and responsibilities efficiently. A proactive approach to professional development and continuous learning is also crucial to keep up with advancements in the field.

Working for our organisation

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Minimum of a relevant good (2.2 or above) honours degree in human biomedical/biological science and post graduate certificate in specialised scientific field and experience to master's level equivalent
  • Registered in appropriate scheme for Healthcare Scientist
  • Commitment to complete and maintain Mandatory Training and required Laboratory competencies
  • Commitment to continuous professional development required to maintain HCPC registration
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of continued CPD including relevant courses with regards to H&S, leadership, quality or training

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Relevant healthcare science laboratory experience in an ISO 15189 or 17043 accredited service

Skill and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Highly specialist level of technical and analytical skill including trouble shooting with complex systems including IT
  • Highly specialist practical knowledge underpinned by theoretical knowledge of Human Genetics
  • Knowledge of ISO 15189 and/or 17043 systems
  • Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of flow cytometry
  • Previous work for an EQA programme
  • Highly specialist knowledge (either technical or scientific/clinical) in haemato-oncology
  • Ability to supervise a service, or small groups of services, and meet tight deadlines where results may have an impact upon the delivery of a quality clinical service
  • Ability to manage technical staff in relation to clinical service
  • Ability to deliver training

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria
  • Excellent team player and independent worker. Able to deal with confidential information.
  • Excellent organisational skills including meticulous record keeping

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Stuart Scott
Job title
Acting Director
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0114 2673603
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