Consultant Clinical Scientist | North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A health care organization in the Tees Valley is seeking a clinically-oriented individual to interpret biochemistry laboratory results and support the development of clinical policies. The ideal candidate will possess a medical degree, excellent leadership qualities, and strong analytical skills, ensuring the quality of service is maintained to national standards. The role involves collaboration across multiple hospital sites and participation in multidisciplinary clinical teams.

Benefits

Health and well-being initiatives

Opportunities for professional development

Qualifications

• Ability to provide complex clinical advice and interpret laboratory results.
• Experience in developing clinical policies and procedures.
• Capability to resolve technical and analytical problems.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical advice and perform interpretation of laboratory results.
• Assist in the development of the biochemistry service.
• Maintain quality of the service to national ISO standards.

Skills

Persuasive communication

Analytical skills

Leadership

Clinical knowledge

Education

Medical degree

Job description

Overview

Advert may close early if sufficient volume of applications is reached.

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust and South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust have collaborated to form a group structure known as University Hospital Tees. Within this structure the pathology departments have been working together to create the Tees Valley Pathology Service with the development of a central processing hub on the James Cook site and two Essential Service Labs (ESL) on the North Tees (NTH) and Friarage (FHN) hospital sites which will support acute and clinically urgent work as appropriate. We are actively seeking suitable candidates who will complement and develop existing services, in conjunction with our established team of Chemical Pathologists and Consultant Clinical Scientists. We anticipate that this post will be primarily based at NTH once our future accommodation plans are completed later this year, but acknowledge that support will be required across all of our sites as appropriate.

Responsibilities

The post holder will provide clinical advice and perform interpretation of biochemistry laboratory results and final authorisation of patient reports for both primary and secondary care users.

Assist the consultant and clinical scientist team in the development of the biochemistry service across the trust liaising with acute and primary care clinicians in the development of new policies and procedures which impact service users and patient care.

Provide guidance to laboratory personnel to help resolve technical /analytical problems.

Will be responsible for maintaining and improving scientific standards within Clinical Chemistry across Tees Valley Pathology and maintain the quality of the service to the (ISO) standards set nationally by UKAS.

A procurement exercise to replace the current LIMS is currently underway with other neighbouring trusts within the region and it is envisaged all staff will have a role as we replace this over the next 12 - 18 months.

Participation in the on call out of hours Clinical Chemistry service for Tees Valley Pathology.

This role may involve work clinically leading Point of Care Testing. This role may be rotated around Consultant staff members.

The role may involve supporting consultant colleagues in the delivery of the Lipid service.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust now form University Hospitals Tees and as such you may be required to work at any site across both Trusts.

Organisation and People

At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, we want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience. We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. We recruit for values and “Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool”.

Key Responsibilities and Qualities

• Provide and receive highly complex, highly sensitive or highly contentious information, using developed persuasive, motivational or negotiating skills.
• Challenge with confidence established scientific and clinical views using reasoned argument, personal knowledge, research finding and evidence from the literature to continually improve the clinical care of patients.
• Participate in and chair meetings within Clinical Chemistry and maintain effective two way communications with all staff members.
• The post holder is expected to establish and maintain networks with professional, clinical and managerial colleagues within this Trust and beyond it, both locally and nationally.
• Develop and maintain links with all users of the service e.g. GPs and community based staff regarding quality and service issues.
• Participate in multidisciplinary clinical teams discussing highly complex information.
• Constant communication with clinical colleagues about investigations required, explaining results and advising on further action.
• To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which engages, enables and empowers others, uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

This advert closes on Tuesday 14 Oct 2025