Higher Specialist Scientist

NHS Tayside; Dundee; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Tayside is offering an exciting opportunity for an experienced Clinical Scientist to join the dynamic microbiology/virology team at Ninewells Hospital. The successful candidate will engage in a busy diagnostic department responsible for managing investigations as part of a respected team, ensuring high standards of patient care and contributing to professional development within an accredited training environment.

Qualifications

• Applicants must have HCPC registration or expect to obtain it within 6 months.
• Flexibility to work evenings and weekends as part of normal roster is required.
• Ability to manage diagnostic tests and validate results is essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage a subsection of the department and perform diagnostic tests.
• Validate positive reports and communicate clinically significant results.
• Support for attaining Fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists (FRCPath).

Skills

Virology

Molecular Microbiology

Teamwork

Education

HCPC Registration

Job description

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

This is an opportunity for an experienced HCPC registered Clinical Scientist or someone within 6 months of obtaining HCPC registration to work as part of a team of four staff reporting Microbiology/Virology results in a busy department providing a full range of clinical and diagnostic services to NHS Tayside. Expertise in Virology/Molecular Microbiology would be preferred.

Applications are invited from experienced HCPC Clinical Scientists or those within 6 months of obtaining HCPC registration. The successful applicant will work in a busy diagnostic department, undertaking approximately 600,000 investigations per year, in the molecular microbiology/virology section of the Medical Microbiology Laboratory at Ninewells Hospital. Duties include managing a subsection of the department, performing diagnostic tests, validating positive reports, and communicating clinically significant results, including providing clinical advice. Support will be provided to attain Fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists (FRCPath).

Applicants must have HCPC registration or expect to obtain it within the next 6 months. Candidates should be flexible, able to work as part of a team, and willing to work weekends and evenings as part of the normal roster. Upon attaining appropriate competencies, you will join the clinical rota (under supervision), which includes evenings, weekends, and public holidays.

The department is approved by the Institute of Biomedical Science and NHS Education Scotland as a training laboratory and holds UKAS accreditation to ISO 15189 standards.

Informal Enquiries To

Amanda Bradley-Stewart - Joint Clinical Lead and Virology Lead, at 01382 660111 Ext 34654

Daniela Munteanu - Joint Clinical Lead, at 01382 660111 Ext 32951

Hours of work: 37 per week.

Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email. Please check your emails regularly, including junk/spam folders.

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