Senior Clinical Scientist | St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

st georges nhs trust; Tooting; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust is seeking an enthusiastic Clinical Scientist to join their Clinical Biochemistry Department. This role, covering maternity leave for one year, involves advising clinicians, participating in duty biochemist rota, and contributing to lab strategies. Applicants should be registered Clinical Scientists or completing STP training by September 2025. Enhance your career in a supportive environment with opportunities for continued development.

Qualifications

• Registered Clinical Scientist or due to finish STP training by September 2025.
• Experience in interpreting clinical biochemistry results.
• Ability to participate in clinical meetings and provide complex case advice.

Responsibilities

• Advise clinicians on biochemistry results and diagnostic interpretations.
• Participate in the Duty Biochemist rota and handle patient result reporting.
• Attend clinical meetings and provide availability advice on lab investigations.
• Liaise with external laboratories for sample analysis.

Skills

Clinical Biochemistry expertise

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Education

Registered Clinical Scientist

Job description

Overview

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic individual to join our team in the Clinical Biochemistry Department at St George’s University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. We have funding for a 1-year fixed-term contract to cover maternity leave. The role will enable your continued development as a Clinical Scientist, build on your broad range of experience in Clinical Biochemistry and provide scientific input into both the core automated and the specialist laboratories of the Biochemistry department, specifically LC-MS/MS and other specialist sections. Ideally, the post is suitable for a registered Clinical Scientist but we would also welcome applications from candidates who are due to finish STP training by September 2025.

Team and Opportunity

The successful candidate will join our existing friendly team at St George’s Hospital, comprising a Consultant Chemical Pathologist, a Consultant Clinical Scientist, three Principal Clinical Scientists, and one Senior Clinical Scientist. You will participate in the clinical advisory and authorisation rota and will be encouraged to develop an area of specialised knowledge. In addition, you will contribute to research, development, and audit relevant to the Clinical Biochemistry service. It is an exciting time to join SWLP with the introduction of new automated equipment and the expansion of the specialist chemistry services. The successful candidate will have opportunities for involvement in a number of network projects related to these service developments.

About SWLP and the Trust

The Biochemistry Department at St George’s Hospital comprises a large, automated laboratory, which currently functions as the GP hub for the South West London Pathology network, and the specialist chemistry laboratories, which perform renal stone analysis, Apo E genotyping, ALP isoenzymes and an increasing repertoire of HPLC and LC-MS/MS assays.

South West London Pathology (SWLP) is an award-winning pathology partnership between four leading Hospital Trusts – St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Croydon Health Services NHS Trust and Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals. The network is designed to provide an integrated, high-quality pathology service for hospitals and GPs across South West London, by bringing together the best of each Trust’s service and providing them within a single organisation.

St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the regional specialist care provider for South West London, Surrey and beyond. The trust provides a high-quality, comprehensive range of health services from leading-edge tertiary and trauma care to community services. With national and regional referrals added to our local 3.5m catchment, we serve a population of around 5m. We also provide services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Roehampton. These include outpatient rapid diagnostic and treatment facilities, a minor injuries unit, limb fitting services and 70 elderly, intermediate care and rehabilitation beds.

Responsibilities

1. To discuss and advise clinicians and other healthcare workers, including senior medical staff, on the interpretation of clinical biochemistry results, e.g. advice on differential diagnosis, appropriate test selection, monitoring and guidance on therapeutic drug monitoring. This may involve the instigation of additional tests that may be appropriate for an individual patient. In more complex and challenging cases to seek advice of consultant staff in Clinical Biochemistry.
2. To participate in the Duty Biochemist rota, to undertake detailed interpretation, authorisation and reporting of patient results and advising clinical colleagues on the appropriate selection and timing of tests. To deal with all clinical queries arising during this time, referring to Consultant staff when necessary.
3. To attend clinical meetings with other departments and relevant MDTs to provide advice on availability of laboratory investigations and their interpretation.
4. To use knowledge and skills gained to determine the validity of sending samples to external laboratories for analysis where requirements are outside the scope of the laboratory repertoire. To liaise with such laboratories as to the suitability of such samples for analysis.
5. To contribute to the determination of appropriate strategies and guidelines for laboratory investigations in conjunction with laboratory colleagues and after consultation with users of the service.

Application details

*Please refer to the attached detailed job description.*

Closing date: This advert closes on Sunday 14 Sep 2025