Clinical Scientist à Grande-Bretagne

Guy's and St Thomas' is among the UK's busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

Guy's is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas' has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children's Hospital.

Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.

Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.

In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.

We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King's Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King's College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of 'good'. Our adult community services achieved a rating of 'outstanding'.

The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.

We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.

Job overview

The post holders will collaborate with the Haemoglobinopathy Coordinating Centre (HCC) team at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and King's College Hospital, as well as with specialist haemoglobinopathy teams at Lewisham and Croydon University Hospitals and other local centres across the SELSE HCC regional network.

Due to changes in tertiary service organization for haemoglobinopathy and rare congenital anaemias, regional HCCs have been established by NHS England to support specialist teams in delivering and coordinating care for affected children and adults. HCCs are responsible for monitoring care standards, service development, and education.

SELSE HCC, formed by King's College Hospital and Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trusts, manages the UK's largest sickle cell disease cohort and hosts the National Haemoglobinopathy Panel overseeing all HCCs nationally. It is part of King's Health Partners (KHP), linking leading NHS trusts and King's College London for research and clinical excellence.

This post targets senior specialist trainees aiming to develop NHS service, network management, teaching, and writing skills, while gaining experience managing haemoglobinopathy and rare anaemia patients throughout their lives.

Main duties of the job

Post holders will work with the Haemoglobinopathy Coordinating Centre (HCC) team at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and King's College Hospital, collaborating with specialist haemoglobinopathy teams at Lewisham and Croydon University Hospitals, as well as other local centres within the SELSE HCC regional network.

Regional HCCs were established by NHS England to support specialist haemoglobinopathy teams in delivering and coordinating care for children and adults with haemoglobinopathy and rare congenital anaemias. They oversee care standards, service development, and education.

The SELSE HCC, formed by King's College Hospital and Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trusts, manages the UK's largest sickle cell disease cohort and hosts the National Haemoglobinopathy Panel, which coordinates all HCCs nationally.

SELSE HCC is part of King's Health Partners, a collaboration between King's College London and leading NHS Trusts in London, including Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital, and South London and the Maudsley, with Haematology as one of its key Clinical Academic Partnerships.

Working for our organisation

The Haematology, Cellular Pathology & Supporting Services Directorate is an integral part of the Cancer and Surgery Clinical Group. The Cancer and Surgery Clinical Group will bring together a number of Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust's services that work collaboratively across the hospital and with our partners to provide excellence in clinical care, research and academia. It will operate as a distinct entity with devolved accountability within the Trust. The aim of this Clinical Group is to deliver the GSTT Cancer and Surgery Strategy.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Participate and integrate SELSE HCC activities, taking direction from the clinical leads, their clinical supervisors and other colleagues as appropriate.
• Coordinate multiple aspects of work to local and network audits, as per agreed and established timelines with the network audit lead and local haemoglobinopathy service leads.
• Support the network lead in preparation of the annual report.
• Participate in local outpatient clinics to release consultants for outreach clinical duties and other HCC network related work.
• Together with network management team, liaise with Local Haemoglobinopathy Teams to ensure completion of network audits and implementation of network guidelines.
• Work collaboratively with network management team and colleagues across SELSE HCC and colleagues in partner institutions, in accordance with HCC's requirements.

• Participate in clinical governance activity to ensure network guidelines are kept updated by working with the network guideline writing groups, both adult and paediatric.
• Ensure network guidelines are implemented locally and across network SHT and LHTs.
• Ensure guidelines on network website are kept up to date.
• Ensure network and local audits are completed.
• Maintain flexibility in the working week to participate in outpatient clinics as discussed with local supervisor based on clinical need and outreach clinic burden.
• To participate in clinical and other service activities with the object of ensuring a high standard of patient care.
• To participate in local and network wide teaching and training.
• Attend the SELSE HCC business and strategy meetings, and be an active participant. Support management team including the Chair and deputy in preparation for these meetings.
• Attend SELSE monthly MDT meetings.

Person specification

Education

Essential criteria

• Medical degree
• MRCP (2) or equivalent
• FRCPath 1

Desirable criteria

• Full MRCP
• Full FRCPath qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Minimum 3 years general medical experience
• Completed IMT (or equivalent) training
• Minimum 1-year experience in haematology
• Evidence of teaching delivered

Desirable criteria

• Senior specialist trainee in haematology post FRCPath 2
• Teaching qualification

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Evidence of interest in Haemoglobinopathy
• Understanding of Networks

Desirable criteria

• Experience in haemoglobinopathy care

Behaviours and skills

Essential criteria

• Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills including listening skills
• Emotional intelligence to deal with an MDT, managers and commissioners
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Values diversity and difference
• Demonstrable commitment to partnership working with a range of external organisations

Desirable criteria

• Ability to plan/implement effective projects
• Evidence of working in an MDT

Guy's and St Thomas' celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study's at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.

Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.

As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.

Flexible working

We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual's personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

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

• HCC SCF JD (PDF, 600.3KB)
• HCC SCF PS (PDF, 344.6KB)
• FR (PDF, 146.4KB)