Clinical Scientist/Pre-Registrant Clinical Scientist

Freeman Hospital

Carthage (MO)

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USD 58,000 - 70,000

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Job summary

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Clinical Scientist/Pre-Registrant Clinical Scientist at Band 7 to perform gait analysis with 3D motion capture in a clinical gait lab and report findings to aid treatment planning. Collaboration with a multidisciplinary team including Orthopaedic Surgeons is required.

Responsibilities include leading quality assurance, participating in R&D projects, and possibly taking on technical lead duties.

Qualifications

Essential: First/second class honours in a relevant science/engineering subject
Essential: Postgraduate master’s degree or equivalent
Essential: Registered Clinical Scientist or working towards registration
Desirable: Higher degree in a relevant subject

Responsibilities

Contribute to delivery of service in the specialist area
Support development, implementation and audit of clinical strategies via the quality management system
Opportunity to take on technical lead responsibilities
Perform advanced healthcare science activities
Provide highly specialist advice and training to staff
Actively involved in research and development projects
Supervise and train less experienced staff and trainees

Skills

Problem solving

IT skills

Communication

Time management

Interpersonal skills

Teamwork

Independent work

Travel between sites

Data analysis

Research & development

Teaching & mentoring

Education

Bachelor degree (science/engineering)

Postgraduate master’s degree

Registered Clinical Scientist or working towards

Higher degree (desirable)

Tools

Clinical measurement equipment

Database tools

Spreadsheet software

Job description

Qualifications & Education

Essential criteria

Job Overview

Clinical Scientist/Pre-Registrant Clinical Scientist

Band 7

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion.

With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, we’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country.

As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will perform gait analysis assessments, including 3D motion capture on patients in a clinical gait lab environment and report these investigations clinically to aid treatment planning. The post-holder will collaborate within a multidiscipline team of clinical and technical staff and be expected to present clinical findings at MDT to the wider team including Orthopaedic Surgeons.

Additionally, we expect the post-holder to contribute to and lead quality assurance and R&D projects in a range of technical and scientific applications, including auditing and equipment management.

This post is suitable for candidates with experience in clinical gait analysis as well as those at the beginning of their career as a Clinical Scientist. There is opportunity within the role to take on the responsibilities required of a technical lead depending on the experience level of the candidate.

We are looking for a highly motivated person with excellent clinical, scientific and communication skills. Service-specific training will be provided as required, but an understanding of the fundamental technological principles of gait analysis and clinical experience performing patient investigations is essential.

Working for our organisation

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
Freeman Hospital
Newcastle Dental Hospital
Cramlington Manor Walks
Urgent treatment centres
Newcastle Fertility Centre
Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
Northern Genetics Service

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting‑edge care (supported by state‑of‑the‑art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

We invite applications from candidates who have completed or are nearing completion of the scientist training programme (STP) in specialities such as clinical engineering. Applications from candidates working towards clinical scientist registration by equivalence or who would be eligible to apply for equivalence in reasonable time frames would also be considered.

Job Purpose

Contributes to the delivery of the service in their specialist area.
Supports the development, implementation and audit of clinical and organisational strategies within the Service via the quality management system
Opportunity to take on responsibilities required for technical lead
Performs a range of advanced healthcare science activities
Provide highly specialist advice and training to staff within own area and other professionals.
Actively involved in research and development projects.
Supervises and trains less experienced staff and trainees.

Whilst Newcastle Hospitals are a forward thinking and highly innovative organisation, the use of Third-Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity of your individual application or to the recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.

Person specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential criteria

First or second class honours degree in a relevant science or engineering subject
Appropriate post‑graduate degree at master’s level, or equivalent level of specialist knowledge
Registered Clinical Scientist, or working towards registration

Desirable criteria

Higher degree in a relevant subject

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria

Specialist in-depth knowledge o Relevant anatomy, physiology and pathology knowledge o Relevant legislation, standards and protocols including infection control o Understanding of the functioning and safe use of physiological measurement equipment
Experience of working with patients
Knowledge of Governance issues including ethical and regulatory considerations
Up to date knowledge of Trust policies and procedures regarding control of infection

Desirable criteria

Knowledge and experience of some of the clinical measurement services offered by the section: visual electro‑diagnostic testing, intra‑operative monitoring, gait analysis, microvascular assessment and GI physiology
Experience of working under quality management systems
Understanding of audit, quality assurance and calibration requirements
Experience of performing, publishing & presenting research
Knowledge of study design and medical statistics
Experience in training and supervision of trainees
Formal presentations at local, national or international meetings
Use of library and information resources to find, acquire and disseminate new knowledge
Leadership qualities
Able to work independently within professional guidelines
Interested in working with children

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

Problem solving skills
Strong IT skills including database and spreadsheet use
Ability to communicate effectively with other health professionals and patients
Good time management and organisational skills
Excellent patient and interpersonal skills
Able to work as part of multidisciplinary team
Able to work independently under indirect supervision
Excellent communication skills
Able to travel between service sites
The ability to undertake complex calculation, data analysis and to issue reports on quantitative techniques
Ability to carry out research and development working as part of a team
Teaching, training and mentoring skills

Desirable criteria

Ability to technically report physiological investigations
Ability to clinically report physiological investigations
Clinical measurement skills
Ability to interpret data, analyse problems and evaluate solutions by applying statistics
Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills
Training, teaching & mentoring skills
Good report writing and presentational skills, including the production of scientific papers, reports and conference presentations
Ability to give technical advice to colleagues, senior clinicians and other professionals
Ability to carry out research and development working as part of a team

Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form

All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e‑mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.

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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