The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Bioinformatician

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Job summary

The Clinical Genomics department at the Royal Marsden comprises both translational research and diagnostic laboratories, the postholder would be integral in supporting both areas. An expert in clinical bioinformatics, the postholder will actively lead in development and validation of bioinformatics solutions whilst encouraging the development of more junior staff in these areas. The postholder must maintain strong bioinformatic, scientific, and analytical skills. The postholder will primarily work with next generation sequencing data (from short and long read sequencing platforms) along with other applications including but not limit to Cloud computing and data visualization.The post holder will be expected to work with both Clinical scientists and Translational Scientist to lead the transition from research to service for new approaches to diagnosis as they arise, until such time as they are fully evaluated and established. This will also entail contribution to platform development, service evaluation, and national training and service review as required. They will also be expected to contribute to publications arising from this work, and to present at national and international meetings as required, or supervise other members of the team to do this.

Main duties of the job

  1. Job Purpose

The Clinical Genomics department at the Royal Marsden comprises both translational research and diagnostic laboratories, the postholder would be integral in supporting both areas. An expert in clinical bioinformatics, the postholder will actively lead in development and validation of bioinformatics solutions whilst encouraging the development of more junior staff in these areas. The postholder must maintain strong bioinformatic, scientific, and analytical skills. The postholder will primarily work with next generation sequencing data (from short and long read sequencing platforms) along with other applications including but not limit to Cloud computing and data visualization.

The post holder will be expected to work with both Clinical scientists and Translational Scientist to lead the transition from research to service for new approaches to diagnosis as they arise, until such time as they are fully evaluated and established. This will also entail contribution to platform development, service evaluation, and national training and service review as required. They will also be expected to contribute to publications arising from this work, and to present at national and international meetings as required or supervise other members of the team to do this.

About us

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals - one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey - as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.

Details

Date posted

26 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£56,388 to £62,785 a year Per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

282-SA1245222

Job locations

The Royal Marsden Hospital-Sutton

Sutton

SM2 5PT


Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information, please refer to the job description and person specification.

  • Supervise the duty scientist staff to deliver their daily duties and take responsibility for the day-to-day coordination of bioinformatics projects within the department, adjusting plans as necessary to ensure continuity of the service. This will include all aspects of the clinical, scientific & technical work.
  • Required to communicate highly sensitive information and present complex information either via documentation or at regular and ad hoc meetings within Genomics.
  • To provide high end bioinformatics knowledge and support in the delivery of a reliable, competitive, efficient, cost effective and high quality diagnostic service and to oversee the bioinformatic aspects of new services as they translate into clinical service.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information, please refer to the job description and person specification.

  • Supervise the duty scientist staff to deliver their daily duties and take responsibility for the day-to-day coordination of bioinformatics projects within the department, adjusting plans as necessary to ensure continuity of the service. This will include all aspects of the clinical, scientific & technical work.
  • Required to communicate highly sensitive information and present complex information either via documentation or at regular and ad hoc meetings within Genomics.
  • To provide high end bioinformatics knowledge and support in the delivery of a reliable, competitive, efficient, cost effective and high quality diagnostic service and to oversee the bioinformatic aspects of new services as they translate into clinical service.

Person Specification

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Ability to express and communicate ideas, concepts and findings in all circumstances including email and telephone
  • Experience of report writing
  • Ability to write clearly and concisely
  • Educational qualification in mathematics/computing

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Evidence of personal development
  • Self confident, contributes to laboratory meetings
  • Able to work unsupervised
  • Flexible approach to work, decision maker

Specific Experience

Essential

  • BSc in biological sciences / bioinformatics / computational biology
  • Extensive experiences in DNA-seq NGS analysis
  • Senior level experience of develop an DNA-seq analysis automatic analysis workflow with large data
  • Demonstrable experience of programmng skills including a Thorough knowledge of R language and scripting languages (Perl and/or Python and/or Java)
  • Intensive experience of the use and evaluation of open source software
  • Senior level experience of software design and development
  • Experience of high-performance computing systems and parallelising jobs
  • Experience using docker for development
  • Experience using version control system i.e. git

Desirable

  • MSc in bioinformatics/computational biology
  • HCPC-Registered Clinical Bioinformatician or working towards registration
  • PhD in bioinformatics/computational biology
  • Experience of working in other NGS applications i.e. RNA-seq
  • Experience with development and maintenance of a web portal
  • Experience of working in cancer genetics Knowledge of database interactions (e.g. MySQL, Oracle)

Management experience

Essential

  • Demonstrated delivery, coordination and management of a clinical bioinformatics service
  • Senior level experience in management of large projects and multi-tasking
Person Specification

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Ability to express and communicate ideas, concepts and findings in all circumstances including email and telephone
  • Experience of report writing
  • Ability to write clearly and concisely
  • Educational qualification in mathematics/computing

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Evidence of personal development
  • Self confident, contributes to laboratory meetings
  • Able to work unsupervised
  • Flexible approach to work, decision maker

Specific Experience

Essential

  • BSc in biological sciences / bioinformatics / computational biology
  • Extensive experiences in DNA-seq NGS analysis
  • Senior level experience of develop an DNA-seq analysis automatic analysis workflow with large data
  • Demonstrable experience of programmng skills including a Thorough knowledge of R language and scripting languages (Perl and/or Python and/or Java)
  • Intensive experience of the use and evaluation of open source software
  • Senior level experience of software design and development
  • Experience of high-performance computing systems and parallelising jobs
  • Experience using docker for development
  • Experience using version control system i.e. git

Desirable

  • MSc in bioinformatics/computational biology
  • HCPC-Registered Clinical Bioinformatician or working towards registration
  • PhD in bioinformatics/computational biology
  • Experience of working in other NGS applications i.e. RNA-seq
  • Experience with development and maintenance of a web portal
  • Experience of working in cancer genetics Knowledge of database interactions (e.g. MySQL, Oracle)

Management experience

Essential

  • Demonstrated delivery, coordination and management of a clinical bioinformatics service
  • Senior level experience in management of large projects and multi-tasking

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Royal Marsden Hospital-Sutton

Sutton

SM2 5PT


Employer's website

https://www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk/working-royal-marsden (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Royal Marsden Hospital-Sutton

Sutton

SM2 5PT


Employer's website

https://www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk/working-royal-marsden (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Head Bioinformatician

Dr Lina Yuan

lina.yuan@icr.ac.uk

Details

Date posted

26 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£56,388 to £62,785 a year Per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

282-SA1245222

Job locations

The Royal Marsden Hospital-Sutton

Sutton

SM2 5PT


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