Job summary
We are excited to advertise a new role for a Scientist Training Programme (STP) Trainee. There has never been a more exciting time to join our Aseptic Services team at The Christie NHS Foundation trust.
The Christie NHS Trust is a world leader in the production of phase one clinical trial materials and in the Pharmacy Aseptic Services Unit we prepare an extensive portfolio of hundreds of Clinical Trials alongside Early Access Medicines, Free of Charge products and Compassionate use schemes.
The suitable applicant should be highly motivated and show accurate attention to detail. They should be organised and able to prioritise work effectively showing excellent interpersonal and communication skills. There is a considerable commitment to training within this role and therefore great enthusiasm towards continuing development with the ability to inspire others is essential. They must have appropriate GMP knowledge for the level of activities that are conducted. All training must be provided against approved procedures and instructional documents within the GMP quality system.
This role is key to ensuring that all production personnel receive appropriate training and education. Induction and on the job training is required prior to operators commencing production activities and is thereafter continuously monitored by this post holder.
Main duties of the job
In conjunction with and supported by the designated Training Coordinator/Officer, the Trainee Healthcare Scientist will be responsible for
- their own progression through the training programme
- completing the learning outcomes as outlined in the Learning Guides
- progressing through a mixture of work-based competence and experience in NHS scientific departments
- undertaking the complementary academic master's programme at the designated Higher Education Institution.
The post holder will be expected to undertake a range of demanding scientific and clinical functions initially under supervision, as well as occasional duties in response to specific elements of the curriculum. A major part of the training and development will take place within a designated organisation (linked to a specific scientific department) and is integrally linked to the knowledge and applied learning that forms
part of the nationally commissioned academic master's programme. Post holders will also be expected to undertake mandatory training as deemed necessary by their host department.
About us
We are an ever-expanding multi-disciplinary team of Assistants, Practitioners, Technicians, and Pharmacists who strive to produce exceptionally high-quality injectable medicines to each patient that uses our service. With the more recent addition of training posts, STP and SMT, the department is progressing wit exciting developments
The Aseptic team is a diverse and dynamic team who work in a specialised cleanroom environment where teamwork is the key to efficiency and managing the patient experience. Each day is both challenging and rewarding in equal measures, with cancer treatments constantly evolving and new types of drugs being trialled each year.
We are at the forefront of developments in terms of drug innovation and team development.
The Pharmacy department has a developed career pathway for technical staff wishing to progress as far as achievable. Helping support all qualifications and in-house training that allow for this progression should you wish to further your career within the pharmacy aseptic team.
So, if you want to work as part of an ever-progressing team and you enjoy a challenge then we could be the team for you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Job statement
The trainee will undertake the full training programme in order to progress through the modules of the training scheme. In so doing they will learn how to perform and interpret clinical and specialist scientific processes underpinned by theoretical and applied knowledge and practical experience and will learn how to
- carry out complex scientific and clinical roles, including those working directly with patients
- analyse, interpret and compare investigative and clinical options
- make judgements, including clinical and differential judgements, involving complicated facts or situations that impact on patients
- initiate and undertake innovation, improvement and R&D and be involved in the education of healthcare science trainees and other learners in the workplace
They will be expected to complete all work based training and assessment alongside the academic masters course to exit the programme with eligibility for registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and use of the protected title of Clinical Scientist. In addition, they will be expected to undertake work based experience to enable them to communicate complex technical, scientific and
sensitive information to colleagues within their department in both verbal and written forms.
Trainees must meet the HCPC's standards for training, professional skills, behaviour and health.
Scientific and clinical practice
- Undertake a range of clinical and scientific investigations as appropriate to the role. These may include the processing of blood and other samples, direct clinical measurements on patients, and procedures involving ionising and non-ionising radiation.
- Acquire and maintain a high level of professional competence in the performance of all tests, investigations and measurements carried out.
- Interpret and act upon results of tests, investigations and measurements in accordance with departmental policies, procedures and quality systems.
- Comment and advise on new proposals and protocols, especially for service improvements.
- Assist in the provision of advice to medical, nursing and other healthcare staff on the optimal and safe use of scientific procedures and highly complex equipment, including assisting in the design of new facilities.
- Assist with the procurement, acceptance and use of medical devices and consumables.
- Be responsible for the safe use of complex scientific and medical equipment, including recording all maintenance and calibration procedures performed and any corrective actions undertaken.
- Use reagents, consumables, hazardous materials and equipment safely and in accordance with Health and Safety policies.
- Participate in risk management procedures including risk assessment and the investigation and reporting of adverse incidents.
- Participate in internal and external audit processes and quality systems.
- Undertake R&D within the department as an integral part of training and acquire relevant skills to undertake clinical audit.
- Assist with supervision and training of support staff, students and new appointees, and participate in departmental seminars and scientific meetings to disseminate knowledge acquired through study or research.
Education and learning
- Successfully progress and complete the training and assessment programme in conjunction with the local Training Coordinator/Officer and National School of Healthcare Science to achieve certified competence awarded by the Academy of Healthcare Science. Undertake suitable training within the host department and other placements to successfully acquire core competencies and thereafter maintain the required standards of competence when undertaking duties.
- Take responsibility for own learning and development by recognising and taking advantage of all opportunities to learn, including appraisal, supervision, academic course and problem based learning and maintaining a personal portfolio of learning.
- Ensure that own learning needs, identified with the Training Coordinator/Officer and reflecting the requirements of the curriculum, are met.
- Retain sufficient flexibility and adaptability in learning in order to ensure full contribution to improving services in response to changing health care needs.
- Maintain knowledge of recent scientific developments and undertake supplementary training to develop both knowledge and skills.
- Attend mandatory training (both vocational and academic) as required.
- Participate in internal and external assessment processes.
Patient management and clinical care
- Delivery of patient care, experience and contribution in the following areas:
- Provide support to specialist clinics and specialist treatment interventions.
- Perform, report and interpret a range of investigations undertaken indirectly for or directly with patients within a range of care settings.
- Specialist care and treatment interventions for patients across the range of clinical pathways and health care settings.
- Appropriate clinical and scientific advice and interpretation of analytical results.
- Participate in multidisciplinary meetings.
- Apply and promote evidence based practice and use of relevant clinical protocols and procedures.
- Ensuring that all equipment used on patients and the public is handled and applied in accordance with health and safety requirements and other national or international guidelines.
- In some specialisms trainees will be involved in the collection and processing of clinical samples from patients.
Communication
- Communication and interpretation of complex clinical, scientific and technical information to a wide range of people including clinicians, managers, patients and the public.
- Liaise with senior scientists and clinical users of the service on appropriateness of investigations, interventions and tests.
- Communicate scientific innovation and service redesign.
- Communicate research and development findings in written and oral formats to internal and external contacts
Quality audit
- Contribute to audits to inform patient management and clinical care.
- Contribute to quality audits relating to accreditation and regulation.
- Perform quality assurance, process and outcomes audits relevant to the specialism.
- Develop an audit report and prepare an action plan for any issues that arise from the audit process.
- Contribute to the design of audits to improve the cost effectiveness of the service to patients.
Clinical governance
- Maintain standards for health and safety procedures.
- Comply with quality and governance procedures within the department including risk management and risk mitigation.
- Maintain high standards of professional and personal conduct.
- Ensure that patient safety and experience and effectiveness of service are maximised.
Occasional duties
- To carry out any other reasonable duties to achieve learning and experience that may be required, which are commensurate with the grade and nature of the post.
- This job description outlines the main current duties and responsibilities of the training post. The job description will need to be reviewed and subsequently may be altered. Any resulting changes will be subject to consultation.
- In addition to regular assessment and planning meetings, the trainee will have an annual meeting to discuss progress and to consider issues relevant to the wider national training programme.
Job description
Job responsibilities
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Job statement
The trainee will undertake the full training programme in order to progress through the modules of the training scheme. In so doing they will learn how to perform and interpret clinical and specialist scientific processes underpinned by theoretical and applied knowledge and practical experience and will learn how to
- carry out complex scientific and clinical roles, including those working directly with patients
- analyse, interpret and compare investigative and clinical options
- make judgements, including clinical and differential judgements, involving complicated facts or situations that impact on patients
- initiate and undertake innovation, improvement and R&D and be involved in the education of healthcare science trainees and other learners in the workplace
They will be expected to complete all work based training and assessment alongside the academic masters course to exit the programme with eligibility for registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and use of the protected title of Clinical Scientist. In addition, they will be expected to undertake work based experience to enable them to communicate complex technical, scientific and
sensitive information to colleagues within their department in both verbal and written forms.
Trainees must meet the HCPC's standards for training, professional skills, behaviour and health.
Scientific and clinical practice
- Undertake a range of clinical and scientific investigations as appropriate to the role. These may include the processing of blood and other samples, direct clinical measurements on patients, and procedures involving ionising and non-ionising radiation.
- Acquire and maintain a high level of professional competence in the performance of all tests, investigations and measurements carried out.
- Interpret and act upon results of tests, investigations and measurements in accordance with departmental policies, procedures and quality systems.
- Comment and advise on new proposals and protocols, especially for service improvements.
- Assist in the provision of advice to medical, nursing and other healthcare staff on the optimal and safe use of scientific procedures and highly complex equipment, including assisting in the design of new facilities.
- Assist with the procurement, acceptance and use of medical devices and consumables.
- Be responsible for the safe use of complex scientific and medical equipment, including recording all maintenance and calibration procedures performed and any corrective actions undertaken.
- Use reagents, consumables, hazardous materials and equipment safely and in accordance with Health and Safety policies.
- Participate in risk management procedures including risk assessment and the investigation and reporting of adverse incidents.
- Participate in internal and external audit processes and quality systems.
- Undertake R&D within the department as an integral part of training and acquire relevant skills to undertake clinical audit.
- Assist with supervision and training of support staff, students and new appointees, and participate in departmental seminars and scientific meetings to disseminate knowledge acquired through study or research.
Education and learning
- Successfully progress and complete the training and assessment programme in conjunction with the local Training Coordinator/Officer and National School of Healthcare Science to achieve certified competence awarded by the Academy of Healthcare Science. Undertake suitable training within the host department and other placements to successfully acquire core competencies and thereafter maintain the required standards of competence when undertaking duties.
- Take responsibility for own learning and development by recognising and taking advantage of all opportunities to learn, including appraisal, supervision, academic course and problem based learning and maintaining a personal portfolio of learning.
- Ensure that own learning needs, identified with the Training Coordinator/Officer and reflecting the requirements of the curriculum, are met.
- Retain sufficient flexibility and adaptability in learning in order to ensure full contribution to improving services in response to changing health care needs.
- Maintain knowledge of recent scientific developments and undertake supplementary training to develop both knowledge and skills.
- Attend mandatory training (both vocational and academic) as required.
- Participate in internal and external assessment processes.
Patient management and clinical care
- Delivery of patient care, experience and contribution in the following areas:
- Provide support to specialist clinics and specialist treatment interventions.
- Perform, report and interpret a range of investigations undertaken indirectly for or directly with patients within a range of care settings.
- Specialist care and treatment interventions for patients across the range of clinical pathways and health care settings.
- Appropriate clinical and scientific advice and interpretation of analytical results.
- Participate in multidisciplinary meetings.
- Apply and promote evidence based practice and use of relevant clinical protocols and procedures.
- Ensuring that all equipment used on patients and the public is handled and applied in accordance with health and safety requirements and other national or international guidelines.
- In some specialisms trainees will be involved in the collection and processing of clinical samples from patients.
Communication
- Communication and interpretation of complex clinical, scientific and technical information to a wide range of people including clinicians, managers, patients and the public.
- Liaise with senior scientists and clinical users of the service on appropriateness of investigations, interventions and tests.
- Communicate scientific innovation and service redesign.
- Communicate research and development findings in written and oral formats to internal and external contacts
Quality audit
- Contribute to audits to inform patient management and clinical care.
- Contribute to quality audits relating to accreditation and regulation.
- Perform quality assurance, process and outcomes audits relevant to the specialism.
- Develop an audit report and prepare an action plan for any issues that arise from the audit process.
- Contribute to the design of audits to improve the cost effectiveness of the service to patients.
Clinical governance
- Maintain standards for health and safety procedures.
- Comply with quality and governance procedures within the department including risk management and risk mitigation.
- Maintain high standards of professional and personal conduct.
- Ensure that patient safety and experience and effectiveness of service are maximised.
Occasional duties
- To carry out any other reasonable duties to achieve learning and experience that may be required, which are commensurate with the grade and nature of the post.
- This job description outlines the main current duties and responsibilities of the training post. The job description will need to be reviewed and subsequently may be altered. Any resulting changes will be subject to consultation.
- In addition to regular assessment and planning meetings, the trainee will have an annual meeting to discuss progress and to consider issues relevant to the wider national training programme.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Applicants must have a 1st or 2.1 either in an undergraduate honours degree or an integrated master's degree, in a pure or applied science subject relevant to the specialism for which they are applying.
- Applicants with a 2.2 honours degree or better in any subject will also be considered if they have a higher degree that is relevant to the specialism for which they are applying.
Experience
Essential
- For all candidates evidence of research experience, e.g. in the form of a higher degree or equivalent evidence of scientific and academic capability, is considered desirable
Skills
Essential
- A committed, in depth interest in scientific practice and its application to direct clinical care of patients in a clinical environment.
- Ability to design research investigations and experiments.
- Ability to analyse and assess scientific, technical and medical literature.
- Ability to make judgements, including clinical judgements involving facts or situations that impact on patients
- Understanding of quality control and management assurance in a science or work based context.
- Understanding of quality control and management assurance in a science or work based context.
- Ability to identify problems associated with scientific equipment, inappropriate testing, incompatible results and to investigate these, plan corrective action confirming appropriateness with senior colleagues and follow up. (Ability to use, maintain and troubleshoot scientific equipment.)
- Understanding of the role of their chosen specialism in healthcare and disease and its application in a healthcare setting.
- Good IT skills and knowledge of common computing packages for word processing, spreadsheets, presentation packages and databases.
- Ability to analyse complex information comprising laboratory or workshop data, images and clinical details. Knowledge acquired through study and experience to formulate appropriate advice and judgements
Knowledge
Essential
Values
Essential
- Ability to perform a wide range of duties according to the Job Description.
- Highly developed co-ordination skills with good dexterity and hand-eye co-ordination and those skills required for the performance of fine analytical techniques
- Ability to meet the travel requirements of the training role and the clinical rotations.
- Ability to demonstrate the organisational values and behaviours
Other
Essential
- Flexible
- Work Bank Holidays and Out of Hours
- Cover shifts withing the core hours (7am - 5pm)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Applicants must have a 1st or 2.1 either in an undergraduate honours degree or an integrated master's degree, in a pure or applied science subject relevant to the specialism for which they are applying.
- Applicants with a 2.2 honours degree or better in any subject will also be considered if they have a higher degree that is relevant to the specialism for which they are applying.
Experience
Essential
- For all candidates evidence of research experience, e.g. in the form of a higher degree or equivalent evidence of scientific and academic capability, is considered desirable
Skills
Essential
- A committed, in depth interest in scientific practice and its application to direct clinical care of patients in a clinical environment.
- Ability to design research investigations and experiments.
- Ability to analyse and assess scientific, technical and medical literature.
- Ability to make judgements, including clinical judgements involving facts or situations that impact on patients
- Understanding of quality control and management assurance in a science or work based context.
- Understanding of quality control and management assurance in a science or work based context.
- Ability to identify problems associated with scientific equipment, inappropriate testing, incompatible results and to investigate these, plan corrective action confirming appropriateness with senior colleagues and follow up. (Ability to use, maintain and troubleshoot scientific equipment.)
- Understanding of the role of their chosen specialism in healthcare and disease and its application in a healthcare setting.
- Good IT skills and knowledge of common computing packages for word processing, spreadsheets, presentation packages and databases.
- Ability to analyse complex information comprising laboratory or workshop data, images and clinical details. Knowledge acquired through study and experience to formulate appropriate advice and judgements
Knowledge
Essential
Values
Essential
- Ability to perform a wide range of duties according to the Job Description.
- Highly developed co-ordination skills with good dexterity and hand-eye co-ordination and those skills required for the performance of fine analytical techniques
- Ability to meet the travel requirements of the training role and the clinical rotations.
- Ability to demonstrate the organisational values and behaviours
Other
Essential
- Flexible
- Work Bank Holidays and Out of Hours
- Cover shifts withing the core hours (7am - 5pm)
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.
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.
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).
