Healthcare Scientist

Job description

Job responsibilities

The successful applicant will have appropriate HCPC registration (or be within 12 months of applying), will be prepared to train in new areas, be excellent communicators and contribute well to teamwork.Sheffield Diagnostic Genetics Service (SDGS) is a fully integrated laboratory with an interdisciplinary workforce of approximately 110 scientific, technical, bioinformatics, informatics, and administrative staff. We are based in modern facilities in Sheffield Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, next to Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, The University of Sheffield, and within close walking distance from Sheffield Hallam University and the city centre. We deliver analysis and reporting of a huge range of Cancer and Rare Disease genomic services, including Specialist Services in haematology, musculoskeletal conditions, neurology, gastrohepatology and respiratory conditions. We work collaboratively with clinical colleagues (e.g. the Ehlers-Danlos National Diagnostic Service), academic units (e.g. the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience SITraN) and educational innovations (e.g. the Julia Garnham Centre developed with the University of Sheffield). We have well-established hybrid working policies and IT infrastructure to support effective working-from-home.

North East and Yorkshire Genomic Laboratory Hub (NEY GLH) is an exciting collaboration formed from Newcastle Teaching Hospitals, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Sheffield Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, to provide services for Genomics across the North East and Yorkshire. The combined size of our geography makes this the largest collaboration in the country with the Trusts offering a range of both general and specialist hospital services with excellence in specialist care, research, and academic training.

Candidates will be asked to prepare and deliver a presentation as part of the assessment process.

Please see job description and personal specification for full details of the role.

Inclusive Recruitment & Selection

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and accurate data capture is an important part of that to ensure we are supportive and representative. Our aim is to ensure that all applicants can see themselves in the available categories on our application form, but we recognise that some of our data capture fields are not inclusive. We have flagged this with our system provider to ask for change.

We offer encouragement and active support to applicants with additional needs, including those from ethnic minorities, with disabilities and members of the LGBTQ+ community. If you wish to adjust any aspect of the recruitment process or wish to find out more about our recruitment & selection processes, please get in touch with our Recruitment Manager: Catherine.Gilbert7@nhs.net

We are continually reviewing our recruitment & selection process to support the long-term aim of Sheffield Childrens being a champion of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion. If you have any ideas for improvement, please get in touch with Catherine Gilbert at Catherine.Gilbert7@nhs.net

Trust Values

The Trust is committed to providing great quality patient care and keep children, young people and families at the heart of what we do by following our CARE values:

• Compassion leading by kindness and showing empathy, understanding and respect
• Accountability striving to do the right thing and owning responsibility
• Respect value differences, tackling inequality and fostering a culture of inclusion
• Excellence delivering a high-quality standard of care

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• Graduate in relevant good (2.2 or above) honours degree in science or additional postgraduate qualification if not appropriate degree
• Registered in appropriate scheme for Healthcare Scientist

Desirable

• Relevant post graduate or masters qualification

Experience

Essential

• Post registration experience in Genetics over a range of services
• Experience of service planning, development and delivery
• Experience of management of some aspects of CPA

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Broad practical and theoretical knowledge of Human Genetics with several areas of highly specialist skills and detailed knowledge.
• Knowledge of Health and Safety, quality management and CPA requirements in a laboratory environment.
• Very high level of technical and analytical skill including trouble shooting with complex systems.
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to train and develop staff in clinical science. Excellent organisational skills including meticulous record keeping.
• Ability to supervise and manage services, or groups of services, and meet tight deadlines where results may influence critical, potentially life-threatening treatment.

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Excellent team player and independent worker. Able to deal with confidential and emotionally stressful issues such as PreNatal Diagnosis and/or significant patient mortality.

Demonstrates Trust Values

Essential

• Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence.

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Sheffield Children's Hospital

Western Bank

Sheffield

S10 2TH

Employer's website

https://www.sheffieldchildrens.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)