Clinical Scientist

Main area 317 Genetics Molecular Grade Band 7 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (from date of appointment) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job  
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Employer The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Trustwide Town 317 Trustwide Salary £49,387 - £56,515 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 25/10/2026 23:59 Interview date 23/11/2026

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, w e’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 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.

The Newcastle Genetics Laboratory forms part of the North East and Yorkshire Genomic Laboratory Hub, (NE&Y GLH) alongside our partners in Leeds and Sheffield. There are ongoing Clinical Scientist vacancies to join our friendly laboratory teams, (see  ) and applications are invited for a fixed term (one year) band 7 Clinical Scientist post in the Newcastle Genetics Laboratory. This is an exciting time to work in genomics, and an opportunity to be at the forefront of improving outcomes for patients.

Candidates should ideally be either State Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) or should achieve State Registration within the first year. State Registration will be required for full assimilation onto band 7 (successful candidates within one year of HCPC registration would be appointed at 75% of band 7 until registration was achieved). All applicants should have direct experience of the work of a diagnostic genetics service.

• Interview Date Monday 23 November 2026

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We provide testing for a wide variety of inherited and acquired conditions for a local population of over three million people, as well as services provided for the North East and Yorkshire Genomic Laboratory Hub. In addition we provide specialised services to patients throughout the UK and internationally. The Newcastle Genetics laboratory is housed in purpose built accommodation at the Institute of Genetic Medicine near to Newcastle city centre, and has a close association with the high profile academic groups working in the Institute of Genetic Medicine research laboratories.

The successful candidate will be a motivated and reliable…