Registered Clinical Scientist; XR

Permanent

HCPC Registered Clinical/Healthcare Scientist Posts in Genomics

37.5hours per week, full time (Flexible working practices including potentialhybrid on-site/remote working and including enhancements for weekend rota.)

Joinus to make a meaningful difference to patients lives

Ifyour passion is Genomics and you want to be at the forefront of improvingoutcomes for patients, then theres no better place to be.

Weare currently recruiting for dedicated individuals to join our growing teamin the Genomics Central Laboratory at Leeds St Jamess University Hospital,as Clinical Scientists.

Working closely with colleagues at Leeds and across the wider North East and Yorkshire (NEY) region, youll be responsible for the:

Delivery and scientific development of a high-quality diagnostic laboratory genetics service

Scientific leadership in service provision for a specified clinical area

Providing advice to consultants andother service users

Making contributions to shapenational best-practice

Please note the shortlisting and interview dates are a guideline only and are subject to change.

HCPC-registered Clinical Scientist with evidenced Genomics experience (including Clinical Scientists from other

STP disciplines); or

Final year (or late second year)
Clinical Scientist trainee on an accredited training programme (e.g. STP orequivalence) with evidenced genomic experience; or

MSC or PHD in Genetics, with significant laboratory and analytical experience in a relevant clinical setting*; or

HCPC-registered biomedicalscientists (BMS) with genomics experience in a relevant clinical setting*

* Wouldbe appointed at an appropriate grade until HCPC registration as a Clinical Scientist by portfolio submission via ACS which you should expect to be ableto deliver within 12m.

For further information please refer to the job description.

Whowe are

Our
160-strong workforce at Leeds St James Hospital provides the Leeds Central Genomics Laboratory for the NEY Genomic Laboratory Hub. The NEY GLH serves around 9 million patients regionally and brings together genomic expertise across NHS Trustsin Leeds, Newcastle and Sheffield. Wealso provide highly specialised tests for inherited cancers for the wider

NHS.

The Leeds Central Genomics laboratory is responsible for delivering the highthroughput Next Generation Sequencing facility for the GLH, based around

NovaSeq, Next Seq
550DX and Genexus platforms with associated technical andbioinformatics support to deliver an efficient service, in addition to abroad spectrum of equipment and technologies to support a full genomiclaboratory.

Over £4m has been invested in new and cutting-edge equipment in the last fouryears.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

JOB PURPOSE

Responsible for delivery andscientific development of a high quality diagnostic Laboratory Genetics Service.

Scientific lead in service provision for specified clinical area.

Provide advice to Consultants andother users.

Participate in forming nationalbest-practice policy.

JOB DIMENSIONS

The Leeds Genetics Laboratory at St Jamess University Hospital provides adiagnostic Genetic Service to the population of Yorkshire and Humber.

Specialist diagnostic genetic services are provided at a national and international level, using a current annual budget of approximately £3millionand with over 70 staff, of which 35 are trained Clinical Scientists. The laboratory processes over 25,000 genetics samples per year, and generatesaround 20,000 reports, many of which are highly complex.

Thepost holder will independently discuss, advise and challenge clinicians and scientists, including Consultants (both from genetics and other disciplines) and GPs on the complex interpretation of results which may be sensitive…