Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Clinical Scientist, Band 7
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Qualified Clinical Biochemistry Practitioner/Scientist
Role Overview
Qualified Clinical Biochemistry practitioner/scientist working within Berkshire and Surrey Pathology Services (BSPS).
Responsibilities
We are looking for the right person who can provide routine and specialist laboratory services, support clinicians, develop expertise, and contribute to service improvements.
Deliver a Safe, High-Quality Clinical Biochemistry Service
You would work as part of a multidisciplinary laboratory team, ensuring patient results are accurate, reliable, and produced safely.
Provide Scientific and Clinical Support
You would support doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals by providing advice and interpreting or discussing laboratory results where appropriate.
Teaching and Training
The role involves helping to teach and train colleagues, students, and other healthcare professionals in your area of expertise.
Provide a Scientific and Clinical Service
You will be expected to work as a qualified Clinical Biochemistry practitioner and provide laboratory support to doctors and other healthcare professionals across the BSPS network. This could include:
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- Performing and reviewing biochemical investigations.
- Ensuring results are accurate, timely, and clinically appropriate.
- Responding to clinical enquiries and providing scientific advice.
- Following laboratory SOPs, quality procedures, and patient-safety requirements.
- Working effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
Help Develop and Verify New Assays
This is an important technical responsibility. You could be involved in introducing a new laboratory test or analyser method. This may involve:
- Reviewing the scientific evidence for the assay.
- Testing its analytical performance.
- Assessing precision, accuracy, sensitivity, and other performance characteristics.
- Comparing a new method with an existing method.
- Documenting the verification/validation work.
Why Join Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust?
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability-confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme.
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- We provide first-class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management, and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
- We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognizing that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours. We do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Contact Information
For full details of the role, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
For further details/informal visits contact:
- Name: Helen Bruce (Royal Surrey County Hospital)
- Job title: Consultant Clinical Scientist
- Email address: hbruce@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 0300 615 3444
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