Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Consultant Clinical Scientist
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This is an exceptional opportunity to lead a nationally recognised Point of Care Testing service. Berkshire and Surrey Pathology Services (BSPS) is one of the country's largest thriving NHS pathology networks, providing pathology services across six acute hospitals and associated community services. Our POCT service has been developed over many years and has established a strong national reputation for quality, innovation, clinical partnership and professional leadership.
In 2025, the BSPS POCT team won the NHS England Chief Scientific Officer Award for Outstanding Healthcare Science Service of the Year at the Advancing Healthcare Awards, recognised as a national leader in training, governance and best practice. The service delivers more than 56,000 tests each day across 1,380 devices, using a workforce of 85 staff, and was the first multi-NHS Trust POCT service to achieve ISO 15189:2022 accreditation.
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As Consultant Clinical Scientist and POCT Specialty Lead, you will provide scientific, clinical and strategic leadership to a multidisciplinary POCT team of 85 staff, working across BSPS acute hospitals and community services, including three ICBs, seven community hospitals and 15 Virtual Ward and Hospital at Home services. You will also become Director of Qpoint, BSPS's established POCT External Quality Assessment Scheme, with responsibilities extending locally, nationally and internationally.
You will lead the strategic development of POCT across BSPS, and further develop POCT across acute, community, Virtual Ward and Hospital@Home services. You will develop innovative clinical pathways that bring high-quality diagnostics closer to patients, and maintain and further develop our ISO 15189:2022 accredited service. You will lead and develop a highly skilled POCT workforce, and drive research, development, audit, digital connectivity and adoption of new technologies. You will influence POCT strategy across multiple NHS organisations, and develop the national and international profile of BSPS POCT and Qpoint, working with clinicians, healthcare organisations, professional bodies and industry to advance the effective use of POCT.
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