Job overview

An exciting full-time permanent Band 7 Clinical Scientist post has arisen to join the Clinical Biochemistry team at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.  Applicants should have an honours degree in a relevant science, and MSc in Clinical Biochemistry or equivalent, registration with the Health Professions Council as a Clinical Scientist or be in the final year of Healthcare Sciences STP training scheme, with the aim to achieve HCPC registration within the next 12 months.

Our department supports both adult and Paediatric services across 6 hospitals and comprises laboratories on the Oxford Road Campus, Wythenshawe, Trafford and North Manchester sites.  The  laboratories are extensively equipped with Roche Cobas analysers for core chemistries and immunoassay, several HPLC systems and extensive mass spectrometry equipment and expertise. We have one of the largest  POCT services in the UK, which continues to expand in order to improve patient pathways (supporting the establishment of virtual wards (Hospital at Home) and Community Diagnostic Centres.   

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be based primarily at the Oxford Road Campus (ORC) but will also work with the POCT teams on the Wythenshawe, Trafford and North Manchester sites, either remotely or where required on site.

Key areas of responsibility will include providing support for our POCT team including leading on equipment selection, evaluation, testing,  troubleshooting, and quality assurance oversight.  They will also liaise with clinical teams regarding POCT and will sit on the POCT committee.  In our main laboratories they will support the Quality Assurance Manager in improving and maintaining analytical quality across our network, to include quality assurance, UKAS accreditation activities,  analytical quality improvement projects and provide IQC/EQA clinical oversight for a number of assays.

Following HCPC registration you will be involved in provision of the duty biochemist service, attendance at relevant MDTs will be encouraged.

The successful candidate will be involved in analytical method development to support our extensive specialist biochemistry services.   There are  opportunities for R&D with on-going plans for expansion and development of key services. We would also encourage participation in clinical quality improvement projects and clinical audit.  We are committed to training and development with teaching and mentoring opportunities both within the directorate and via links with the University of Manchester.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.