Job summary
- Main area
- Genomics
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8c
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 425-24-6816558
- Employer
- Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £74,290 - £85,601 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Rare Disease Lead Scientist
NHS AfC: Band 8c
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the North East & Yorkshire Genomic Laboratory Hub at Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust or Newcastle Hospitals Trust as our Rare Disease Lead Scientist. The post holder may select which of these Trusts they wish to be based at.
NEYGLH provides both Core Rare Disease services and Specialised services for Neurology, Musculoskeletal, Respiratory, Inherited cancer, Mitochondrial, Haematology and Gastrohepatology.
Genomics is key to transforming healthcare in England and continues to undergo positive transformation. NEYGLH has undergone significant changes and operates as a single GLH across our three sites. We provide a broad scope of technologies and have established bioinformatics and informatics teams supporting our technical and scientific services.
You will be HCPC registered, have FRCPath and have significant, broad practical and theoretical knowledge of Human Genetics with several areas of highly specialist skills and detailed knowledge in genomic service relevant to the post.
Main duties of the job
This role covers the whole NEYGLH. You will work with the GLH Directors and management team and with the rare disease teams across our region. We anticipate that you will be embedded within one of our three sites (selected by you).
You will be providing scientific leadership across the NEYGLH. This includes long term strategic planning across the whole service area, working with both national and local scientific teams and NEY clinical directors and leadership teams and providing expertise on professional issues relating to genomic testing in NEY.
Through developing and participating in networks, you will actively contribute to the organisational, local, regional and national agendas for Genomics by ensuring good communication across the organisation on regional and national issues. You will actively support regional system development and contribute to regional networks.
Working for our organisation
At Sheffield Children’s, our purpose is clear: to provide healthier futures for children and young people. Our three strategic aims are:
- Outstanding Patient Care
- Brilliant Place to work
- Leaders in Children’s Health
We work successfully with local, regional, and national partners to provide physical and mental healthcare across acute and community settings. Many of our clinicians are amongst the best in their field, recognised nationally and internationally for their expertise.
As well as having enormous pride in what we do, we are a friendly, welcoming, and motivated NHS Trust who are guided by our CARE values: Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence. Our nearly 4000 colleagues live these values, ensuring kind and compassionate care that makes patients and their families feel safe and at home.
As we approach our 150th anniversary in 2026, we remain committed to enhancing our reputation in children’s health leadership, improving the experiences of both patient and colleagues, and focusing on our communities and population health.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and person specification for full details of the role.
Inclusive Recruitment & Selection
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and accurate data capture is an important part of that to ensure we are supportive and representative. Our aim is to ensure that all applicants can see themselves in the available categories on our application form, but we recognise that some of our data capture fields are not inclusive. We have flagged this with our system provider to ask for change.
We offer encouragement and active support to applicants with additional needs, including those from ethnic minorities, with disabilities and members of the LGBTQ+ community. If you wish to adjust any aspect of the recruitment process or wish to find out more about our recruitment & selection processes, please get in touch with our Recruitment Manager: [email protected]
We are continually reviewing our recruitment & selection process to support the long-term aim of Sheffield Children’s being a champion of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion. If you have any ideas for improvement, please get in touch with Catherine Gilbert at [email protected]
Trust Values
The Trust is committed to providing great quality patient care and keep children, young people and families at the heart of what we do by following our CARE values:
- Compassion – leading by kindness and showing empathy, understanding and respect
- Accountability – striving to do the right thing and owning responsibility
- Respect – value differences, tackling inequality and fostering a culture of inclusion
- Excellence – delivering a high-quality standard of care
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Graduate in relevant honours degree in science or additional postgraduate qualification if not appropriate degree.
- Registered in appropriate scheme for Healthcare Scientist.
- HCPC registered Clinical Scientist.
- Fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists (Part 2)
Desirable criteria
- PhD or equivalent qualification or experience.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience in Genetics over a wide range of genomic services relevant to the post.
- Experience of successfully managing services in a complex organisation’ including people and budgetary management.
- Experience of providing clinical advice to and liaising with, managers and colleagues at all levels.
- Significant Broad practical and theoretical knowledge of Human Genetics with several areas of highly specialist skills and detailed knowledge in genomic service relevant to the post.
- Evidenced experience of working across organisational boundaries including statutory, voluntary and private sector.
- Evidence of a collaborative management style coupled with improving quality of service provision.
Desirable criteria
- Research experience as evidenced by publication, supervision or successful grant application.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of Health and Safety and Quality Management in a laboratory environment particularly audit, clinical audit and audit processes.
- Able to maximise leadership skills of people through effective standard-setting, monitoring, feedback, appraisal, mentoring, clinical supervision and reflective practice.
- Ability to evaluate situations and provide expert advice on issues.
- Ability to communicate complex information to colleagues, patients and relatives, clinicians and senior managers.
- Able to develop successful relationships with individuals and groups from a range of backgrounds.
- Able to negotiate effectively with individuals and organisations to achieve appropriate outcomes for the service .
- Ability to initiate and deliver research as evidenced by research qualifications, publications and/or grant applications.
- Proficient skills in IT including knowledge of data bases and spreadsheets.
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Approachable leadership style with ability to motivate colleagues.
- Ability to adapt to changing situations and meet deadlines.
- Has highly developed organisational skills, self motivation, drive for performance and improvement and flexibility in approach and attitude.
- Approachable leadership style with ability to motivate colleagues.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kath Smith
- Job title
- Laboratory Services Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07785 654972
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