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Band 7 Clinical Scientist | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 08 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £51,488 - £57,802 pro rata per annum inclusive of HCAS |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 07 June 2024 |
| Location: | London, NW3 2QG |
| Company: | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6293102/391-RFL-6223151-B |
Summary
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the biggest NHS Trusts in the UK, delivering care to more than 1.6 million people a year at our three main hospitals: Barnet, Chase Farm and Royal Free.
The Trust aims to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
The Solid Organ Group, part of the Transplantation and specialist services division, is based at the UKAS and EFI accredited Anthony Nolan Laboratories located at the Royal Free site. This group provides histocompatibility and immunogenetics (H&I) services to support the Royal Free, kidney, liver and pancreatic islet transplant programmes.
We seek to recruit an HCPC registered clinical, biomedical scientist or a scientist with extensive experience working in H&I laboratories to join the team on a part-time basis (0.4 WTE), working on Monday and Friday (negotiable) as part of a job share for a fixed-term of 1 year. The candidate should have extensive knowledge of H&I and previous experience of performing H&I on-call work is essential. In addition, the other requirements listed in the job specification should be fulfilled.
The Clinical, Biomedical Scientist or a scientist with extensive experience working in the H&I field must be able to perform HLA typing, detect and identify HLA antibodies on the Luminex platform, and perform lymphocyte cross-matches with a flow cytometer to a very high standard. Previous experience of performing on-call H&I testing is essential and full participation in the 24/7 on-call rota is necessary
The Solid Organ Group, part of the Transplantation and specialist services division, is based at the UKAS and EFI accredited Anthony Nolan Laboratories located at the Royal Free site. This group provides histocompatibility and immunogenetics (H&I) services to support the Royal Free, kidney, liver and pancreatic islet transplant programmes.
See attached job description.
: This part-time Clinical Scientist/Biomedical Scientist position is in the Solid Organ Group located in the Anthony Nolan Laboratory, which is responsible for all aspects of Histocompatibility & Immunogenetics (H&I) relating to the renal, liver and pancreatic islet cell transplant programmes of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
The Clinical, Biomedical Scientist or a scientist with extensive experience working in the H&I field must be able to perform HLA typing, detect and identify HLA antibodies on the Luminex platform, and perform lymphocyte cross-matches with a flow cytometer to a very high standard. Previous experience of performing on-call H&I testing is essential and full participation in the 24/7 on-call rota is necessary.
In addition to this willingness and ability to actively participate in relevant research and development, audits of activity, teaching and training in this area is also required.
This advert closes on Friday 31 May 2024