Job Title: Senior Healthcare Scientist
Agency: Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Salary/Rate: 47,810 – £ 54,710 / Year

Job Summary

We are keen to recruit an enthusiastic, flexible, and self-motivated person to join our friendly team of staff. As a Healthcare scientist, you will play a key role in helping to deliver and develop our comprehensive, clinical immunology service.

The post holder will:

• Work as part of the team providing a clinical diagnostic service in Immunology to the Trust, General Practice, other UK and overseas Trusts, and laboratories and Clinical Trials.
• Be an HCPC Registered Band 7 scientist in immunology, and in conjunction with the senior management team, deliver this service to nationally accepted standards.
• Contribute to the provision of specialist knowledge and expertise in Immunology relevant to their particular section.
• At the bench level, be responsible for the overall running of their particular section of the Immunology Laboratory.
• At the bench level, continuously develop the Oxford immunology service by managing the evaluation and implementation of new developments for the immunology service relevant to their particular section.
• Contribute to laboratory-wide quality procedures such as audit, non-compliance, and inspection by accreditation bodies.
• To be a competent project manager of assigned platforms and assays, to manage and address all associated quality, scientific, training, and operational needs.
• To competently and proactively engage with Laboratory task management software, both existing structure and future development.

Main duties of the job

The Department of Immunology at Oxford University Hospitals Trust is looking for an HCPC-registered Healthcare Scientist with experience in an NHS diagnostic laboratory (preferably in Immunology). The applicant must have an M-level qualification in a relevant biomedical subject (preferably Immunology)

Applications to join our friendly team are invited from enthusiastic, flexible, and self-motivated scientists. The successful candidate will use their excellent communication skills to play a role in delivering/developing our comprehensive clinical service. You will help the Department meet the necessary standards for accreditation, ensuring protocols are followed and maintaining Health, Safety, and Security for individuals, the Department, and the Trust.

The Department of Immunology is a large and dynamic laboratory providing a regional diagnostic Immunology service. It offers a substantial, specialised, and diverse repertoire of assays. The laboratory has UKAS 15189 accreditation and processes over 650,000 tests per year. Situated in a vibrant, historical city with a tradition of innovation, we offer opportunities for career development in a highly progressive working environment.

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