Job summary
- Main area
- 317 NMPCE - Clinical Computing/Informatics
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 24 months (06 January 2025 until 05 January 2027)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 317-2024-45-030
- Employer
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Freeman Hospital
- Town
- 317 01 Freeman Hospital
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
- Interview date
- 11/12/2024
Employer heading
Healthcare Scientist
Band 6
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job overview
The Northern Medical Physics & Clinical Engineering Directorate provides a range of specialist clinical and scientific services to the Trust and has an active programme of medical device development and assessment. The Directorate focuses on meeting the needs of patients in the Trust and the NHS by delivering high quality services combined with an academic approach and a strong commercial awareness. The Clinical Bioinformatics and Computing service provides professional scientific computing and healthcare informatics expertise and advice to a wide range of stakeholders within and outside the Directorate.
The responsibilities of the role include delivery of analytic pipelines according to solid data science and statistics principles, development and application of analytical tools, leading a portfolio of projects, and liaising with stakeholders within the Directorate, the Trust and externally. The post-holder will contribute to the innovation activities of the Directorate and will be expected to support, contribute and initiate research and innovation projects, involving academic publication and application for external funding.
- Interview Date Wednesday 11 December 2024
- 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy
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Main duties of the job
We are seeking a Healthcare Scientist at Band 6 to work in our Clinical Bioinformatics and Computing service. The service provides clinical information systems, analysis of large national and local data sets for outcome assessment and service improvement, prospective data collection including provision and analysis of registers, and assessment of real-world evidence in support of national guidance programmes.
The role will focus on collecting, processing, interpreting and presenting clinical data to support research and evidence-based clinical guidance, and to identify trends, opportunities and gaps in data-driven clinical knowledge. The candidate will lead on individual projects and participate in the development and upkeep of the service's data assets, infrastructure, codebase, documentation and training offering.
The successful candidate will have a range of skills in data science, statistics, and/or healthcare informatics. Proficiency with one or more programming languages (e.g. R, Python, SQL) is expected, as well as a track record in data analytics. Further experience with software development and databases (e.g. PHP, C++, SQL) and with development best practices is desirable.
The candidate will support the scientific, evidence-based approach to the Directorate’s activities and evidence of previous involvement of research projects is desirable. Direct interaction with stakeholders including senior clinicians and external partners will be expected as part of the role.
Working for our organisation
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
• Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Performs a range of specialist healthcare science activities.
- Actively involved in research and development projects.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Person specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential criteria
- First or second-class honours degree or equivalent in a relevant subject
- Working towards becoming a registered Clinical Scientist
- Literacy, numeracy and accuracy of a high order
Desirable criteria
- Masters level qualification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Specialist knowledge and skills relevant to the area of work to post graduate level
- Good knowledge of IT software packages (e.g. R, Python, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and knowledge of applying them
- Knowledge of legislation, standards and safety principles relating to area of work
- Basic knowledge of anatomy, physiology and pathology relevant to area of work
- Basic knowledge of clinical hazards and infection control
Desirable criteria
- Experience in working in the hospital environment
- Experience in preparation and publishing of research in peer-reviewed journals
- General knowledge of the research and development process, including the production of grant funding proposals and ethics applications
- Advanced knowledge of scientific method and collection and analysis of data using standard scientific tools and software
- Basic knowledge of statistics analysis for medical applications to enable analyses to be written up for scientific publication
- Substantial experience and competency in using appropriate programming languages to manipulate data sets to extract information, develop new computer algorithms and new diagnostic tests
- Knowledge about medical device development and commercialisation
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to carry out research and development working as part of a team
- Good written and oral communication and presentation skills
- Demonstrable critical thinking and innovation skills
Desirable criteria
- Good enumerative skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Paola Cognigni
- Job title
- Career Grade / Lead Clinical Scientist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0191 2838632
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