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SalaryThis post is within the Healthcare Associated Infection, Fungal, Antimicrobial Resistance, Antimicrobial Utilisation & Sepsis Division (Clinical & Public Health group) of UKHSA. The mission of the division is to protect people from healthcare-associated and antimicrobial resistant infections, through world-leading public health microbiology, outbreak response, surveillance, antimicrobial stewardship, modelling, research and evidence-based interventions.
This post is positioned within the Colindale site, working within the Healthcare Associated Infection, Fungal, Antimicrobial Resistance, Antimicrobial Utilisation & Sepsis Division providing scientific and managerial leadership to both the Division and national AMR reference services within the Specialised Microbiology and Laboratories (SML) within the Science Group.
As an HCPC-registered Clinical Scientist, the post-holder will work seamlessly between the Division and SML: (i) to provide scientific and technical leadership in the area of typing and characterization of Opportunistic Pathogens; (ii) to lead the laboratory team delivering national typing and characterization of Opportunistic Pathogen reference services; (ii) to be responsible for validating and issuing clinical reports to customers; and (iiv) to provide scientific and strategic leadership for introducing novel technologies into reference services to meet the Division objectives.
Location
UKHSA Colindale office, 61 Colindale Ave, London, NW9 5EQ
Essential Criteria:
It is important through your application and Statement of Suitability of 1500 words that you give evidence and examples of proven experience of each of the essential criteria (for full details of all essential criteria please refer to the attached job description, you must review this to produce your statement of suitability):
Essential
- Relevant professional qualification: either full registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as Clinical Scientist, or an ACS Certificate of Attainment
- Relevant Postdoctoral experience
- Clinical scientific and molecular microbiology experience
- Familiarity with diverse molecular diagnostic platforms
- MOLIS / LIMS experience. Validating reports through MOLIS or similar LIMS system
- Good working knowledge of antibiotic susceptibility testing and resistance mechanisms
- Demonstrable experience of running services accredited to ISO 15189 standard
- Demonstrable experience of leading complex projects and project management skills
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
- Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
- Strategic thinking - ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise
- Experience of molecular microbiological techniques and their application
- An understandingof and commitmenttoequalityofopportunityandgood workingrelationships, but also in relation to management systems
Desirable
- Molecular assay development and validation
