Clinical Scientist in Clinical Scientific Computing
Job summary
If you are a clinical scientist, specialising in clinical scientific computing, and passionate about making a positive difference to the delivery of healthcare within a leading London NHS Trust, keep reading! We have a vacancy for a clinical scientist to join our Clinical Scientific Computing team within the Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering at UCLH.
We are looking for a state registered clinical scientist, but welcome candidates with appropriate experience who could attain registration, via the equivalence route, within 3 years. You would be joining the team at a time of change, as we re-align to meet the challenges facing the Trust, support new digital technology, strengthen our interactions with clinical and technology stakeholders, and develop to provide a full range of scientific computing services. If you understand the importance of developing your emotional intelligence, big picture thinking and communication skills alongside your scientific skills we'd like to talk!
Main duties of the job
You will work closely with the Deputy Head of Clinical Scientific Computing as well as clinical scientists and analysts within Clinical Scientific Computing and other members of staff within Medical Physics. You will develop strong and productive working relationships with clinicians, scientists and clinical managers.
You will be part of a specialist team that has significant commitments to support clinical services in Neurophysiology, Women's Health Radiotherapy, Proton Beam Therapy, Nuclear Medicine and Sterile Services. The team also has a key role in implementing and managing systems that cover many other clinical areas.
You will use your organisational skills to manage projects involving clinical, commercial and technical stakeholders, whilst also bringing your technical and scientific skills and your understanding of the regulatory requirements, risk and quality management to evaluate, specify, implement and manage clinical systems.
We have close links with UCL and are accredited by the National School of Healthcare Science to support trainees in Clinical Scientific Computing. We want you to take an active role in supporting research, development and innovation and will be keen to understand and support you to use your strengths and develop your interests whether they be in programming, datascience, AI or another area of clinical scientific computing.
About us
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
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University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
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National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
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Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
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University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
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Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
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University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
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The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
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University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*
UCLH top trust to work at in England for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
*In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the second year in a row.
UCLH top trust to work at in England for the second year running! University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work.
GROMELSKA, Anna (ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST) Thu 15/08/2024 13:29 This vacancy has been advertised in accordance with the new NHS pay rate which will take effect from autumn 2024. Please note if your employment starts before the 24/25 pay scales are implemented you will be paid under the 23/24 pay scales and any backpay will be adjusted accordingly. Further information can be found athttps://www.nhsemployers.org/articles/pay-scales-202425Person Specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
- 1st or 2nd class honours degree in computer science, a physical science, engineering, or equivalent
- MSc / MEng in a relevant field, or an equivalent level of knowledge obtained through a combination of qualifications and experience.
- State Registration as a Clinical Scientist / able to register within 3 years of appointment.
- Corporate Membership of relevant professional institutes (eg IPEM, IET)
Scientific & Technical
- Broad knowledge across the full range of working procedures and practices in clinical scientific computing including relevant legislation, national and international standards, NHS policy, and professional and other guidelines.
- Broad knowledge of software engineering best practices (including issue tracking, testing, documentation, version control and continuous integration) that enable the delivery of reliable, sustainable and trustworthy outputs
- Broad knowledge of statistics and mathematics applied to acquiring reliable insight from data.
- Broad knowledge of computer hardware and software at both operating system and application level and also of medical device IT systems.
- Broad knowledge of architecture, configuration, security and performance management of networks using TCP/IP protocols
- Broad knowledge of security issues associated with computer systems within the Trust, NHS and health sector, and the measures required to address these.
- Broad knowledge of data management, including storage, archive, backup and data publication technologies
- Broad knowledge of medical devices and of other areas of medical physics and clinical engineering practice and procedure.
Clinical
- Knowledge of clinical practice and the implications for clinical scientific computing.
- Basic knowledge of relevant anatomy, physiology and pathology.
- Understanding of the potential risks to patients, staff and organisations arising from system failure, human error and clinical scientific computing practice
- Knowledge and understanding of quality and risk management as they apply to clinical scientific computing.
Management & Leadership
- Understanding of quality and performance management and their application to a clinical scientific computing service.
- Knowledge of how to offer effective supervision.
- Knowledge of appropriate standards and systems of financial accountability in a public sector organisation
Scientific & Technical
- Experience of a scientific healthcare environment
- Experience of managing computer operating systems especially Unix and Windows
- Experience of a wide variety of computing systems and application packages
- Experience of managing IT systems in a clinical environment
- Experience with the core tools of data science and analytics, in a programmatic framework such as R, Python, or Julia
- Experience with at least one specialist technique or tool in data analytics, such as natural language processing, neural networks, Bayesian inference, Gaussian processes.
- Experience with at least one programming language used for research (such as C, C++, Fortran, Javascript, Julia, Python, or R) at a level and breadth commensurate with seniority.
- Experience of programming both applications and systems
- Experience of managing IT projects
- Experience with the authorship, development, testing and maintenance of software for clinical research & development. This might include (but is not limited to) software supporting data processing and statistical analysis, image analysis tools, front- and back-end web development, mobile apps, high-performance simulation software, or mathematical software.
Management & Leadership
- Experience of providing services in a scientific healthcare environment.
- Experience of supervising junior staff and trainees.
- Experience of managing resources and project budgets
- Experience of identifying service development opportunities.
- Experience of participating in committees / working groups involving scientific and technical information.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
Employer details
Employer name
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
University College London Hospital
235 Euston Road
London
NW1 2BU
https://www.uclh.nhs.uk
- Company
- University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Location
- London, United Kingdom NW1 2BU
- Employment Type
- Permanent
- Salary
- £54320.00 - £60981.00 a year
- Posted
- Company
- University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Location
- London, United Kingdom NW1 2BU
- Employment Type
- Permanent
- Salary
- £54320.00 - £60981.00 a year
- Posted