Operations Lead

• G-banded karyotype analysis
• FISH
• SNP-array analysis
• NGS
• WGS
• Fragment analysis
• Q-PCR
• Digital PCR

• Contribution to the management structure.
• Communication and leadership to less senior members of the team.
• Communication with service users and others within the wider SE-HMDS service.
• Leading in the validation of new tests.
• Ensuring work is completed in a timely manner and to standards compliant with ISO 15189:2022.
• Maintenance of advanced knowledge pertaining to the field in order to help direct, provide advice and authorise genomic findings.
• Training responsibilities and overseeing the laboratory competency framework

• Sample Triage: In line with clinically agreed SE-HMDS triage pathways, you will provide expertise on the triage process, facilitating an interface between the clinical team and the scientific workforce.
• Analysis, reporting and report authorisation: You will contribute to the analysis, interpretation, reporting and authorisation of genomic variants from a wide variety of different genomic technologies as listed above, to enable rapid patient treatment decisions. You will ensure work is carried out to a high standard and within relevant target reporting times.
• Quality: In line with UKAS laboratory accreditation standards you will be an exemplar for quality management activities, including training, validations, audits, incident reporting and management and procedural documentation.
• Training: As the Training Lead, you will oversee the laboratory competency framework and associated documentation, coordinate and support the STP training programme and rota, and guide staff in their professional development, including career progression, continuing professional development (CPD), and Clinical Scientist registration.
• Service development: You will lead in the adoption of new tests and technologies, leading validation of these into the SE-HMDS genomics service.
• Collaboration: As part of a specialised integrated HMDS service you will have a close working relationship with a diverse group of specialists including other genomic scientists, bioinformaticians, immunophenotyping scientists, Histopathologists and Consultant Clinical Haematologists.
• Professional development: You will have the opportunity to attend the plethora of available learning opportunities offered internally including the SEGLH Educational Sessions and SE-HMDS Integrated Training Sessions. Participation in relevant national and international scientific and/ or clinical meetings is actively encouraged and supported by Synnovis.

Essential

• BSc (Hons) IBMS accredited degree or equivalent
• State Registration as Clinical Scientist with Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• Evidence of ongoing Continuous Professional Development (CPD)

Essential

• Leadership qualities with experience of coaching, coordinating and managing a team
• Acting as owner for escalation and communication to internal and external service users in the event of quality/ /assay failures
• Significant demonstrable discipline specific practical experience
• Education of physiology, pathology, and scientific principles relevant to specialism
• Supervising analysis, interpretation and technical validation of routine, complex and specialist results

Essential

• Ability to deploy staff flexibly and effectively, to provide an efficient and timely laboratory service able to meet variations in work pattern and clinical demand
• Ability to ensure that all staff, including visiting trainees, are appropriately trained and supervised, and to oversee their training in specialist techniques for the analysis of specimens
• Demonstrate a high degree of skill, knowledge and judgement where interpretation of results can be highly subjective
• Ability to troubleshoot and train those who use the Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS)
• Ability to manage effectively in a dynamic environment with multiple conflicting priorities
• Ability to maintain focus and concentration for extended periods of time