clinician London, England
Job description
Communication Required to attend and participate in appropriate meetings both within the departments, the Trust and with colleagues outside the Trusts and to deputise for the Consultant Clinical Scientist as required. Provides and receives highly complex information to colleagues and other healthcare professionals both within and outside the Trust. Communicates any difficulties, problems, accidents or incidents affecting the delivery of the service or the department to senior management as appropriate. Required to demonstrate excellent teaching / presentation skills Required to demonstrate excellent written communication skills in the form of scientific reports and in the production of controlled laboratory documentation Required to participate in the reporting and responding to clinical incidents.
May be required to assist with visits to the department from groups including medical students and other Health Care Professionals from both within and outside the Trusts. Technical Have an understanding of the concepts of safe handling of blood, faeces, other body fluids, and hazardous chemicals Have an understanding of the concepts and general issues surrounding automated instrumentation and manual testing. To assist in the troubleshooting of analytical problems as they arise. Scientific To take responsibility for service development in accordance with National guidelines and other markers of good clinical practice.
To develop and evaluate new methods and undertake complex investigations where required. To advise on point of care testing as deputy for the Consultant Clinical Scientist To participate in the evaluation and selection of equipment. To engage in monitoring the quality and efficiency of service delivery, through internal quality control, external quality assurance and local and national audit activities. To collaborate in biochemical and clinical research activities within the department and across the organisation.
To participate in the clinical academic activities of the Department. Clinical Under the supervision of the Consultant Clinical Scientist discuss and provide advice for clinical staff on the complex interpretation of general biochemistry results e.g. advise on differential diagnoses, monitoring, treatment and therapy. To advise where appropriate on the best combination of tests included in request profiles, the method of requesting, sample handling and result reporting.
To review abnormal results on the Laboratory information system, notifying all requestors of unexpected clinically significant abnormal results in accordance with local written procedures. Where appropriate append clinically relevant interpretive and advisory comments to the computer record and when necessary to immediate patient management, discuss results with the requesting clinician. Complete familiarity is required with the local analytical systems, IT systems and procedures. To answer general enquiries from clinicians, laboratory and reception staff.
To develop good working relationships with service users. To give technical and clinical advice out-of-hours if necessary. To undertake local and collaborative clinical audit; to register any audit undertaken and present findings at the clinical audit meetings and external departments as required. Research and Service Development To keep abreast of innovations and developments in analytical chemistry, and to be proactive in the development of new techniques, tests and instrumentation.
To be able to participate in the co-ordination of R & D activities. To develop, validate and implement new methods and assays in to the laboratory. Managerial To liaise with colleagues from other pathology disciplines and senior hospital management on any issues relating to the service. To liaise with users on service related issues including turnaround times, test availability, sample types and integrity and the delivery of results.
To select suitable laboratories (UKAS accredited where possible) for referral tests. To deputise for the Consultant Clinical Scientist on the Board of Pathology and Pathology Team meetings. To participate in clinical governance and risk management activities both within and outside the Department to ensure delivery of a high quality analytical service. To investigate incidents which have had real or possible adverse effects on patient care.
To work with the service manager to seek alternative arrangements for service provision in the event of service failure. To support the service manager in implementing corrective actions following service failure. Financial and Statistical To be aware of and comply with relevant budgetary control systems within the departments. To record, monitor and report on all statistical information when required by senior management of the Trust, Department of Health and other official bodies as directed.
To participate in demand management initiatives including monitoring of reference laboratory tests. Laboratory Informatics To be familiar and proficient with the use of the information technology systems within the departments and to keep up to date with upgrades or changes to systems. Extensive knowledge of laboratory systems for result reporting is required. To use the Laboratory Information Systems according to the authorised protocols.
To contribute to the development of systems and processes for recording and storing laboratory information. To recommend new software where appropriate. To be familiar and proficient in the use of standard office software and to create and format databases and spreadsheets when required. To be familiar and proficient in the use of statistical software for the purposes of research, evaluations and clinical audit.
To comply with local and national policies for the safe, secure and confidential processing and storage of patient and other laboratory information. To comply with the Trusts IT policies
