# Clinical Bioinformatician > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-bioinformatician/0b5e81bc-60db-4146-b65c-4241d5f69b14 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-bioinformatician/0b5e81bc-60db-4146-b65c-4241d5f69b14.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Great Ormond Street Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Health science services - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £58,133 - £65,261 Inclusive per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-23T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-09T15:40:36.385Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Great_Ormond_Street_Hospital_Children_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Genomics/Genomics-v8204714 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8204714?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.gosh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are seeking a skilled and enthusiastic Clinical Bioinformatician to join our team based in the North Thames Genomic Laboratory Hub at Great Ormond Street Hospital. Our team is delivering transformation in patient care by developing pipelines for rapid, comprehensive diagnosis of rare diseases. If you are committed to contributing to a team delivering excellence in rare disease bioinformatics this is definitely the post for you. You will be joining an enthusiastic, friendly, motivated Clinical Bioinformatics Team. This is an ideal opportunity to seriously contribute to clinical practice for the benefit of patients. This post is suitable for registered Clinical Bioinformaticians or Trainee Bioinformaticians close to registration. The role includes a minimum requirement of 20% onsite working, although the expectation is that you will work onsite for 40% of the week to support service delivery, collaboration and team integration. ### Main duties of the job You will be working within a team of Bioinformaticians supporting diagnostics services at Great Ormond Street Hospital. The role will be a mix of acting as Duty Bioinformatician, development work and data analysis to support the rare disease diagnostic service. The Duty Bioinformatician ensures the smooth operational delivery of the service and answers daily issues raised by the scientific teams. Development work includes working on new and updating existing pipelines and database projects, as well as evaluations of applications and infrastructure planning. Supporting scientific and clinical teams is also an important part of the role, requiring strong data analysis and presentation skills. It is likely that the majority of the role will be supporting the development of the service, but individuals will need to cover all aspects of the role. Having a broad set of programming skills and IT knowledge will be required. You will be responsible for ensuring that all work is completed to a high standard within defined timelines. You will be expected to work efficiently as part of the Bioinformatics Team and as a supportive team member. Compliance with UKAS ISO15189 standards is required, along with ensuring that the bioinformatics quality standards are maintained. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. ## Person Specification ### Skills/Abilities **Essential** - Excellent organisational and time management skills with ability to prioritise tasks effectively - Ability to develop and maintain excellent communication and working relationships - Able to provide specialist advice to laboratory staff - Able to present data at departmental and inter-departmental meetings - Awareness of clinical significance of genetics findings and implications for patients - Work to deadlines, operating autonomously and as part of a team - Knowledge and understanding of ISO15189 accreditation standards and their application to a genomics laboratory - Ability to write and follow bioinformatics protocols ### Experience/Knowledge **Essential** - Advanced knowledge of the Python programming language, and commonly used Python libraries and web frameworks (e.g. Django and Flask) - Knowledge of confidentiality and data protection processes and procedures - Experience of developing, implementing and maintaining bioinformatic data analysis pipelines - Experience with creating, querying and maintaining databases, particularly MySQL or PostgreSQL - Advanced use of git version control - Demonstrable experience in a clinical diagnostic department - Knowledge of bash and shell scripting - Ability to work in a Unix/Linux environment - Up to date knowledge of the relevant scientific literature - Evidence of professional and personal development. - Experience in scientific workflow languages for genomic pipelines (e.g. Nextflow) **Desirable** - Experience using docker for development - Experience deploying software in the cloud ### GOSH Culture and Values **Essential** - Our Always values - Able to work on site when required ### Academic/Professional qualification/Training **Essential** - State Registered Clinical Bioinformatician (HCPC) - MSc in Bioinformatics/Computational Biology or equivalent Postgraduate qualification **Desirable** - Higher degree (PhD) in Bioinformatics or a related field ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 680.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10590932) - [our gosh values (pdf, 516.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3097) - [staff benefits leaflet (pdf, 108.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2815) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.