Consultant Clinical Scientist

Job overview

The CUH Hematopathology & Oncology Diagnostic Service (HODS) are looking to appoint a Consultant Clinical Scientist.

HODS provides the NICE IOG NG47 compliant Specialist Integrated Haematological Malignancy Diagnostic Service (SIHMDS) for 9 NHS trusts within the East of England; including morphology, immunophenotyping and histopathology for the diagnosis, classification and disease monitoring of haematological malignancies for paediatric and adult patients.

Applications for this excellent opportunity are invited from suitably qualified individuals with significant experience.

The team would like to hear from individuals who are ready to make a significant contribution to clinical and operational aspects of the service in the long term.

Main duties of the job

Act as the scientific and operational lead for the Haematopathology and Oncology Diagnostic Service (HODS)  providing a regional specialist integrated haematological malignancy diagnostic service (SIHMDS) to the East of England

Act as an expert resource/diagnostician for aspects of haematological malignancy diagnosis and disease monitoring to include microscopy, flow cytometry and complex laboratory defined assay development.

The role requires frequent communication and close working with members of the haemato-oncology multidisciplinary team, including consultants in diagnostic and clinical Haematology, Haematopathology, Paediatric Haematology, Histopathology, Surgery and Radiology, as well as scientific staff in other CUH and regional laboratories

Participate and actively promote operational interactions and collaboration with co-dependent laboratories (currently the genomics and histopathology labs) and their senior scientific and clinical leadership to deliver effective and coordinated haematopathology diagnostics

Ensure that diagnostic/disease monitoring reports of complex assays are accurate and clinically relevant for MDT discussion

Plan and maintain the service delivery and laboratory activities to comply with all contractual obligations and necessary accreditation bodies including but not limited to UKAS ISO 15189 2022

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

*Initiate continual service improvement and delivery through technological, IT and digital innovations

Collaborate with other NHS providers, academic and commercial organisations for the benefit of patient care

Be responsible/accountable for the departmental budget

Participate in teaching/training of medical and scientific staff

This post carries a very high level of individual responsibility and freedom to act with or without scientific and technical support.

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have: -    applied for a Graduate visa -    or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment -    or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment For NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough based roles, all applicants from NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough who have identified that they are at risk of redundancy will be prioritised over those not at risk. However, interviews cannot be guaranteed.

This vacancy will close at midnight on 17th August 2025

Interviews are due to be held on 10th September 2025

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.