Job summary
- Main area
- Genomics
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent: Roster 8am-8pm, Monday-Sunday
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 180-B-264272
- Employer
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Addenbrookes Hospital-Division B
- Town
- Cambridge
- Salary
- £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/11/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Genetic Technologist / Biomedical Scientist
Band 6
Job overview
East Genomics is one of seven regional services which make up the Genomic Medicine Service. We are pleased to be recruiting experienced Biomedical Scientists or Genetics Technologists to provide specialist testing within our Next Generation Sequencing Team. Our sequencers include Illumina NovaSeq 6000 and NovaSeq X platforms.
The Genomics Laboratory is the lead laboratory of East Genomics, serving over 9m people across 31 NHS Trusts. It is a busy workplace undergoing transformation. The post holders will lead in delivering an accurate and timely NGS service which puts the patient first. These are laboratory-based roles delivering patient testing requiring full-time on-site attendance to process patient samples.
The successful applicants will join a dynamic, growing establishment that is developing its staff in a vibrant atmosphere, making a real difference to patients who are benefitting from the latest genomic testing technology.
Find out more: www.eastgenomics.nhs.uk
Main duties of the job
- To achieve expert competence in an NGS sample pathway so that they can test patient samples to a high and consistent standard.
- Act as the accountable Team Lead within the laboratory for a specific NGS sample pathway, including training staff, so that they can test patient samples to a high and consistent standard.
- Problem solving quality issues.
- Manages and coordinates the day to day activities associated within a specific sample pathway.
- Maintain or work towards attaining AHCS or HCPC registration
Working for our organisation
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 17th November 2026
Interviews are due to be held on 30th November 2026
All appointments with a start date on or after 1 October 2026 will be subject to a 12-week probationary period. This provides a structured and supportive period to help you settle into your role, with regular reviews and feedback.
As there is a 12-week probationary period, successful candidates are expected to have the Right to Work for a period of at least 6 months from the proposed start date. Immigration and Right to Work status will be discussed with successful candidates at conditional offer. CUH will not offer sponsorship to candidates that have applied for a fee waiver.
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
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.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Biological Science Degree (BSc) or equivalent
- Postgraduate or work based (externally assessed) qualification in Genomics or similar
- Professional registration with either the AHCS or HCPC, or nearing completion.
Desirable criteria
- Management Qualification
- Quality Qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Highly specialist experience across a range of work procedures and practices underpinned by the theory and practice of next generation sequencing
- Experience of developing and delivering a sample pathway using next generation sequencing
- Experience of automating manual laboratory processes within next generation sequencing
- Practical experience of Quality Management Systems to ISO 15189:2022
Desirable criteria
- Previous relevant experience of working in an NHS laboratory
- Experience of performing Risk Assessments
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Extensive knowledge of the theory and practice of NGS testing
- Principles of Good Laboratory Practise
- The use of a Quality Management System in an ISO 15189:20222 accredited laboratory
- End to end sample pathway within a clinical molecular laboratory
- NHS patient confidentiality standards and how they are met
Desirable criteria
- Root cause analysis
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to effectively train and motivate others in a clinical laboratory
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, including writing SOPs
- Problem solving quality aspects of NGS processing
- Attention to detail and the ability to follow an SOP
- Manual dexterity with the ability to work in the laboratory for prolonged periods of time.
- Ability to work accurately under pressure and meet deadlines where there are competing demands, including prioritising their own work and that of others.
Desirable criteria
- Ability to challenge inappropriate behaviour in a safe and kind way.
- Change management
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Together: safe, kind, excellent.
- Ability to work on site on a roster system that covers Monday-Sunday 8am-8pm working
Employer certification / accreditation badges
.png "NHS Rainbow badge")
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mark Dance
- Job title
- Laboratory Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01223 349708
- Additional information
Souhile Abdussalam, [email protected], 01223 348866
List jobs with Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Health Science Services or all sectors