Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  For more information about this role please refer attached JD. Some of the responsibilities includes as follows.

·       To be responsible for clinically authorising results and adding interpretative comments, both proactively (using rules-based practice and ad hoc comments at computerised authorisation of individual results) and reactively (in response to verbal or written requests for advice).

·       To provide a clinical advisory service to hospital clinicians, nursing staff, General Practitioners and other health professionals that is supervised by the Consultant. The provision of clinical advice will include guidance on the interpretation of results and the selection of further tests to aid the diagnosis and treatment of patients. The post holder will exercise their judgement regarding referral to another clinical specialty and engage in discussion regarding patient management.

·        Periodically review the laboratory repertoire to ensure that they are clinically appropriate for the requests received

·       To clinically authorise and validate patient test results and reports including advice on the highly complex clinical interpretation of complex biochemistry results

·       To discuss and advise clinicians on the highly complex interpretation of biochemistry results e.g. advise on differential diagnosis, monitoring and therapy changes and further investigations

·       To follow up individual patients and institute other test investigations when necessary

·       To have knowledge and understanding of any clinically urgent test results and communicate and discuss these urgently to the appropriate medical or nursing staff.

·       To investigate any erroneous or unusual patient test results

·       To ensure the timely reporting of patient results in order that patient care is not compromised

·       To investigate, report and record all errors and untoward incidents in their area of responsibility following Trust protocols and reporting systems.

N.B. Clinical liaison and advisory duties will be performed under supervision of an experienced Registered Practitioner until the Clinical Scientist is HCPC registered