Job summary
- Main area
- Healthcare Science
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (from start date)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-CR-1061
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Charing Cross Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £58,133 - £65,261 pa inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Practice Educator Healthcare Science
Band 7
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
We are looking for an experienced scientist to support education and training for our physiologist healthcare science workforce. The Trust employs 1300 scientists across the life sciences, physiological and physical sciences.
The successful candidate will have prior experience of training and mentoring and have a keen interest in clinical practice education and development. You will need to demonstrate that you are pro-active, highly motivated, well organised, have excellent inter-personal skills and be able to work both independently and as part of a senior team.
Main duties of the job
• Maintain an effective educational environment through coaching and staff development within healthcare science clinical settings.
• Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team to enable delivery of high quality effective care, thus improving the patients’ experience.
• Act as an expert practitioner, resource and role model encourage evidence based practice and provide support and supervision to all staff, including those on professional development courses.
• Work in partnership with the service leads in identifying training needs of ward staff.
• Develop programmes of education and training, whilst demonstrating awareness of cultural diversity in the workplace and the need to adapt training accordingly.
• Collaborate with the Lead Healthcare Scientist and the Healthcare Science Education Team in strategy development and be responsible for the achievement of education targets.
• Ensure a conducive learning environment and act as a change agent with a strong professional and clinical focus.
• Represent the Trust and participate in meetings, training sessions and agreed study forums both within and outside the Trust, which enhance personal and professional clinical standards.
• Engender a learning culture within healthcare science services.
• Work in partnership with Lead Healthcare Scientist and service leads as part of the Lead Healthcare Scientist’s team contributing to the development of healthcare scientist staff.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
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 overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education/ qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered scientist or equivalent professional body register n relevant healthcare
- Degree in relevant healthcare science subject
- Post registration qualification in relevant healthcare science subject
- PSEL course or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- ALS Provider
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive recent varied experience in a patient facing healthcare science speciality
- Recent experience, managing or supervising a clinical team
- Classroom and clinical teaching experience
Skills/knowledge/ abilities
Essential criteria
- Leadership skills
- Experience of managing change
- Auditing clinical standards
Desirable criteria
- Research experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Emma Walker
- Job title
- Consultant Clinical Scientist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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