Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Scientist
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent: Full time - 37.5 hours
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 411-SUR-25-7415304-A
- Employer
- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Alder Hey Children's Hospital
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Clinical Scientist/Biomechanist Gait Laboratory
Band 7
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.
We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.
As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.
You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
- Great flexible working opportunities
- Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme
- Extensive staff health and well-being programmes
Job overview
The movement analysis service at Alder Hey has an opportunity for an enthusiastic Clinical Scientist to join our multi-disciplinary team.
This is an excellent opportunity to be part of one of the busiest clinical gait labs in the country.
The North West Movement Analysis Centre (NWMAC) is a vibrant department at the centre of the Orthopaedic Department at Alder Hey.
It has strong research and teaching links with Liverpool John Moores University.
The post holder will work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary NWMAC team in providing the day-to-day running of the gait analysis facility as well as the undertaking of service development and innovation activities.
S/he will also assist in the maintenance of the Movement Analysis Centre equipment in addition to patient testing.
For more information or to arrange an informal visit, please contact Mrs Ornella Pinzone, N.W.M.A.C. Manager, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, L12 2AP.
Email: [email protected]
Main duties of the job
- To work in conjunction with other clinical scientists & biomechanists in the day-to-day running of the Movement Analysis Centre, including calibration, operation and maintenance.
- To be responsible for all the technical aspects working closely with the N.W.M.A.C. manager and the biomechanist in the lab.
- To keep abreast of computer technology developments and to be able to develop bespoke software packages.
- To assist in processing and managing patient data, including regular backups.
- To be able to perform complex technical procedures and assessments using the 3D gait analysis system. This will involve history taking, physical examination and accurate application of surface markers.
- To use advanced knowledge to interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical diagnoses in a wide variety of highly complex conditions, where there may be conflicting evidence or where some information is unavailable.
- To contribute to the writing and presentation to the NWMAC team of high-quality comprehensive gait analysis reports based on highly developed theoretical and practical knowledge.
Working for our organisation
- To demonstrate a sound understanding of Trust values, Clinical Governance and Risk Management and apply to the work situation.
- To be aware of Health and Safety aspects of your work and implement any policies, which may be required to improve the safety of your work area, including your prompt recording and reporting of accidents and incidents (in line with policy), and ensuring that equipment use is safe.
- To communicate effectively and work collaboratively with other professional and agencies allied with NMWAC including BME and gait lab equipment manufacturers.
- To maintain own clinical professional development (CPD) by keeping abreast of any trends and developments and incorporate them as necessary into your work. Being responsible for maintaining written evidence within CPD portfolio.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To work as an effective member of the multidisciplinary Movement Analysis Centre team in providing an efficient and up-to-date gait analysis service.
- To assist the N.W.M.A.C. team in ensuring that gait analysis equipment is correctly configured for the appropriate data collection sessions and that processed data is of suitable quality.To be responsible for work within the NWMAC, as agreed with the Manager, and to plan and organise efficiently and effectively with regard to patients management and time management.
- To maintain accurate, comprehensive and up-to-date documentation, in line with legal and departmental requirements, and communicate assessment and treatment results to the appropriate parents/carers, internal and external agencies in the form of reports and letters in accordance with Trust Data Protection Policy.
- To have knowledge of and comply with the organisational and departmental policies and procedures and to be involved in the reviewing and updating as appropriate.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- • Engineering/physics/science-based degree.
- • Registered Clinical Scientist, or working towards registration
- • Evidence of in depth knowledge of motion analysis, theoretical and practical.
- • Evidence of understanding of 3D motion analysis systems.
- • To be able to communicate with healthcare professionals effectively using medical and technical terminology.
- • Experience with 3D gait analysis and signal processing
- • Evidence of advanced knowledge in Excel, Matlab or equivalent programming languages (e.g., Python, etc.).
Desirable criteria
- • Evidence of participation in research projects.
- • Attendance at basic gait analysis course
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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
- Ornella Pinzone
- Job title
- Clinical Scientist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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