Swydd wag: Subject Specialist – Clinical Chemistry (LIMS), Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield

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Prif leoliad: Biomedical Sciences - LIMS Implementation
Gradd: NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract: Cyfnod Penodol: 10 mis (Fixed Term/Secondment)
Oriau: Llawnamser - 37.5 awr yr wythnos
Cyfeirnod y swydd: 190-0468-DIR

Cyflogwr: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Math o gyflogwr: NHS
Gwefan: Northern General Hospital
Tref: Sheffield
Cyflog: £46,148 - £52,809 pa/pro rata for part time staff
Cyfnod cyflog: Yn flynyddol
Yn cau: 29/06/2025 23:59
Dyddiad y cyfweliad: 08/07/2025

Subject Specialist – Clinical Chemistry (LIMS)

NHS AfC: Band 7

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

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Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria and give specific information about your qualifications/experience in Clinical Chemistry as this is the area that this role will focus on.

This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term contract basis for a period of 10 months due to the post being recruited as part of a limited term project within the Trust. The fixed term contract status of the post holder will be reviewed in accordance with the Trust's legal obligations regarding fixed term contracts taking into consideration the requirement for the post to be maintained as a part of the project’s implementation and the timescales associated with this.

Please also note any secondment must first be agreed with your current line manager.

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Personal Qualities

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Excellent attention to detail
Resilient: adaptable to change, creative and innovative
Excellent mediator
Flexible with the ability to look beyond current practices and structures, ways of working, boundaries and organisations, to help produce more innovative and effective service delivery and partnerships.
Willingness to develop new skills including completing appropriate training as required.
Self-aware and self-motivated: able to delivery work to a high quality with little or no supervision.
Excellent time management skills
A team player, but able to work alone
A professional approach which inspires confidence
Demonstrable leadership qualities with the willingness to challenge and be challenged

Skills and Knowledge

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Excellent planning, organisational, interpersonal and communication skills
Good leadership and supervisory skills
Experience of managing challenging situations
Excellent numerical and analytical skills
Ability to develop and implement training programmes
Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and negotiate where necessary
Ability to prioritise a wide range of competing priorities and deal with a range of competing and changing demands, tight deadlines and a pressurised environment
Ability to work under pressure and to exercise political judgement and astuteness when working with stakeholders with differing complex agendas
Awareness of the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw ICS priorities and work streams
Ability to analyse highly complex information from multiple sources where judgements/interpretation is required to produce reports or make recommendations of actions to senior management

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Practical knowledge of risk management
In-depth understanding of the NHS, including organisation and policy changes

Experience

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Experience with Laboratory Information Systems and Microsoft Office
Knowledge of operational Pathology services and in-depth understanding of Pathology IT requirements
Specialist knowledge, experience and expertise of information analysis and the use of information across the discipline
Experience of analysing data and information and presenting this to a range of users
A proven ability to work effectively and sensitively in multi-disciplinary teams
Experience of managing relationships with other organisations, departments, disciplines

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Demonstrable experience of IT system implementations or practical experience of being involved with projects
Experience of working with management teams to influence and guide the implementation of change
Worked in the NHS or another large healthcare service provider organisation
Effective management of stakeholders at all levels, including executive stakeholders
Change management experience
Experience of facilitating group discussions to achieve a desired outcome

Education and Qualifications

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Higher degree or equivalent OR relevant experience
HCPC Registration or qualification in advanced IT use (e.g. Microsoft Office Specialist, ISEB Certificate in Data, Management Essentials or equivalent experience
Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

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Post graduate diploma specialist training, experience, short courses plus further specialist training to masters equivalent level
Formal qualification in LEAN management and change techniques
Formal qualification in Project management (PRINCE 2 practitioner) or equivalent experience
Relevant digital work experience within the NHS or other large organisations

Please note that in order to comply with the UK Government’s rules on skilled worker sponsorship, any applicants who do not meet the eligibility requirements or concessions on salary thresholds under the skilled worker visa will not be eligible to receive sponsorship from the Trust. Please keep this in mind when submitting your application. Further details on these concessions, and who qualifies for them, can be found here (link to the gov.uk website).

Candidates are advised to read the attached guidance on using AI technology. When you complete your application, you are required to declare that the information in your application form is true and complete. The personal statement is exactly that; personal.

When selecting to apply via NHS Jobs, you will be redirected to our preferred recruitment system called Trac. You will be asked to create and submit your application via the Trac recruitment system.

You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through the NHS Jobs website, and furthermore, as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any e-mails sent to us via the NHS Jobs website. All communications should be sent via your Trac system account.

If you are offered employment at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals your information will be transferred from the Trac recruitment system into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. In addition, in submitting an application form, you authorise our Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed.

Please note, all communication regarding your application will be made via email sent via the Trac recruitment system, please ensure you check your junk/spam folders as emails are sometimes filtered there.

The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Should you require any assistance in applying for the position please contact the General or Medical Human Resources Departments on the number identified on the NHS Jobs page for the organisation.

Job Share applicants are welcome for all full time posts unless indicated but cannot be guaranteed. In addition for Fixed Term Contracts, internal secondments may be considered, please seek the approval of your current line manager before applying for the position.

All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken.

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