Clinical Scientist

Job overview

Our scientific teams have developed significant expertise and have established close working relationships with our clinical colleagues to ensure that our patients benefit from the information generated by WGS. To be able to grow the service and enable prompt adoption of testing in newly-eligible tumour types, we are now looking for a Clinical Scientists to join our team dedicated to the WGS service.

The main focus of the role will be the analysis and interpretation of WGS data for cancer patients (solid and haematological malignancies in both paediatric and adult patients) and presentation of the findings to scientists, clinicians, clinical geneticists and genetic counsellors at our regular Genomic Tumour Advisory Boards (GTABs). Working across the North-Thames GLH, WGS-scientists will interact with scientific and clinical colleagues from the GLH as well as the partner laboratories and referring hospitals to support a pan-GLH service.

An understanding of and proficiency in variant classification for somatic and/or germline findings according to published guidelines is required and experience in analysis of complex genetic data, e.g. from WGS (including the 100K project), would be an advantage.

We welcome applications from registered clinical scientist working in cancergenomics or genetics with an interest in acquired diseases.

It is anticipated that interviews will be held week commencing 24th June.

Main duties of the job

• To follow established procedures and protocols
• Comply with health and safety policies
• Comply with corporate and professional codes of conduct
• Assist in quality assurance procedures
• Assist in training of new staff or visitors
• To generate and interpret results, to classify genomic variants, to calculate risks where necessary, and to produce clear and concise patient reports adhering to agreed templates and sample turnaround times as directed by the Head of Service. The focus of this role will be on the analysis of whole-genome sequencing analysis with presentation of cases at GTAB and issuing of reports
• To participate in the training and supervision of other members of staff and visitors
• To prepare for and participate in multidisciplinary meetings with other members of staff, clinicians and staff from other scientific disciplines as required.
• To undertake additional responsibilities as directed by the Head of Service, for example Deputy Safety Officer

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 documents please view the attachment/s below