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You will provide expert clinical/technical services relating to the specialist Blood Borne Virus () testing section of the West of Scotland Specialist Virology Centre (WoSSVC). You will act as a specialist who has freedom to act on your own responsibility within broad policies
You will be responsible for developing, undertaking and interpreting the highly specialised procedures used within the specialist section including methods such as Next Generation Sequencing methods, Sanger based sequencing methods and real time PCR
You will have responsibility for instigating, developing and implementing policies and interpretive guidelines within the specialist section and will spend a significant proportion of their time undertaking formal research and development and clinical audit within the section
You will independently discuss, and provide specialist advice to Healthcare Professionals, including senior medical staff in both primary and secondary care and Public Health Scotland (PHS), on the complex specialist interpretation of all tests used within the section, including the selection, performance and interpretation of clinically relevant tests, to assist in the diagnosis of viral infections, to guide treatment choices, and to aid the investigation of outbreaks and transmission events
. You will be a key member of the WoSSVC service development team under the supervision of the consultant clinical scientist. This will include the development of methods to be used out with the specialist section.
You will become a key member of the team providing the routine clinical virology service. You will be supported to develop highly specialised clinical expertise to prepare them for consultant level posts. Full support will be given for preparation for FRCPath Part 2 examination, and HSST funding is also available for applicants to apply for if required.
It is essential that you have Upper second or first class Honours degree in relevant science for example Clinical/Medical Microbiology
Completion of the nationally accredited Clinical Scientist training programme, or equivalent experience
PhD or equivalent knowledge and experience in virology or a relevant field is considered essential.
Evidence of having passed the FRCPath Part 1 exam in medical microbiology or equivalent experience of clinical virology provision is considered essential.
Informal Contact: Dr Rory Gunson, Clinical Lead Virology, Tel No: 0141 201 8737 e-mail address: Rory.Gunson@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs .