North West
Specialty
Trust
Audiology – Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Two posts, each with a base at Manchester Royal and Withington Hospital with secondments at Trafford General Hospitals and rotations between them.
Cancer Genomics – Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Travel between the two sites (Manchester and Liverpool) will be required throughout the three years.
Cardiac Science – Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The Lancashire Cardiac Centre is a tertiary cardiac provider for the people of Lancashire and Cumbria, a population of 1.6 million. Our mission is to improve the health/quality of life for our patients by building an organisation that develops and invests in the individuals that work here and this can only be achieved with the recruitment of the right people. The centre has well-established invasive and non-invasive services covering a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic services, these include; Cardiac angiography & intervention, including Primary PCI, TAVI, ASD/PFO closure, device implants including ICD’s and CRT’s, device follow-ups, EP simple and complex, including NAVX, PVAC and CRYO. Echocardiography, including TOE, contract/bubble and DSE. All these areas are developing rapidly with new technology.
STP trainees will be based at Blackpool Victoria Hospital for all 3 years of the program, however they may be required to visit over centres to complete rotational placements in the first year.
Cardiac Science – Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
We are recruiting trainees for Manchester Foundation Trust all trainees would be expected to travel between site to gain the clinical exposure to allow them to complete the Masters Programme.
Clinical Biochemistry – Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Clinical Biochemistry – Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Primarily based at Liverpool Clinical Laboratories.
Clinical Biochemistry – Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
The Department of Clinical Biochemistry in Manchester University NHS Trust has extensive experience and is an accredited training centre for STP and HSST posts. Our department supports both adult and paediatric services across 6 hospitals and comprises laboratories on both the Oxford Road Campus and Wythenshawe sites. The laboratories are extensively equipped with Roche Cobas analysers for core chemistries and immunoassay, several HPLC systems, extensive mass spectrometry equipment and expertise, an established POCT team, and one of the largest newborn screening services in the UK. As a training centre we will ensure you are fully supported to gain experience across the full repertoire of services we offer within the Dept. Rotations in other blood sciences disciplines are conveniently located on site, as well as being a stones throw from Manchester University for the taught elements of the programme.
Clinical Biochemistry – Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
The Clinical Biochemistry department is part of the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust. This post will be based in Pathology at the Royal Oldham Hospital and may also require occasional travel to our hospital sites at Bury, Salford, and Wigan.
Clinical Biochemistry – Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
Clinical Biochemistry sits within Pathology at Wigan and Salford. There may be travel to Wigan as well as our Northern Care Alliance locations at Oldham and Bury.
Clinical Microbiology – Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Travel may be required to other surrounding North-West hospitals for placement opportunities (Royal Preston Infirmary, Royal Blackburn Hospital, Royal Lancaster Infirmary).
Critical Care Science – Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
We are an expanding service and Trust. We anticipate that posts will become available as the service incorporates more clinical areas within the Trust.
Embryology – Liverpool Women’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
The Hewitt Fertility Centre has two sites, one in the Liverpool Women’s Hospital and one in Knutsford, Cheshire. Both sites have state of the art Embryology laboratories. This post will primarily be based at the Knutsford site.
Embryology – Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Based in host training department at Old St Marys Hospital on the main Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) site, with regular travel to academic institution and rotation into hospitals usually local to host department for completion of curriculum and learning outcomes.
Job purpose
In conjunction with and supported by the designated Training Coordinator/Officer, the Trainee Healthcare Scientist will be responsible for their own progression through the training programme, for completing the learning outcomes as outlined in the Learning Guides, progressing through a mixture of work based competence and experience in NHS scientific departments and undertaking the complementary academic master’s programme at the designated Higher Education Institution. At all times the Trainee Healthcare Scientist is expected to work within standard operating policies and procedures of the host department and NHS organisation and adhere to high standards of professionalism, health and safety, risk reduction, confidentiality, patient care and dignity, and respect for equality and diversity as set out in the NHS Constitution. The Trainee Healthcare Scientist (insert pathway) will be employed by the host department for a fixed term of three years, during which time they will work through a full-time programme combining work based learning and a part-time academic programme at master’s (MSc) level. The post holder will follow the curriculum as detailed on the NSHCS website.
About MFT MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year. Bringing together 10 hospitals and community services from across Manchester, Trafford and beyond, we champion collaborative working and transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary. We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient and staff experience, operational effectiveness and driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre and Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable. At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Gastrointestinal Physiology – Alder Hey Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Exclusively paediatric hospital, with travel to local adults hospital required.
Genomic Counselling – Liverpool Women’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Travel to peripheral clinics in Merseyside and Cheshire may be required.
Genomic Counselling – Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
STP Genomic Counselling training in Manchester will support trainees to gain experience across multiple specialties including genetic counselling for cancer, cardiac, ophthalmology, neurogenetics and developmental disorders, including prenatal. We are a large dynamic team with a strong track record in training for genetic counsellors.
Genomics – Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
This position will require travel between both Manchester and Liverpool sites.
Haematology and Transfusion Science – Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Travel may be required to other surrounding North-West hospitals for placement opportunities (Royal Preston Infirmary, Royal Blackburn Hospital, Royal Lancaster Infirmary, Manchester Genomics Hub).
Haematology and Transfusion Science – Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Rotation would be required between Blackpool and Preston Hospitals.
Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics – Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Transplantation Laboratory, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WL. We are offering an excellent opportunity for a suitably qualified and highly motivated graduate to join our busy laboratory in Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (H&I). The Transplantation Laboratory at Manchester Royal Infirmary supports regional kidney, pancreas, islet, heart, lung, cornea and haemopoietic stem cell transplant programmes and HLA typing for disease diagnosis and management. We are one of the largest H&I laboratories in the UK with an excellent training record and we take pride in encouraging career focused scientists to fulfil their potential.
Histopathology – Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
The Adult Histopathology Department at MFT is run on two sites: Wythenshawe and Oxford Road Campus. Training will be conducted on both sites depending on the speciality and techniques to be covered (e.g. breast and lung work is predominantly located at Wythenshawe whilst ORC receives more gynaecology specimens and has the Electron Microscopy service). There is a MFT shuttle bus service between both sites available for staff and trainees.
Imaging with non-Ionising Radiation – The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
The post is primarily based at The Christie in Manchester. Approximately 5 weeks of the first year rotations will be based at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. Some travel to other hospitals in the region may be required as part of first year rotations, for which transport or expenses will be provided.
Imaging with non-Ionising Radiation – The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust
Imaging with Non-Ionising Radiation post, your training will be split approx 60% MRI, 30% Ultrasound and 10% other modalities. The post will be based at CCC in Liverpool City Centre and include occasional training in our satellite location at CCC Wirral, and other sites across Cheshire and Merseyside.
Nuclear Medicine – The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
The post is primarily based at The Christie in Manchester. Approximately 5 weeks of the first year rotations will be based at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. Some travel to other hospitals in the region may be required as part of first year rotations, for which transport or expenses will be provided.
Pharmaceutical Science – Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
You will be primarily based at the Countess of Chester Hospital. There will be a requirement to travel to Manchester and Liverpool in order to complete two of your rotations.
Pharmaceutical Science – Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The Pharmacy Manufacturing Unit operates under the name of Preston Pharmaceuticals and encompasses several specialities; Non Sterile Medicines manufacture, Repacking, Assembly, Radio pharmacy and Aseptic Services, to meet the clinical needs of patients both at the Trust and across the NHS.
If you have never worked in a hospital setting before, you will be provided with the necessary training and support to help you learn and succeed. The team are friendly, helpful and supportive of one another and by working collaboratively, enable us to deliver a service that we are proud of. You will also work as part of a multidisciplinary team and will regularly engage with other healthcare professionals.
We value the personal skills, experiences, and qualities that individuals bring to our department and the Trust; creating an inclusive working environment to attract talented people who feel motivated, involved and able to influence the future direction of our services.
The wellbeing of staff is important to us; we have a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team who provide support on a range of topics, run fitness classes and organise mindfulness sessions. As an employer we have earned a reputation for focusing on the development of our staff and for being an organisation people are proud to work for.
Pharmaceutical Science – Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Pharmaceutical Science – Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
To find out more about QCNW, your host organisation, please visit the website https://qcnw-stockport.nhs.uk/ Most of the rotational and specialist competencies can be completed at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. Travel to Manchester Foundation Trust or the Christie Hospital will be required for radiopharmacy training.
Radiation Safety and Diagnostic Radiology – The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
The post is primarily based at The Christie in Manchester. Approximately 5 weeks of the first year rotations will be based at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. Some travel to other hospitals in the region may be required as part of first year rotations, for which transport or expenses will be provided.
Radiation Safety and Diagnostic Radiology – The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust
This post is for 1x STP direct-entry trainee specialising in Radiation Safety and Diagnostic Radiology. The trainee would be predominantly based at the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre Liverpool (CCCL), but will also be expected to travel to the Wirral site as required. The Wirral site can be reached from CCCL by a 30 minute drive, or a short train journey and a bus or walk from Spital rail station. The hosting department currently supports 5 CT, 2 PET/CT, 2 fluoroscopy suites, a mobile C-arm, a mobile x-ray set, 3 planar x-ray rooms, 1 SPECT/CT, and a Radium therapy service. The ‘ionising imaging physics’ team of 5 also has a non-ionising counterpart of 3 (who will be also looking to recruit a trainee in 2024), and is part of a larger physics team comprising roughly 40 radiotherapy physics colleagues including more than 10 radiotherapy specialist STP trainees at any one time.
Radiotherapy Physics – Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
If you enjoy a challenge, are keen to further your technical skills and be instrumental in providing ‘Excellent care with compassion’ then join our friendly, multidisciplinary team at Rosemere Cancer Centre and make a difference. We have an opportunity to join a team of 12 dosimetrists, 17 clinical scientists, 7 engineers and a quality manager. In addition to this we also currently have 3 STP trainees and 2 apprentice engineers in our team.
Main duties of the job
You will be based within the radiotherapy physics department at Preston but, during your 3 years, will travel to other hospital sites in the North West to complete all the required aspects of your STP training. During your training you will also travel to the University of Liverpool to complete an MSc in Medical Physics.
Working for your organisation
Rosemere Cancer Centre is on the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Royal Preston Hospital site and provides an external beam radiotherapy service for the adult population of Lancashire and South Cumbria (1.6 million population). The centre has: Seven clinical Elekta linacs, all with CBCT, and many with flattening filter free treatment capability and equipped with Response ABC system; Two dedicated Philips Big Bore CT scanners; Vision RT surface guided technology in routine clinical use; MOSAIQ® and SYNERGISTIQ™.
Treatment planning and virtual simulation is conducted on Pinnacle throughout the department. Some treatment planning is also being carried out on Raystation. Rosemere is currently commissioned to provide SABR for primary lung tumours and oligometasteses (non-spine and spine, lung and liver) in addition to intracranial SRS. Exciting developments include: Roll out use of Vision RT surface guided technology for site other than breast. System already in use for breast and thorax patients; Commissioning of SABR for adrenal metastases; Roll out of use of AI for contouring; Evaluation of PerFraction for independent dose check of treatment plans.
Radiotherapy Physics – The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
The post is primarily based at The Christie in Manchester. Approximately 5 weeks of the first year rotations will be based at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. Some travel to other hospitals in the region may be required as part of first year rotations, for which transport or expenses will be provided.
Radiotherapy Physics – The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s leading providers of non-surgical cancer treatment, caring for a population of 2.4 million people across Cheshire & Merseyside, North Wales, the Isle of Man and parts of Lancashire. Our flagship specialist cancer hospital in Liverpool opened in June 2020, supported by our hospital on the Clatterbridge Health Park in Wirral providing outpatient cancer treatment and supportive care, and our radiotherapy treatment centre on the Aintree Hospital site. Together, working across three sites and operating specialist chemotherapy clinics in four of Merseyside’s district hospitals, we are able to deliver a comprehensive range of inpatient care, advanced radiotherapy, chemotherapy and other systemic anti-cancer therapies including gene therapies and immunotherapies. We also deliver a pioneering Treatment at Home and Work service; are the only facility in the UK providing low-energy proton beam therapy to treat rare eye cancers and host the region’s Teenage and Young Adult Unit, (supported by the Teenage Cancer Trust). Working with leading experts from The University of Liverpool and the Cancer Research UK Liverpool Cancer Trials Unit we strive to stay at the forefront of novel treatments and techniques to deliver more effective and personalised treatments than ever before. The radiotherapy department has ten Varian TrueBEAM linacs, two XStrahl superficial units, a Papillon unit for contact radiotherapy, a HDR brachytherapy service and a low-energy proton beam therapy service for treating eye cancers. Training and development will take place within the physics department at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust based at the Liverpool hospital and supported by training at Clatterbridge Health Park in Wirral and Aintree Hospital. Trainees also undertake the complementary academic master’s programme at the University of Liverpool. The physics department at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is committed in providing a high quality training experience to Trainee Healthcare Scientists. A designated Training Officer supports each Trainee Healthcare Scientists in their progression through the training programme, ensuring trainees complete the learning outcomes of the programme and gain the clinical experience required to become a registered Clinical Scientist.
Respiratory and Sleep Science – Alder Hey Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Main Base: Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, West Derby, Liverpool, L12 2AP
Respiratory and Sleep Science – Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
The Respiratory Physiology department part of the Northwest Lung Centre at Wythenshawe Hospital is looking to recruit a Trainee Healthcare Scientist. The Northwest Lung Centre is an internationally renowned centre for the treatment of Respiratory Conditions and Allergy.
The Respiratory department is a large department offering diagnostic services for over 40 Respiratory Clinical Consultants offering a full range of tests ranging from Spirometry to CPET to oxygen assessments. We have a sister department that run all our Sleep Diagnostics and you will have full rotation to this large tertiary sleep centre offering polysomnography and MSLT.
Wythenshawe Hospital is based in the South of the City of Manchester with excellent transport links by train, tram, and bus to the vibrant city centre. Manchester offers the best of both worlds with its vibrant culture of music and the arts and all that a modern city can offer but just a short 30 minutes to the nature and beauty of the Peak District National Park.
As a successful trainee you will observe and contribute complex scientific and clinical tasks, including working directly with a broad range of patients from divers backgrounds.
Building the skills to analyse, interpret and compare investigative and clinical options, make judgements, including clinical and differential judgements, involving complicated facts or situations that impact on patients care. Initiate and undertake innovation, improvement and R&D and be involved in the education of healthcare science trainees and other learners in the workplace. You will be expected to complete all work-based training and assessment alongside the academic master’s course to exit the programme with eligibility for registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and use of the protected title of Clinical Scientist.
In addition, you will be expected to undertake work based experience to enable you to communicate complex technical, scientific and sensitive information to colleagues within your department in both verbal and written forms.Trainees must meet the HCPC’s standards for training, professional skills, behaviour and health.
Wythenshawe Hospital is part of Manchester Foundation Trust (MFT), MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year. Bringing together 10 hospitals and community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working and transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary. We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness and driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre and Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable. At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together
Respiratory and Sleep Science – Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
You will be primarily based within the respiratory sleep service at Salford Royal which sits within the respiratory nursing team, comprising the Sleep and Non-invasive ventilation service, Home Oxygen Team, Chronic Airways Support Team, Pulmonary Rehabilitation Team, Respiratory Specialist Nurses, Smoking Cessation and Lung Cancer. This will allow for spoke placements to enhance your learning experience. You will also spend time within the cardiorespiratory investigations department where you will gain experience in lung function, exercise testing, PSG set-up and other respiratory investigations, neurophysiology for MSLT and actigraphy as well as opportunity to spend some time with our neurologist/neuropsychiatrists with special interest in sleep. Salford Royal sits within the Northern Care Alliance NHS Trust and there may be opportunity to get some additional experience at the service at Fairfield in Bury.
Vascular Science – Independent Vascular Services Ltd
UKAS accredited company with long history of providing services for North West of England. Specialist unit for vascular imaging with strong connections to research and excellent opportunities for special projects and new technologies. Good peer support. Other benefits such as EAP, laptop, mobile phone etc.
Vascular Science – Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
This post will be equally split between Manchester Royal Infirmary and Trafford General Hospital.