Clinical Biochemistry
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Clinical Biochemistry – Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
As a Clinical Biochemistry STP you will be based in the Blood Sciences department at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust. The base site is in Cambridge and we have the advantage of multiple specialties on site so rotations external to the Trust are limited to Toxicology and the optional elective. You will share an office with other members of the clinical team which include medics in training and other clinical scientists.
Expected MSc university location - may be subject to change
University of Manchester
Contact details for queries relating to location choice - for shortlisted applicants only
Name: Sue Oddy
Email: susan.oddy@nhs.net
Clinical Biochemistry – Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust includes the Countess of Chester Hospital – a 550-bed hospital which provides the full range of acute and specialist services. The Clinical biochemistry department is based at this site and will be the location for training, except when specialised placements are required.
The department is friendly and supportive and will provide an enjoyable and comprehensive training environment for STP trainees. The pathology department is part of the emerging Cheshire and Merseyside pathology network, allowing the STP trainee exposure to a variety of training opportunities.
Chester is a great city to live in with a thriving historical city centre, and is surrounded by the countryside of both cheshire and North Wales. Chester has a simple commute by road or rail to both Manchester and Liverpool.
Expected MSc university location - may be subject to change
University of Manchester
Contact details for queries relating to location choice - for shortlisted applicants only
Name: Alexandra Yates
Email: alexandra.yates4@nhs.net
Clinical Biochemistry – East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
We invite enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join the Clinical Biochemistry team, at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. The Trust has four hospital sites but the Laboratory is at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage where you will be based. Our laboratory is currently being re-equipped with state-of-the-art analysers for core chemistries and immunoassay, and HPLC. We also have a well-established Point of Care Testing service providing support across the Trust. You will benefit from membership of the East of England regional study group which meets monthly via MS Teams, providing support from other trainees and clinical scientists. As part of a wider pathology network across Hertfordshire and West Essex (HWE) there is opportunity for you to gain further experience with colleagues at our partner NHS Trusts. You will also need to work elsewhere for short periods as required for more specialist experience.
Expected MSc university location - may be subject to change
University of Manchester
Clinical Biochemistry – Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Primarily based at the hub site at Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital. Occasional visits to the spoke site at Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester, trust shuttle bus available.
Expected MSc university location - may be subject to change
University of Manchester
Contact details for queries relating to location choice - for shortlisted applicants only
Name: Kate Fenna and Katherine Morris
Email: kate.fenna@hhft.nhs.uk and katherine.morris@hhft.nhs.uk
Clinical Biochemistry – Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
We provide comprehensive training within our organisation as we offer a wide ranges of specialist Clinical Biochemistry services (more information on our website). Trainees will spend the largest proportion of their training programme at Charing Cross Hospital but some rotations and training are delivered across our other hospital sites.
Expected MSc university location - may be subject to change
University of Manchester
Clinical Biochemistry – Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
You will be based at St James’s University Hospital. We are currently consolidating laboratory services from the Old Medical School at Leeds General Infirmary (city centre) and current laboratory space at SJUH into a new purpose-built facility for Biochemistry, Haematology, Immunology, Microbiology and Transplant Immunology on the SJUH site. The LGI site is easily walkable from the train station and there is a shuttle bus running between the LGI and SJUH.
We have an ICPMS lab, LCMSMS lab, newborn and antenatal screening and biochemical genetics lab. There will be opportunities to observe clinics and ward rounds in a wide range of services, including paediatric metabolic, cystic fibrosis, immunology, myeloma, endocrinology, diabetes, lipids, obesity, porphyria, hepatology, gastroenterology and nutrition. LTHT provides a genetic laboratory service as a part of the North East and Yorkshire Genomic Laboratory Hub and all of the STP rotations can be completed at LTHT.
Expected MSc university location - may be subject to change
University of Manchester
Contact details for queries relating to location choice - for shortlisted applicants only
Name: Dr Carys Lippiatt
Email: carys.lippiatt@nhs.net
Clinical Biochemistry – Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Clinical Biochemistry STP Post based within Liverpool Clinical Laboratories. The trainee will have exposure to haematology and immunology in-house, and paediatric placement at Alder Hey Hospital, within Liverpool. The trainee will benefit from purpose built, multi-disciplinary laboratory facilities and will be part of a large, active clinical scientist team.
Expected MSc university location - may be subject to change
University of Manchester
Contact details for queries relating to location choice - for shortlisted applicants only
Name: Dr Anna Milan
Email: anna.milan@liverpoolft.nhs.uk
Clinical Biochemistry – London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
The majority of the training will take place at the main site, Northwick Park Hospital, where training will include automation, manual work and mass spectrometry. There will also be the opportunity to attend clinics in areas such as lipids, bone, haematology, and endocrinology, as well as access and training with the POCT team.
Additional training will take place at sites across London to allow special testing to be covered including genetics rotation at GOSH, toxicology at King’s College Hospital, and antenatal screening at Barking Hospital Trust. Paediatric Biochemistry training will take place at either GOSH or St. Thomas’ Hospital.
Expected MSc university location - may be subject to change
University of Manchester
Contact details for queries relating to location choice - for shortlisted applicants only
Name: Rosalind Cornford
Email: rosalind.cornford@nhs.net
Clinical Biochemistry – Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust provides a service over two main Clinical Biochemistry Laboratories located at Whiston Hospital (main hub) and the Southport Hospital (essential services laboratory). Clinical management of both sites is overseen by the same team (Consultant Chemical Pathologist, Consultant and Principal Clinical Scientists and Immunology Clinical Scientist) with a presence on both sites most days. This post is primarily based at Whiston Hospital although attendance at the Southport site is required for additional training and experience. Workspace and 24 hour access to library facilities are available on both sites.
Rotations for Haematology and Immunology will be delivered at Whiston with rotations at other sites across the North West where MWL has established links and is engaged in development of the Cheshire and Mersey Pathology Network. These include Liverpool Women’s Hospital (Genetics), Alder Hey Hospital (Paediatrics), Liverpool (Specialist Biochemistry), Salford (Toxicology) and Walton Centre (Neurobiochemistry).
Expected MSc university location - may be subject to change
University of Manchester
Contact details for queries relating to location choice - for shortlisted applicants only
Name: Lesley Mather
Email: lesley.mather@sthk.nhs.uk
Clinical Biochemistry – Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
You will be based at the Norfolk and Norwich, but there is the option to spend time at either of our network spoke sites, to experience a DGH ‘hot lab’. At NNUH, there are only a limited number of very specialist tests not offered e.g. esoteric vitamins, porphyrin analysis etc. We provide a supra-regional service for bone metabolism markers, antenatal screening, and have the only QTOF analyser in the East of England.
Expected MSc university location - may be subject to change
University of Manchester
Contact details for queries relating to location choice - for shortlisted applicants only
Name: Allison Chipchase
Email: allison.chipchase@nnuh.nhs.uk
Clinical Biochemistry – Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
The training post will require the trainee to work at both Nottingham Hospital sites (City and Queen’s Medical Centre) but there is a frequent free shuttle bus between sites. The department is able to provide training for all specialities, with the exception of the Toxicology rotation, for which a training placement is organised at Leicester University Hospitals NHS Trust (transport costs are covered by the department). Access to IT facilities and the University of Nottingham library is provided and trainees can attend all departmental and Trust lecture/tutorial series.
Expected MSc university location - may be subject to change
University of Manchester
Contact details for queries relating to location choice - for shortlisted applicants only
Name: Dr Donna Fullerton
Email: donna.fullerton@nhs.net
Clinical Biochemistry – Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
The trainee will be principally based in the Clinical Biochemistry department at the Royal Berkshire Hospital but will spend time at each of the Berkshire and Surrey Pathology Services Clinical Biochemistry sites. In the first year, there will be rotations to our Molecular Diagnostics department based at the Royal Surrey Hospital and our Immunology department based at St Peter’s Hospital, Chertsey. In subsequent years, there will be rotation through our Specialist Clinical Biochemistry services based at the Royal Surrey Hospital, Guildford and a paediatric placement to the Inherited Metabolic Disease Laboratory at Synnovis, London.
Expected MSc university location - may be subject to change
University of Manchester
Contact details for queries relating to location choice - for shortlisted applicants only
Name: Gwen Wark
Email: gwen.wark@nhs.net
Clinical Biochemistry – Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
The trainee will be principally based in the Clinical Biochemistry department at the Royal Surrey Hospital but will spend time at each of the Berkshire and Surrey Pathology Services Clinical Biochemistry sites. In the first year, there will be rotations to our Molecular Diagnostics department based at the Royal Surrey Hospital and our Immunology department based at St Peter’s Hospital, Chertsey. In subsequent years, there will be rotation through our Specialist Clinical Biochemistry services based at the Royal Surrey Hospital, Guildford and a paediatric placement to the Inherited Metabolic Disease Laboratory at Synnovis, London.
Expected MSc university location - may be subject to change
University of Manchester
Contact details for queries relating to location choice - for shortlisted applicants only
Name: Gwen Wark
Email: gwen.wark@nhs.net
Clinical Biochemistry – The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The UKAS accredited department provides a wide range of services for clinical activity and research in the Newcastle Hospitals and local universities. The team of eight Clinical Scientists and three Consultant Chemical Pathologists work across two hospital sites at the Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI) and the Freeman Hospital. The successful candidate will be working at both hospital sites but based primarily at the RVI. There is a regular shuttle bus between sites running throughout the day. In addition to the comprehensive repertoire of tests for acute services, inpatients, outpatients and primary care the well-equipped Clinical Biochemistry laboratories provide an extensive menu of regional specialist services including Metabolic Biochemistry, Neonatal Screening and Maternal Serum Screening and is a SAS-designated centre for Endocrinology and Cardiovascular Biomarker assays. There are good links with clinical services with staff participating in MDT’s and other clinical meetings.
Expected MSc university location - may be subject to change
University of Manchester
Contact details for queries relating to location choice - for shortlisted applicants only
Name: Dr Christopher Boot
Email: christopherboot@nhs.net
Clinical Biochemistry – The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Black Country Pathology Service encompasses four NHS Trusts and hosts a large hub laboratory at New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton, which includes automated Blood Sciences and Immunology services. Essential laboratory services operate at Midland Metropolitan Hospital, Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley and Manor Hospital, Walsall. There is a Specialist Biochemistry mini-hub located at Sandwell General Hospital, West Bromwich, which has HPLC, LC-MS/MS and ICP-MS equipment and offers various specialist services, including trace elements, toxicology (currently on the City Hospital, Birmingham site), vitamins, pharmacogenomics, biologic drugs and renal stones.
The successful STP trainees will be primarily based at the New Cross, Wolverhampton and Sandwell, West Bromwich sites over the course of their training but will be expected to travel to other sites in the network as required.
Expected MSc university location - may be subject to change
University of Manchester
Contact details for queries relating to location choice - for shortlisted applicants only
Name: Lauren Starbrook
Email: lauren.starbrook@nhs.net
Clinical Biochemistry – University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
The UHB biochemistry team consists of 3 Consultant Clinical Scientists, 4 Principal Clinical Scientists and 12 Senior Clinical Scientists, providing an excellent support network and a wealth of experience and knowledge to trainees.
Trainees are based on the Heartlands and Queen Elizabeth hospital sites. There are opportunities to experience laboratories at Good Hope and Solihull. We have 4 biochemistry trainees currently and a very successful history of training and retaining trainees.
Automated laboratories utilise Abbott Alinity platforms coupled with state-of-the-art pre analytical and track systems and specialist services use tandem mass spectrometry, HPLC, high resolution accurate mass spectrometry, ICP-MS, GC-MS, FTIR and Real time PCR. UHB also has large immunology and toxicology sections on the Heartlands site. We have strong links with clinical teams, specifically endocrinology, metabolic medicine, liver, gastroenterology, acute medicine and cardiology and together develop new services to support diagnosis and monitoring of disease for our patients.
Expected MSc university location - may be subject to change
University of Manchester
Contact details for queries relating to location choice - for shortlisted applicants only
Name: Debra Balderson
Email: healthcarescience@uhb.nhs.uk
Clinical Biochemistry – University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
The trainee post will be based predominantly at the Bristol Royal Infirmary, with a couple of shorter external placements to support the requirements of the STP curricular and development of the role. The Bristol Royal Infirmary has an education centre with library services to support study and has a well-developed workplace wellbeing programme for all colleagues.
Expected MSc university location - may be subject to change
University of Manchester
Contact details for queries relating to location choice - for shortlisted applicants only
Name: Donna Connolly
Email: donna.connolly@uhbw.nhs.uk
Clinical Biochemistry – University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
The trainee will be based at University Hospital, Coventry but will spend some time at the two others sites in the Coventry and Warwickshire Pathology service network; George Eliot Hospital and South Warwick Hospital. George Eliot hospital is the Hub lab for the network.
Expected MSc university location - may be subject to change
University of Manchester
Contact details for queries relating to location choice - for shortlisted applicants only
Name: Catherine Darby
Email: catherine.darby@uhcw.nhs.uk
Clinical Biochemistry – University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
The trainee will be based at the Leicester Royal Infirmary.
Expected MSc university location - may be subject to change
University of Manchester
Contact details for queries relating to location choice - for shortlisted applicants only
Name: Dr Ginny Lee
Email: virginia.lee@uhl-tr.nhs.uk
Clinical Biochemistry – University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
The North Midlands and Cheshire Pathology service (NMCPS) is responsible for Pathology services across North Staffordshire and South Cheshire. It operates laboratories at the Royal Stoke University Hospital (RSUH), County Hospital (CH), Leighton Hospital (LH) and Macclesfield District General Hospital (MDGH) hospital sites. The trainee would principally be based at Leighton Hospital site, but there would be opportunities to complete elements of training at the other sites, particularly Royal Stoke Hospital.
The Biochemistry team includes consultant clinical scientists, chemical pathologist and principal/senior scientists. We currently have an STP trainee and have extensive experience of training requirements. The trainee will have access to office space, departmental staff room and a wider range of catering outlets. There are also postgraduate libraries on all sites, for private study and use of IT facilities.
Expected MSc university location - may be subject to change
University of Manchester
Contact details for queries relating to location choice - for shortlisted applicants only
Name: Julian Waldron
Email: julian.waldron@uhnm.nhs.uk