Senior Medical Scientist NHISSOT

Overview

Post Title:

Senior Medical Scientist

Post Status:

Permanent

Department:

NHISSOT

Location:

Beaumont Hospital & Affiliated Sites   

Reports to:

Chief Medical Scientist

Salary:

Appointment will be made on the Senior Medical Scientist Scale (€66,667 - €88,021) at a point in line with Government pay policy

Hours of work: 

Full-Time, 35 hours per week

Closing Date:

12 Noon on 11/06/2025

 

Please note the hospital reserves the right to close the competition early should a substantial number of applications be received.

 

 

Job Summary:

The position requires a strategic approach to the development of services and structures, embracing continuous quality improvement and technological development and the management of changes necessary to achieve organizational objectives.

Responsibilities

Principal Duties & Responsibilities:

General responsibilities

To assist the chief medical scientist in the performance of his/her duties.

To train medical laboratory assistants, support staff and visiting workers as required.

To assist with maintaining laboratory accreditation and a high quality standard of work throughout the laboratory.

To organise, monitor, assess and report on the appropriate Internal and External QA schemes.

To train new and existing staff including witness audits for C/P training.

To assist in implementing measures for Safety, Health and Welfare to all staff.

To ensure that statistical and management information is provided when required.

To co-operate with the chief medical scientist with regard to departmental budgeting.

To order reagents/equipment as required by the department.

To attend courses and meetings as appropriate to maintain up-to-date knowledge.

To fulfill CPD requirements.

To take an active role in finding solutions to scientific and management problems in collaboration with the chief medical scientist and consultant immunologist

To provide leadership, guidance and support to the medical laboratory assistants, medical scientists and other staff in the department.

To participate in staff annual review.

To support the on-call service.

Any other duties as appropriate to the grade and qualifications.

 

 

Specific responsibilities

To act as Deputy Chief Medical Scientist in his/her absence

 

 

General duties for Senior Medical Scientist

The following are the duties the senior medical scientists are responsible for to assist the chief medical scientist in the performance of his/her duties or in the absence of the chief medical scientist/deputy chief medical scientist:

• Monthly transplant pool statistics
• Monthly on-call claims
• Monthly sick leave/absence returns
• Interviews for medical scientists
• Attendance at the chief/consultant reporting sessions for discussion/signing reports
• Signing post transplant reports: Antibody Screening senior
• Signing living donor work-up reports: Living Donor senior
• Reviewing and signing donor work-ups and updating transplant figures
• Daily Attendance
• Input and guidance in training new medical scientists in the department
• Attendance at the multi disciplinary meetings.
• Attendance at the QMS meetings.
• Education sessions to the user groups
• Act on the behalf of the chief/deputy chief medical scientist in discussing issues with the user groups
• In the absence of the chief/deputy chief medical scientist, the senior medical scientist to deputize for them is arranged on the availability and seniority of the senior

 

 

Specific duties for Deputy Chief Medical Scientist

Deputy chief is arranged on a rotational basis of 8 months to senior members of staff who have been in a senior role of at least 2 years.

The following are the duties the deputy chief medical scientist is responsible for in the absence of the chief medical scientist in addition to the above senior duties:

 

• Interviews for senior medical scientists
• Staff induction for new staff

• Writing the agenda, presenting items, updating action lists and taking the minutes at the chief/consultant reporting sessions
• Attendance at the Multi Disciplinary Meetings: Surgi