This Biomedical Scientist role will involve performing, analysing, interpreting, documenting and reporting routine and complex investigations in any diagnostic laboratory e.g. Red Cell, Immunohaematology, histocompatibility and immunogenetics, reference microbiology, donation testing or research. You will also be involved in leading and mentoring other staff members.

The successful candidate for this Biomedical Scientist role Candidates will be a registered Biomedical Scientist and will also be HPC registered. Candidates must also have experience within Transfusion and or Transplantation laboratory. Candidates must be eligible to work in the EEA.

If you would like more information about this Biomedical Scientist role, please contact Philippa Robertson on 0114 2839956 or email probertson@ckscience.co.uk. Please quote HC19265 in all correspondences.

About CK Healthcare

CK Healthcare is the new name in healthcare recruitment, specialising in the recruitment of locum Allied Health Professionals and Health Service Scientists to the NHS. Our team of specialist recruiters are here to help you achieve your career ambitions within the scientific industry. We actively offer you careers advice, help with writing your CV, assistance with interview preparation and up-to-date information about the industry. We pride ourselves on providing an honest, straight-forward and trustworthy service to both our clients and candidates.

Our client, a Manufacturing Laboratory dealing with blood and blood components are currently looking for a Manufacturing Shift Supervisor to join their team based in North London on a 6 month contract basis.

Working as a Manufacturing Shift Supervisor, you will supervise a team of more junior staff whilst having some hands on responsibility yourself. Some understanding of blood and blood components either from working in a blood transfusion service of hospital is essential, along with supervisory experience.

The facility operates a rolling shift system – 7am – 3pm and 3pm – 11pm, some weekend working will also be required. The contract is likely to be 6 months + in duration.

To hear more about this Manufacturing Shift Supervisor job, please contact Bethan on 01438 723500 or email bherbert@ckhealthcare.com quoting reference HC19199.

Project Manager – Health Outcomes Consultancy

• Salary range £35-40K plus bonus and generous pension
• 27 days holiday plus loyalty days
• Central London location

Xcelerate Health Outcomes is a dynamic and fast growing unit of NHS Innovations London offering health economic consultancy to the pharmaceutical and medical devices industry as well as NHS Trusts. The unit helps clients to conduct economic evaluations in medicines and healthcare interventions by carrying out projects which incorporate health economic and patient data. We are now seeking to expand the unit by recruiting an experienced Project Manager. The main purpose of the role is to provide project management expertise for Health Outcomes studies conducted on behalf of pharmaceutical and medical device companies and other healthcare stakeholders.

Key responsibilities

• Project management of Health Outcomes studies commissioned by pharmaceutical and medical device companies
• Production and analysis of project plans, milestones and resource requirements
• Monitoring project progress and providing regular updates and reporting internally and externally to industry clients
• Negotiation and liaison with Hospital Trusts to obtain patient data for projects
• Recruitment of study centres and investigators within the Trusts and communicating study objectives
• Set up all legal and contractual arrangements with investigators, study centres and Trusts
• Coordination and management of data collection within agreed timelines
• Resource and cost management of project

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work closely with other members of the Health Economics team to deliver project outputs  within agreed timeline
• Identify any risk management issues and conduct contingency planning
• Liaison with other teams within NHSIL and provide project management expertise and input when required
• Work with the wider organisation to facilitate access to investigators and study centres
• Medical/clinical experience and background preferred

The Company is sited at refurbished, air conditioned offices in central London. To apply please visit our web-site at http://www.nhsinnovationslondon.com/about-us/vacancies-and-opportunities/ and  e-mail an application form together with a detailed CV.

We are committed to appointing on merit, seeking candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds and taking full account of equal opportunities.

Health Economist- Health Outcomes Consultancy (Full or Part Time)

- Salary range £45-55K plus bonus and generous pension

- 27 days holiday plus additional loyalty days

- Full or part time considered

- Central London location

Xcelerate Health Outcomes is a dynamic and fast growing unit of NHS Innovations London offering health economic consultancy to the pharmaceutical and medical devices industry as well as NHS trusts. The unit helps clients to conduct economic evaluations in medicines and healthcare interventions by providing expertise, advice and unique access to patient data. We are now seeking to expand the unit by recruiting an experienced Health Economist:

The main purpose of the role is to provide health economics expertise to define, plan, research, model, evaluate, analyse and conduct Health Outcome studies for pharmaceutical and medical device companies and where required to help in the economic evaluation of new innovations and changes in healthcare interventions and pathways in NHS Trusts.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• To design and conduct Health Outcomes projects for Pharmaceutical  and Medical Device companies based on client requirements
• Apply Health Economic methods including quality of life and cost effective analyses and develop economic models to support Health Outcomes Studies
• Develop statistical analysis plans and undertake statistical analysis of patient data to generate the study output.
• Specifically and when required, develop protocols, undertake literature reviews, develop CRF’s for data capture and generate material for scientific reports and publication

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support the business development, consultants and management in capability presentations, company meetings and conferences
• Input Health Economics expertise into project proposals and presentations
• Evaluate from a health economic perspective, innovations and healthcare interventions generated  from the Hospital Trusts
• Work with NHSIL Partnership Liaison Managers to establish relationships with key NHS management to help identify and obtain patient data sources to carry out projects
• Project management of studies to ensure timelines and milestones are met
• Attending external client meetings, conferences and specialist Health economic events when required to promote and build the Health Outcome Unit’s reputation

The Company is sited at refurbished, air conditioned offices in central London. To apply please visit the web-site at www.nhsinnovationslondon.com and e-mail an application form together with a detailed CV.

We are committed to appointing on merit, seeking candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds and taking full account of equal opportunities.

After probably one of the worst economic crises the UK has ever seen, has the scientific industry been immune to its effect? How are the jobseekers and employees within the scientific industry feeling? CK Science, a leading specialist scientific recruitment agency, set out to find out just that.

In October 2009, CK Science surveyed 1500 scientific job seekers to research their attitudes during the recession, and brought to light some interesting results indicating that, at grassroots level, employees in the scientific industry are starting to feel the bite of the recession:

- 74.3% of respondents indicated that they planned to change jobs in 2010.

- When asked if they felt more or less secure in their science jobs compared to this time last year, 45.2% of the respondents indicated they felt less secure , whilst 20.3% felt more secure.

- When asked if they expected a pay rise within the next 12 months, 45.2% indicated that they did not, whilst 38.1% of responders expected a pay rise 3% or above.

- In terms of the strength of the scientific jobs market, 71.2% indicated that they perceived there to be limited job opportunities out there.

Speaking of the current state of the scientific job market, Ashley Kirk, Director at CK Science, said, “Science workers have not been immune to the recession. We have seen a much higher number of redundancies and greatly reduced recruitment levels throughout 2009…..Candidates are taking a more flexible approach when it comes to offer negotiation. They are much more focused on job security and company prospects and are less likely to think about questioning the salary on offer.” 

It is apparent from the survey’s findings that the scientific job market has seen better days but Kirk has some positive words, “…the last quarter of the year has seen an increase in contract recruitment, the permanent market has stabilised and is showing signs of growth. I can see a period of stability for the first half of 2010 and some confidence returning to the science job market. If you are looking for a new position at the moment, we have seen an increase in vacancies and our clients are always interested in well trained and educated scientists”. So, fingers crossed, the scientific job market is looking brighter for 2010.

CK Science is the largest independent scientific recruitment company in the UK. Our team of specialist recruiters is here to help you achieve your career ambitions within the scientific industry. We actively offer you careers advice, help with writing your CV, assistance with interview preparation and up-to-date information about the industry. We pride ourselves on providing an honest, straight-forward and trustworthy service to both our clients and candidates. Contact CK Science on 0114 283 9956 or visit our website: http://ckscience.co.uk/

Specialist Research Nurse – Pancreatic Research

Job Ref Number: 287-1061-KH

Band: 6

Pay Scale: £24,831 – £33,436

Advertising for: 2 positions

Hours: 37.5

Contact Type: Fixed Term until 31/03/2012

Reporting to: Professor Robert Sutton

The Liverpool Pancreatic Biomedical Research Unit (PBRU) is a new research unit, funded in 2008 by the NHS National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), to investigate pancreatic diseases. The PBRU is built around the world class excellence of pancreatic research in Liverpool, incorporating the strengths of the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals Trust, the University of Liverpool and associated Industrial partners. The purpose of the PBRU is to translate basic pancreatic research into a clinical setting. Overall the research will focus on three themes: drug discovery and development of new interventions; application of new diagnostic and imaging strategies and validation of new biomarkers and screening protocols.

The PBRU has set up a Pancreas Clinical Research Facility (PCRF), which specialises in early phase clinical trials of novel diagnostic approaches and novel compounds for the treatment of pancreatic diseases. This facility is the first of its kind in the country. The PCRF is located close to the two pancreatic inpatient wards at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital. The state-of- art facility will monitor both inpatients and outpatients up to level 2 care. Certain studies will also involve healthy volunteers.

Apart from clinical trials managed within the PCRF, the PBRU has also adopted several other clinical trials, which are linked to our Good Clinical Laboratory Practice and Drug Discovery Laboratories. The PBRU works closely with the Liverpool Cancer Trials Unit, Liverpool Cancer Research-UK Centre and the Liverpool Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre, which is part of the UK Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre Network.

We wish to appoint 2 Specialist Research Nurses, who will work within the exciting and challenging environment of the PBRU, being responsible for patient care and the management of clinical trials in the PCRF. Furthermore, the Specialist Research Nurses will assist in the execution of other clinical trials adopted by the PBRU.

The positions would suit band 5 or band 6 Nurses wishing to develop their careers by carrying out translational research within the NHS and the PBRU will provide all necessary training. The appointments will be over a fixed term until March 31st 2012 in the first instance.

For further particulars about the positions, please contact Dr. Stephen Griffiths by email: Stephen.Griffiths@rlbuht.nhs.uk or telephone: 0151 706 3898.

In order to apply for this vacancy and access the job description, person specification and application form, please visit: NHS Jobs.

Please make a note of the job reference number for your search (287-1061-KH).

Closing Date for NHS jobs: 22/01/2010

Andy Burnham, Health Secretary last week stated that approximately 10% of hospital funding will depend on patient satisfaction. According to Burnham’s report, “a high-quality and productive NHS needs a payment systems that offer the right incentives”, and as such should encourage providers to maximise efficiency, provide the best quality care, and divert hospital care into the community to reduce costly admissions.

To read more about this story, please visit the PharmaTimes website.

Ahead of the next UK General Election, The British Medical Association (BMA) has recently launched its manifesto – ‘Standing up for Doctors, Standing Up for Health’. This manifesto calls on political parties to acknowledge the value of the NHS and to commit to the long-term sustainability of the service.  

The recent economic downturn has forced the NHS into tighter budget constraints at a time when the demand for it’s services is soaring. Dr Hamish Meldrum, Chairman of Council at the BMA, argues that “even during a time of financial stringency, continued investment in the NHS is vital”, and he warns that “a slash and burn response to the need for savings would be dangerous and short-sighted, risking long-term damage to the infrastructure of the health service.”

The BMA’s manifesto also attacks the private sector involvement in the NHS and argues that efficiency savings could be made if the NHS was ‘…restored as a publicly provided service’.  However, supporters of the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) that public sector involvement in the NHS can only improve the quality of services provided.

To view a Youtube video of the manifesto, please click here.

You can give someone the chance of life this Christmas by giving blood. Blood donations are vital for so many people; be it burns victims, new mothers, premature babies, cancer sufferers or people that need organ transplants.  Many people need regular blood transfusions just to live their lives. Surprisingly, only 4% of the UK’s population gives blood on a regular basis so you can really make a difference this Christmas.

Giving blood is much quicker and easier than most people think. To find out when your nearest blood donation session is, please visit the National Blood Service website. Alternatively you can contact the National Blood Service on 0300 123 23 23. To see an NHS video about donating blood, please click here.

CK Healthcare is the new name in healthcare recruitment. We specialise in recruiting for Health Science Staff (HSS), and can help you search for a job in the following disciplines:

• Biomedical Sciences
• Clinical Sciences
• Healthcare Sciences
• Cytology
• Pharmacy
• Medical Technology
• Optometry

As a NHS PASA Approved agency, we operate to the highest standards and by becoming part of our locum work force you will be able to have access not only to the best NHS jobs available on a temporary basis but be assured that CK Healthcare is operating to the standards you expect.

• Please visit the CK Healthcare website
• Join the CK Healthcare LinkedIn Group

Due to continued growth, we are now looking for a suitably qualified and experienced recruitment professional to join CK Healthcare to help us lead and develop our fledgling business throughout the UK. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in growing the business from the roots, thus providing plenty of scope for both personal and professional development. This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing and successful company where you will be given the opportunity to develop the CK Healthcare business and really make your mark.

To be considered, you must have previous experience within recruitment at Consultant or Manager Level and have worked within the locum market in Health Science Services, Allied Healthcare or a related area.

At CK Healthcare, we believe our staff are our greatest asset and have a track record of training, retention and development which is second to none. We offer very good working conditions, an excellent remuneration package based on uncapped rewards for success, and a professional and supportive working culture to help you achieve the best results.

So, if you have experience of recruiting Biomedical Scientists, Pharmacists or any related discipline and have the drive and ambition to make CK Healthcare the best name in healthcare recruitment, please contact Lorna Crombie on 0191 3222093 or email lcrombie@ckscience.co.uk.

Operating since 1991, the CK Group is a collection of specialist recruitment companies operating throughout the UK and Europe. We help recruit well-informed, qualified and motivated candidates for permanent and contract positions across the UK and Europe. Here at the CK Group we are trusted and respected by our clients, who appreciate our professionalism, integrity and commitment to finding the right person for the job.