Healthcare Scientist (Bioinformatics Development)

The postholder is expected to be a postdoctoral scientist who will utilise their specialist scientist and technical expertise in bioinformatics (genomics).

The role will include:

(i) Evaluation of published developments and innovations and their transfer into clinical practice.

(ii) Project supervision including training staff, trainees, visitors and students.

(ii) Evaluation and implementation of new methods, technologies and tools.

(iv) Verification and validation of new clinical diagnostic assays to a standard which permits their diagnostic application in both rare disease and cancer genomics.

The postholder will work within the NHS rare and inherited disease NHS genomic network of excellence team in Manchester (https://www.england.nhs.uk/genomics/nhs-genomic-networks-of-excellence/#rare-and-inherited-disease).

The focus of this NHS Network of Excellence is to help patients get a diagnosis faster; reduce genomic health inequalities; develop new testing approaches, increase the efficiency of analysis; and increase capacity for rare condition clinical trials.

The postholder will also work closely with the teams of the Rare Conditions and Advanced Diagnostics themes of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) (https://www.manchesterbrc.nihr.ac.uk/our-research/rare-conditions/) and the University of Manchester (UoM) research group of Prof Siddharth Banka (https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/siddharth.banka).

The Manchester BRC was awarded more than £60 million (2022-27) and is driving forward pioneering research in the areas of high-burden under-researched conditions., (iii) The NW-GLH operates a 6 day delivery model and therefore new applicants should be aware that they will be required to work a rota pattern to support this, which will include occasional Saturday and Bank Holiday working., MFT is England's largest NHS Trust 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 & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & 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 & 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 & 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.