Job Title: Chief Medical Scientist
Overview:
The Chief Medical Scientist (CMS) will actively participate in the development and implementation of appropriately focused management and operational planning and control systems for the Haematology Laboratory.
The role will entail laboratory-based projects as agreed with the Laboratory Director and Laboratory Manager.
Key Responsibilities:
* Participate in the development and implementation of management and operational planning and control systems for the Haematology Laboratory.
* Conduct laboratory-based projects as agreed with the Laboratory Director and Laboratory Manager.
Essential Criteria:
Registration and Qualifications:
* Be registered, or be eligible for registration on the Medical Scientists Register maintained by the Medical Scientists Registration Board at CORU.
* OR Applicants who satisfy the conditions set out in Section 91 of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 must submit proof of application for registration with the Medical Scientists Registration Board at CORU.
Postgraduate Qualifications:
* Possess one of the following NFQ Level 9 post graduate qualifications or equivalent qualification at minimum Level 9 validated by the Academy of Clinical Science and Laboratory Medicine:
* MSc Clinical Laboratory Science, Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT).
* MSc Clinical Laboratory Science, Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin).
* MSc Clinical Chemistry, University of Dublin, Trinity College (TCD).
* MSc Biomedical Science, University of Ulster (UU).
* MSc Biomedical Science, Cork Institute of Technology (CIT)/University College Cork (UCC).
* MSc Molecular Pathology, Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT)/University of Dublin, Trinity College (TCD).
* MSc Medical Science, Atlantic Technological University (ATU)
Experience and Professional Development:
* Possess at least seven years full time clinical experience (or an aggregate of seven years full time clinical experience) as a medical scientist in a clinical diagnostic laboratory since qualifying as a medical scientist, two years of which were spent in a promotional post.
* Demonstrate evidence of Continuous Professional Development.
Leadership and Management:
* Candidates must have the requisite knowledge and ability (including a high standard suitability, management, leadership and professional ability) for the proper discharge of the duties of the office.
Health and Character:
* A candidate for and any person holding the office must be fully competent and capable of undertaking the duties attached to the office and be in a state of health such as would indicate a reasonable prospect of ability to render regular and efficient service.
* Each candidate for and any person holding the office must be of good character.