Clinical Bioinformatician

We are looking for a highly motivated Clinical Bioinformatician to join our expanding Bioinformatics team at the South East Genomic Laboratory Hub (SEGLH) on a 12-month fixed-term contract basis. The post will be based at Guy's Hospital, but with a planned consolidation to a hub  post will be part of the team supporting the clinical diagnostics services of both Guy's and King's College Hospitals, covering several rare disease and cancer diagnostic laboratories.

You would have the opportunity to develop and troubleshoot both somatic and germline pipelines, develop and manage applications supporting the diagnostic process and manage large datasets for reporting.

The successful applicant will be dedicated and enthusiastic with knowledge and experience of working with NGS pipelines and large datasets, as well as possessing strong programming and troubleshooting experience. Applicants should be good communicators, be able to take initiative, support continual quality improvement and prioritise workload. The role requires consistent attention to detail and excellent organisational skills.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team that is highly valued in Synnovis Genomics. The successful candidate will support existing diagnostic services in the South East and also be involved in a very active programme of assay and technology development.
Applicants will be expected to have attained or be working towards HCPC registration.

The role will involve maintaining and operating bioinformatics pipelines for the processing of next generation sequencing data for both Guy's Hospital and King's College Hospital supporting services for the Genomic Medicine Service.

The post-holders will work with other clinical scientists to support the development, validation and implementation of new/updated diagnostic tests. This will include developing and delivering validated and accredited software for delivery of diagnostic services following clinical best practice guidelines, as well as working with cloud-based infrastructure, local databases and the latest technologies to deliver bioinformatics services.

We support a flexible, hybrid working pattern. The posts will be based at Guy's Hospital, though occasional travel to other Synnovis sites, such as other trust sites will be required.

You will have a suite of learning opportunities available through The ACCE competencies programme, the Scientific Learning and Development Fund and the Synnovis Academy through which you can receive funding / support for advanced qualifications. Through our Innovation Accelerator Fund, you can apply for finance to get that new innovative scientific project off the ground, and participate with the wider scientific community through symposiums, conferences and other peer group meetings.

At Synnovis, we are currently shaping the future of pathology services by creating a world-leading Hub and Spoke pathology network with our NHS partners. A large part of this modernisation will involve moving 70% of our services to a purpose built, state of the art Hub laboratory in the heart of London. For now, the job you are applying for will be based at one of our hospital sites however, from 1 April 2024 our people and services will start to move to our Hub laboratory in Blackfriars, Southwark, SE1, with some work remaining in refurbished essential services laboratories across our hospital network, focusing on the rapid turnover of urgent tests.

Please do ask your recruiting manager if you wish to find out more.

What you will do
The post holder will be working within a team of bioinformaticians supporting Synnovis Genomics services based across Guys and St Thomas Hospital Foundation Trusts and Kings College Hospital. This role will be a mix of acting as duty bioinformatician, development work and data analysis supporting rare disease and cancer diagnostics. The duty bioinformatician ensures the smooth operational delivery of the service and answers daily issues raised by the scientific teams.

Development work includes working on new and updating existing pipelines, database projects, evaluations…