• To participate as a Medical Scientist, Staff Grade (Laboratory) in providing a high quality and efficient laboratory service to Consultants, Doctors and their patients within the hospital and the community. 
• Participate in implementing a clinical laboratory service that supports the clinical needs of the patients.
• Participate in the implementation of operational processes to the standards of ‘best practice’, in order to optimise use of resources.
• Participate in the implementation of a ‘quality management’ programme, which is patient centred and which measures and audits performance and client satisfaction.

 Candidates for appointment must:

1)  Statutory Registration, Professional Qualifications, Experience, etc.

i)   Be registered, or be eligible for registration, on the Medical Scientists Register maintained by the Medical Scientists Registration Board at CORU.

OR

ii)  Applicants who satisfy the conditions set out in Section 91 of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005, (see note 1 below*), must submit proof of application for registration with the Medical Scientists           Registration Board at CORU.

     The acceptable proof is correspondence from the Medical Scientists Registration Board at CORU confirming their application for registration as a Section 91 applicant was received by the 30th March 2021.

AND

iii)  Have the requisite knowledge and ability (including a high standard of suitability and professional ability) for the proper discharge of the duties of the office.

AND

iv)  Provide proof of Statutory Registration on the Medical Scientists Register maintained by the Medical Scientists Registration Board at CORU before a contract of employment can be issued. Applicable to Section          38 applicants only).

2)  Annual Registration, (Applicable to Section 38 Applicants only)

a)  On appointment practitioners must maintain annual registration on the Medical Scientists Register maintained by the Medical Scientists Registration Board at CORU

AND

b)  Practitioners must confirm annual registration with CORU to the HSE by way of the annual Patient Safety Assurance Certificate (PSAC).

Health

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.

Character

Each candidate for and any person holding the office must be of good character.

Medical Scientist Basic Grade 3875 February 2025x