Job summary
- Main area
- Cellular Pathology senior manager
- Grade
- Band 8c
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 200-STG-713108- 6462832-DK
- Employer
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Georges University Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £78,163 - £88,884 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
General Manager Cellular Pathology
Band 8c
Job overview
General Manager for Cellular Pathology. To lead a Hub service at the St Georges site in Tooting and support OSNA/FNA provision at Croydon
Main duties of the job
South West London Pathology is an award winning pathology partnership between four leading Hospital Trusts – St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Epsom and St Helier University Hospital Trust and Croydon Health Services NHS Trust – designed to provide an integrated, high quality pathology service for hospitals and GPs across South West London.
General Manager for Cellular Pathology
The St. George's University Hospital site serves as the Hub laboratory for Cellular Pathology covering the St Georges and Croydon sites only as well as specialist referral site. SWLP has made significant investments in new equipment (new MSC provider Leica) and continues to look at other technologies which will improve the service provision. The department prides itself in innovative working solutions; early adopters of new technologies and strongly supports development of staff. The Cellular Pathology department is undergoing and continues to to undergo major changes with complete new equipment with the award of a new MSC to Leica. Transition is in progress with a Go-Live in September. In addition, there has been significant investment in infrastructure with a new IHC lab approved; new digital solution and enhanced IT etc. The service transferred to the new LIMS solution CliniSys Enterprise version 7.24 in 2022. Sites visits prior to interviews are strongly recommended.
Working for our organisation
SWLP is an clinically led organisation with the well being and staff progression at the fore-front of its goals. It prides itself as being an NHS Pathology service.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please find the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more details on the main responsibilities for the role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MSc in Biomedical Sciences (Cellular pathology)
- Registration with the HCPC
- Evidence of CPD
- Fellowship of the Institute of Biomedical Sciences or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- Post-graduate qualification in Management
- Qualification in process Improvement (lean)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience at senior management level
- Understanding of pathology as a business and the ability to drive it.
- Significant experience in the practice of Laboratory Medicine
- Proven ability to manage change effectively
- Significant experience in Human Resource Management and HR policy implementation
- Significant experience with Quality Management Systems
- Proven experience of leadership and management
- Significant experience in problem solving
- Use of pathology computer systems
- Financial management and procurement
- Experience of managing budgets
- Experience of business planning
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Extensive technical skills associated with the practice of laboratory medicine
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Strong leadership qualities, coupled with highly effective motivation skills
- Commitment to proactive management
- Well developed financial management/ business skills
- Well developed negotiating and influencing skills
- Ability to find creative solutions to management problems
- Full understanding of laboratory health and safety requirements
- Ability to plan, organised and manage one’s own and others work
- Ability to organise and prioritise the unpredictable nature of workload
- Attention to detail
- Excellent time management skills
- Ability to work under pressure
- Dealing with conflict situations
- Ability to deal with difficult and distressing situations with sensitivity and diplomacy
- Self-motivated
- Flexible approach
- Able to perform light physical work
- Capable if intense periods of concentration
We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust – being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful – and behave in a way that reflects these. More information on the vision and values of St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below.
Please note that this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applicants are received. Please check your email regularly as all candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted and informed by email.
If you are appointed to the post, as part of your pre-employment check we will be required to verify your identity. The document/s you present for this purpose will be checked for their authenticity by scanning all known security features. These features will include:
- The machine readable zone
- An ultra violet image
- An infra red image
As part of your pre-employment checks, we will also be required to obtain satisfactory, written references. Please ensure that the referee details which you provide on your application form are correct. We require at least one written reference from your current or most recent line manager. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
Email: [email protected].
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jamie Laughlin
- Job title
- Director of Operations
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07718174714
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