Haematology Manager

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen within the Blood Sciences Department at the Diana Princess of Wales Hospital for a Band 8a Laboratory Manager. The successful candidate will be expected to hold FIBMS, equivalent MSc or IBMS HSD although candidates nearing completion of the above or with extensive experience are invited to apply.

The Blood Sciences laboratory at DPOW Hospital is the Blood Sciences capacity site for Path Links Pathology. The Path Links Pathology network receives work from the whole of Lincolnshire. Path Links encompasses Scunthorpe, Goole, Lincoln, Boston and Grantham Hospitals. Grimsby, DPOW is a busy, fast-paced working environment, with excellent training opportunities. We are a large, friendly and welcoming team.

Main duties of the job

The post will provide the successful candidate a wide role within pathology which will support their career development.

You will work alongside a team of managers across the five main hospital sites that constitute the Path Links service.

The Grimsby pathology management team are responsible for managing the Louth pathology facility in addition to the main Grimsby site.

You will work jointly to maintain and implement common policies and procedures. The network is very mature in this respect and this is established practice for us.

As a directorate rather than a specialty or site you will work together with the rest of Blood Sciences to maintain and achieve UKAS ISO:15189.

Path Links is part of the Midlands and East 2 (ME2) pathology network which is currently being developed. The postholder will be involved with those developments as they progress.

About us

NLAG is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £ billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.

Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Management of the blood sciences laboratories from a technical, personnel, financial and quality management perspective Project management and oversight of developments including implementation of new methods and equipment and process changes to improve efficiency and patient safety Ensure departmental compliance with UKAS ISO:15189 Ensure incidents and errors are reported to relevant bodies and action plans are enacted to prevent recurrence and recorded on our quality management systems Plan and oversee training and competency assessments for all staff working in the department Work with colleagues across the Path Links Directorate under the leadership of the Blood Sciences Directorate Operational Manager to ensure standardised and efficient practices that meet and can evidence relevant quality standards are embedded in the department Overall responsibility for quality control and external quality assurance for areas under their line management A source of expertise in terms of specialist knowledge. Successful candidate would work closely with advanced practitioner staff to gain knowledge and understanding of processes and challenges in all areas under their line management Work with the immunology manager to jointly manage the department and cross-cover the absence of each other Maintain knowledge and competence within their specialty in order to be able to support the out-of-hours service in case of emergency need. This may involve occasional out of hours working but this is not expected to happen with any degree of regularity.

For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.

As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of peoples age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

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Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

oFellowship of the Institute of Biomedical Sciences (FIBMS) or MSc. oState registration with Health Profession Council oMinimum 3 years previous experience at band 7 grade in an area of Blood Sciences (Haematology, Blood Transfusion, Chemistry, Immunology or Andrology

Desirable

Qualification. oManagement qualification. oIBMS Higher Specialist Examination oPrevious experience at Lab manager level.

Occupational Experience

Essential

oEvidence of personnel management. oPrevious experience of training staff. Experience of quality management - process mapping, incident investigation, CAPA, audit Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary environment

Desirable

Evidence of business case development Evidence of Project Management skills Experience of Q-pulse Experience of financial analysis of proposed changes Involvement with writing of tender specifications and scoring tender responses

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