Blood Sciences Manager

Job responsibilities

CSU Responsibilities

• Represent the laboratory departments at all CSU and relevant Trust meetings, ensuring specific needs of the departments are recognised.

• Lead role for Health and Safety issues on behalf of all the services in Blood Science. Attend the Trust Health and Safety meeting on behalf of the Pathology CSU as required.

• Deputise for Pathology Services Manager on a rotational basis with other departmental leads and at other times as requested and appropriate.

Managerial and Supervisory

• Lead on the integration of previously separate services to form a coherent centralised team with diverse skills and flexible working

• Interpret and implement policies, legislation, regulations and guidance from within the Trust and from local and national level.

• Ensure resilient laboratory staffing for 24/7 service.

IT Management

• Apply specialist expertise to ensure the department Information Technology systems are appropriately managed in support of the diagnostic, analytical and administrative needs of the laboratory.

• Manage, extract and analyse data required for Trust and PCT reports.

Scientific and Technical

• Be responsible for the provision of an efficient, effective and timely day to day and out of hours service.

• Technical expertise to investigate new scientific initiatives and methodology.

Liaise with clinical service leads and providers to develop care pathways that align with national and local (BLMK & S4 Pathology Network) strategies for patient care.

Provide complex interpretation of diagnostic reporting to NHSE to support the faster diagnostic strategy, including but not limited to Model Hospital and GIRFT initiatives, virtual wards and community embedded diagnostics.

Financial Management

• Have managerial responsibility (authorised signatory) for the departments financial resources and be responsible for achieving budgetary control.

• Ensuring compliance with standing financial instructions and to ensure a cost effective quality service.

• Monitor and analyse staff and non staff budgets in relation to service demands. Formulate business plan for change to funding where appropriate.

Please refer to the job description for further details.

Qualifications and knowledge

Essential

• Biomedical Science degree or equivalent
• Master's degree or equivalent in a relevant subject
• State registration with HCPC
• Evidence of CPD
• Management qualification or equivalent Capacity planning, managing waiting lists and developing business cases.
• Current knowledge and understanding of the NHS constitution.
• Trust vision, values, and strategic objectives
• Able to practically apply a range of specialist knowledge and expertise to leadership of given service areas.
• In depth knowledge of CQC, UKAS QSI accreditation and how they relate to the acute and imaging setting.
• Significant budget management experience, including cost minimization, monitoring and corrective action, and capital planning.
• Knowledge of workforce planning principles and practice.
• Ability to analyze and review a range of diverse and highly complex and sometimes conflicting information.
• Understanding of relevant legislation relating to Imaging, Clinical Governance, Health and Safety, NHS codes of conduct and employment law.
• Knowledge of a wide range of Pathology best practices and improvement processes

Desirable

• Strategic awareness within healthcare
• Holds clinical knowledge and experience working at a senior level in the acute setting.
• Has experience as a Service Lead or Deputy and knowledge of Pathology service management.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of managing a Pathology department, Biochemistry, Haematology, Blood Transfusion or Immunology, POCT
• Experience of managing budgets and achieving financial targets.
• Experience in managing and leading teams under pressure.
• Experience of leading a department in readiness for UKAS/MHRA compliance
• Problem solving
• Previous supervision of staff at Senior BMS level and above

Desirable

• Experience of implementing change, performance management and working under pressure.

Skills

Essential

• Evidence of personal achievement of results through strong leadership skills and implementation strategies
• Good organizational and time management skills
• High level of self-motivation and willingness to learn and develop and able to inspire this attribute in others.
• Logical approach to problem solving.
• Able to analyze and interpret complex data.
• Resilient and able to manage as well as prioritize conflicting demands.
• Proven ability to deliver a high-quality service.
• Confident to lead on transformation projects and service change or re-design with a focus on productivity and efficiency.
• Can effectively manage and lead multi-professional teams with a focus on productivity and efficiency
• Capable of developing protocols and implementing audits, policies, and procedures.
• Personnel management skills including recruitment and selection and performance management.
• Manage challenging situations and challenging relationships.
• Experience of managing relationships and developing services for key partners including Imaging Networks, GP's, integrated Care Boards, and other agencies.
• Group Facilitation skills
• Contributes to the development of business plans and service development.
• Able to demonstrate knowledge of budget setting.

Personal and people development

Essential

• Ability to command respect
• Proven leadership and management skills within in busy pressurised department
• Able to manage and direct staff effectively
• Motivational skills

Communication

Essential

• Good written, verbal, and non-verbal communication skills.
• Proven ability to deal with confidential, stressful, and difficult situations sensitively with a wide range of people and build credibility quickly.
• Ability to work autonomously, collaboratively and as part of a multi-professional team.
• Professional approach to work, appearance, and conduct.
• Excellent report writing skills.
• Strong influencing and negotiating skills to allow divisional strategic objectives to be obtained.
• Flexible in their attitudes and behaviours to support team working and delivery of objectives.

Specific requirements

Essential

• Able to perform the duties of the post with reasonable aids and adaptations
• Able to work effectively when faced with conflicting priorities
• Able to work as part of a team
• Tenacity and commitment
• Compassionate and patient focused
• oParticipate in out of hours rota

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).