Job summary
Pathology Hub Manager
Exeter Hospital | Pathology | Permanent | Full Time |
Up to £55,000 per annum dependent on experience
37.5 hours per week
Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital is seeking an experienced and dynamic Pathology Hub Manager to lead a multisite hubandspoke pathology service across three hospitals in the South West region.
Main duties of the job
As Pathology Hub Manager, you will:
Provide strong, visible leadership to a multidisciplinary pathology team across multiple sites, fostering a culture of excellence, accountability, and collaboration.
Manage all aspects of people leadership, including recruitment, development, deployment, performance management, absence management, and formal HR processes.
Hold responsibility for service planning and workforce management to ensure safe, effective, and sustainable service delivery.
Work collaboratively with consultant pathologists to ensure robust clinical governance and the consistent provision of highquality clinical and technical advice.
Ensure ongoing compliance with all regulatory and accreditation requirements, including UKAS ISO 15189 and MHRA BSQR 2005.
Manage and review service level agreements with external suppliers and partners.
Develop and manage departmental budgets in agreement with your line manager, maintaining accountability for financial performance and accurate management reporting.
Lead service improvement, standardisation, and quality initiatives across the hubandspoke network to enhance efficiency, resilience, and patient experience.
About us
Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital
The Exeter Nuffield hospital is based next to the RDUH hospital in Wonford, Exeter. The hospital has 2 theatres, as well as a hybrid cardiac catheter laboratory/theatre and an Endoscopy suite. There are two ward areas: an inpatient area with 21 beds and a day-case ward with 10 beds. We also have a busy outpatient department, pharmacy, physiotherapy, and radiology department including an MRI scanner. We specialise in elective orthopaedic and spinal surgery, cardiology including invasive procedures, general surgery, plastics and cosmetic surgery, ENT, and gynaecology. The Hospital has a MAKO robot that undertakes some of the joint replacement surgery which we have become well known for in this field of surgery.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Pathology Hub Manager
Exeter Hospital | Pathology | Permanent | Full Time |
Up to £55,000 per annum dependent on experience
37.5 hours per week
Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital is seeking an experienced and dynamic Pathology Hub Manager to lead a multisite hubandspoke pathology service across three hospitals in the South West region.
As Pathology Hub Manager, you will:
Provide strong, visible leadership to a multidisciplinary pathology team across multiple sites, fostering a culture of excellence, accountability, and collaboration.Manage all aspects of people leadership, including recruitment, development, deployment, performance management, absence management, and formal HR processes.Hold responsibility for service planning and workforce management to ensure safe, effective, and sustainable service delivery.Work collaboratively with consultant pathologists to ensure robust clinical governance and the consistent provision of highquality clinical and technical advice.Ensure ongoing compliance with all regulatory and accreditation requirements, including UKAS ISO 15189 and MHRA BSQR 2005.Manage and review service level agreements with external suppliers and partners.Develop and manage departmental budgets in agreement with your line manager, maintaining accountability for financial performance and accurate management reporting.Lead service improvement, standardisation, and quality initiatives across the hubandspoke network to enhance efficiency, resilience, and patient experience.
Essential requirements:
HCPC registration as a Biomedical Scientist (or equivalent relevant professional registration).Significant postregistration experience within pathology, including demonstrable leadership experience at senior or hub/team leader level.Proven experience leading and developing multidisciplinary teams.Indepth knowledge of pathology quality systems, clinical governance, and regulatory frameworks, including UKAS ISO 15189.Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to engage effectively with clinical, operational, and corporate stakeholders.Strong organisational, financial, and problemsolving skills, with experience of managing budgets and service performance.
Desirable requirements:
Postgraduate or Master's qualification in a relevant discipline.Experience of managing services across multiple sites or within a networked pathology model.Experience leading service transformation or quality improvement initiatives.
Helping you feel good.
We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That's why we've developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what's important to you
Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.
If you like what you see, why not start your application now? We consider applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close adverts early (for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications).
It starts with you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Pathology Hub Manager
Exeter Hospital | Pathology | Permanent | Full Time |
Up to £55,000 per annum dependent on experience
37.5 hours per week
Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital is seeking an experienced and dynamic Pathology Hub Manager to lead a multisite hubandspoke pathology service across three hospitals in the South West region.
As Pathology Hub Manager, you will:
Provide strong, visible leadership to a multidisciplinary pathology team across multiple sites, fostering a culture of excellence, accountability, and collaboration.Manage all aspects of people leadership, including recruitment, development, deployment, performance management, absence management, and formal HR processes.Hold responsibility for service planning and workforce management to ensure safe, effective, and sustainable service delivery.Work collaboratively with consultant pathologists to ensure robust clinical governance and the consistent provision of highquality clinical and technical advice.Ensure ongoing compliance with all regulatory and accreditation requirements, including UKAS ISO 15189 and MHRA BSQR 2005.Manage and review service level agreements with external suppliers and partners.Develop and manage departmental budgets in agreement with your line manager, maintaining accountability for financial performance and accurate management reporting.Lead service improvement, standardisation, and quality initiatives across the hubandspoke network to enhance efficiency, resilience, and patient experience.
Essential requirements:
HCPC registration as a Biomedical Scientist (or equivalent relevant professional registration).Significant postregistration experience within pathology, including demonstrable leadership experience at senior or hub/team leader level.Proven experience leading and developing multidisciplinary teams.Indepth knowledge of pathology quality systems, clinical governance, and regulatory frameworks, including UKAS ISO 15189.Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to engage effectively with clinical, operational, and corporate stakeholders.Strong organisational, financial, and problemsolving skills, with experience of managing budgets and service performance.
Desirable requirements:
Postgraduate or Master's qualification in a relevant discipline.Experience of managing services across multiple sites or within a networked pathology model.Experience leading service transformation or quality improvement initiatives.
Helping you feel good.
We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That's why we've developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what's important to you
Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.
If you like what you see, why not start your application now? We consider applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close adverts early (for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications).
It starts with you.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- HCPC registration as a Biomedical Scientist (or equivalent relevant professional registration).
Experience
Essential
- Significant postregistration experience within pathology, including demonstrable leadership experience at senior or hub/team leader level.
- Proven experience leading and developing multidisciplinary teams.
- Indepth knowledge of pathology quality systems, clinical governance, and regulatory frameworks, including UKAS ISO 15189.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- HCPC registration as a Biomedical Scientist (or equivalent relevant professional registration).
Experience
Essential
- Significant postregistration experience within pathology, including demonstrable leadership experience at senior or hub/team leader level.
- Proven experience leading and developing multidisciplinary teams.
- Indepth knowledge of pathology quality systems, clinical governance, and regulatory frameworks, including UKAS ISO 15189.
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).
Additional information
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).