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Job overview

Are you the leader we are looking for to oversee the work of Histopathology at our Oxford Road site and who will ensure that we continue to offer high-quality services to the Trust, plus a wide range of hospitals across the North-West and beyond? In conjunction with the Histopathology Laboratory Manager and Clinical Leads you will be responsible for the overall operation and development of the Histopathology laboratory service at our Oxford Road site, ensuring that the service is of high quality and that it functions in an efficient and safe manner. You have the responsibility for managing a team to successfully deliver all aspects of laboratory operations, from motivating staff to maintaining the department’s finances; this is a multi-layered role that requires an ambitious leader.

As Histopathology evolves, we wish to embrace technological developments and are looking to implement the next stage of our SMART automation journey with discussions ongoing to install and begin validation work for the X120 Tissue-Tek Tissue Processor as well as reviewing opportunities to further develop automation within the service in terms of automated microtomy Whilst you will be central to this exciting work, you won’t be on your own. You will be supported by the Histopathology Senior Management Team which includes the Cellular Pathology Directorate Manager, Histopathology Laboratory Manager, Clinical leads, and senior BMS staff, hence achieving can be a result of a rewarding team effort.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a visionary leader with excellent communication skills and a management qualification, or evidence of developed management skills honed along your career path. HCPC registered, you will have significant Histopathology experience, with a good awareness of current issues in the pathology service, health and safety legislation and UKAS standards. You will be a leader with strategic capability, who can drive forward modernisation in the context of financial efficiency. You must have tactical ability and the necessary skills to fully understand the financial position facing the NHS and be willing to change the face of Pathology by being innovative and creative. This post holder must have drive and tenacity and be able to deliver the necessary changes to keep the department at the forefront of Pathology.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.