Job overview

An exciting oppertunity has arisien in the Cellular Pathology Department for an enthusiastic individudal to join us to support our management team in delivering cancer diagnostics across CTMUHB. 

You'll need to be well organised, with good administration skills and the ability to solve problems but also escalate issues not within your gift to resolve. 

You will support administration and documentation requirements including rota managment and support data collection. You will also manage efficient receipt of cellular pathology samples and liaise with service providers to resolve queries. The post holder will ensure ordering is fulfilled and resolve issues with orders as required.

English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Main duties of the job

·       Provide support to the Department Leadership Team as appropriate, specifically the management of rotas, specimen pathways to support cancer performance, managing concerns and payroll processes.

·       To be responsible for identifying and resolving issues and errors within own area.

·       To be responsible for compiling the duty rotas ensuring service needs are met and to inform laboratory staff as appropriate.

·       To ensure the efficient receipt & appropriate processing of all incoming samples.

·       Support planning and documentation for relevant meetings.

·       Support in managing orders, liaising with suppliers and procurement where required.

·       To support equipment management, ensuring routine servicing is arranged and support with fault reporting and resolution.

·       Provide active support for documentation and audit to support training, Health and Safety and compliance with ISO15189:2022 quality standard.

·       Support management of the archive tissue.

·       Plan own day to day tasks and duties.

·       Communicate with clinicians, managers, administrative staff, suppliers, external agencies, and representatives of other Health Boards.

·       Uses own initiative when dealing with queries and concerns internally and/or externally for example resolving specimen queries.

Working for our organisation

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family.  Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.