Job summary
- Main area
- Histopathology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 423-7295152
- Employer
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Airedale NHS Foundation /Bradford Teaching
- Town
- Steeton
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Cross-site Histopathology Lead (Band 8A)
NHS AfC: Band 8a
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These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
Job overview
The IPS Pathology department is looking to recruit a Cross-site Histopathology Lead.
The post-holder would be expected to work across our sites at Airedale General Hospital, Bradford Teaching Hospital, Harrogate NHS Foundation Trust and other IPS sites as appropriate.
IPS is a joint venture owned by and providing a high-quality pathology service to Airedale NHS Foundation Trust (ANHST), Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (BTHFT) and Harrogate and District Foundation Trust (HDFT). All staff working for IPS are NHS employees with standard NHS T&C's.
Main duties of the job
To work in co-operation with the, Medical Director, Managing Director
and Pathology Senior Leadership Team to manage, organise and
deliver a high-quality Histopathology service across IPS sites.
The role will form a triumvirate with the General Manager and Clinical
Director for Histopathology in delivering the service and providing
assurance to the Managing Director and Medical Director. The
triumvirate will work collaboratively with service users and other
stakeholders in the Trusts.
To manage and work closely with the Senior Management Team to
deliver an effective cross-site Histopathology service, providing
strong service leadership to the multi-site laboratory team, promoting
and maintaining high levels of technical and professional standards
To line manage the mortuary staff and secretariat (site dependent)
forming part of general pathology support services.
To ensure that the Pathology Clinical Governance agenda for
Histopathology is delivered and maintained. To ensure maintenance
of the quality management system within Histopathology with the
objective that the departments become progressively more effective
in delivering a high quality service and in meeting both regulatory and
accreditation requirements.
In pursuing these duties the post holder will ensure compliance with
the NHS Constitution (details of which can be found at the following
websites www.nhsemployers.org or www.dh.gov.uk/nhsconstitution)
Working for our organisation
We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes. Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future.
We want to attract staff who embrace our Right Care behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients we want to make these part of our DNA.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see attached full job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Biomedical Science degree or equivalent qualification
- HCPC registration as Biomedical Scientist
- Holds a relevant post graduate qualification (MSc), conducive with Fellowship of the Institute of Biomedical Science status
- Holds a suitable management qualification or significant experience in a managerial position
Desirable criteria
- Membership of professional body such as IBMS
Experience
Essential criteria
- Knowledge and experience of regulatory and accreditation requirements relevant to Histopathology with demonstrable evidence of involvement in managing Quality Management Systems
- Substantial technical knowledge and experience in Histopathology demonstrating an ability to manage a Histopathology laboratory
- Knowledge and experience of regulatory and accreditation requirements relevant to Histopathology with demonstrable evidence of involvement in managing Quality Management Systems
- Substantial technical knowledge and experience in Histopathology demonstrating an ability to manage a Histopathology laboratory
- Experience in developing, implementing and monitoring policies, procedures and standards, in line with local or national guidelines
- Demonstrable evidence of Human Resource management experience and proven leadership skills
- Experience in training staff of different grades
- Experience of procurement and implementation of equipment, including change control and test validation and verification
Desirable criteria
- Human Resource management experience and skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Andrew Whittingham-Hirst
- Job title
- Pathology General Manager -
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01274 366798
- Additional information
Visits to the department are strongly encouraged. For further information please contact Andrew Whittingham-Hirst (Pathology General Manager - Bradford & Histopathology) Tel: 01274 366798
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