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Reception Training and Team Lead | Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 20 August 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £28,407 - £34,581 p.a. pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 19 September 2024 |
| Location: | Cambridge, CB2 0QQ |
| Company: | Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6579314/180-B-245373 |
Summary
An opportunity has arisen to cover a secondment for 9 months in the Blood Science reception team to help with the management of a large team delivering a 24/7 service in the blood science reception where samples are delivered from GPs and inpatients and need details entering into pathology databases. The training and team leader will be responsible for ensuring day to day duties and workflows are maintained as well as training and competency assessing and developing staff.
Post can be either a secondment opportunity for internal CUH staff with managers permission or a fixed term contract for 9 months.
You will act as deputy to the Specimen Reception Managers by assisting the Reception Managers in the leadership of the Pathology reception area including managing the staff and processes within it when the reception managers are not available. You will support the Reception Managers in the coordination of the day-to-day activities of the team, and will assist with the implementation of plans for service improvement.
You will establish the reception area as a functional interface between the users and the laboratory and will provide specialist service to the reception team such as training, advanced trouble shooting and problem solving. It will also be expected of you to be able to work flexibly within the reception area and to maintain the delivery of a 24 hour, 7 days a week service.
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Please note:- Internal applicants on permanent contracts can only apply for this post as a secondment and must have the approval of your current line manager before applying.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 1st September 2024
Interviews are due to be held on 10th September 2024
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
This advert closes on Sunday 1 Sep 2024