Blood Sciences Laboratory Manager
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 24 Tachwedd 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | Negotiable |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 07 Rhagfyr 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Stevenage, SG1 4AB |
| Cwmni: | NHS Jobs |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | E0111-25-0075 |
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Main Duties: To assist the Operational Manager, deputising as required, in the daily operation of the Department of Blood Sciences, Lister Essential Services Laboratory. To take responsibility for staff teams of a variety of grades, ensuring appropriate supervision of activities, such that service, operational and contractual KPIs are met. In particular, the post holder will work closely with Senior Biomedical Scientists to ensure that sections are run efficiently and effectively for a high quality and reliable service delivery. The post holder will be required to work within any section of the department including core and unsocial hours as required. Main duties To include, but not be restricted to, the following duties: 1. To supervise teams of various grades of scientific & support staff and ensure they plan and organise their workload effectively. 2. To ensure work is carried out in adherence to Sonic / HSL policies and procedures. 3. To be familiar with contracted KPIs and service standards and ensure that service sections meet and improve on these. 4. To support the production of staff rotas and leave arrangements, planned accordingly with correct numbers and grades of staff for uninterrupted service provision. 5. To ensure that sections are monitored for incomplete or overdue work and remedial action is promptly taken to mitigate against delayed report or incident. 6. To be aware of situations leading to lack of resources, including staff, equipment or consumables; to take remedial action and escalation steps, including senior manager notification or laboratory support, to mitigate impact on service delivery. Leadership and Communication 1. To maintain effective communication with staff and teams, ensuring records are kept of items discussed. 2. To coordinate and contribute to team, section, quality and general management meetings; this will include use of data from Group systems such as Tableau, Q-pulse, Totara, to drive the improved performance of the laboratory. 3. To ensure that, where delegated, departmental records, including those relating to payroll, absence reporting and training are updated and maintained. 4. To conduct staff annual review, regularly assess performance of team members and ensure shortfalls are escalated to the Floor Manager and managed within policy. 5. To form productive relationships with staff and teams, ensuring that professionalism is maintained and promoted; to provide motivation and direction for a clinically safe service. Technical and Quality 1. To perform laboratory procedures as documented, to include analysis, interpretation, recording, technical verification, release of assay results and verbal communication according to policy and procedures. 2. To interpret clinical information and use scientific knowledge to process specimens for appropriate tests, seeking advice from clinicians when necessary. 3. To ensure that quality procedures are observed at all times and take appropriate corrective actions where quality control or assurance indicates loss of performance. 4. To ensure incidents are logged as occurrences and investigated within expected timeframes according to policy. 5. To ensure that change control procedures are adhered to and assist in performing and recording method verification and validation according to policy. 6. Working with the Quality Management Group, ensure that sections meet all requirements for UKAS (ISO 15189), MHRA (GMP) and other applicable standards. Training and Education 1. To participate in staff appointment, supervision and management of training plans such that staff conduct duties in line with required competence, responsibility and job description. 2. To train new laboratory and clinical staff in complex technical/analytical procedures and assess them as competent to do their duties. 3. To acquire an up-to-date knowledge of developments in discipline and pathology in general as reflected by CPD. 4. To maintain registration with the HCPC, including a personal development portfolio as proof of competence to practice.