About this role
Job summary
As Cellular Pathology Directorate Manager, you will provide visible, values-led leadership across a busy, high-profile service, supporting safe, timely and high-quality diagnostics for patients across our hospitals and wider network. You will work with clinical and scientific leaders to deliver operational performance, quality, workforce and financial objectives, driving service improvement, innovation and collaborative working.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a large, forward-looking pathology service, influenceing strategy and day-to-day delivery while developing strong partnerships across laboratories, theatres, clinics and corporate teams. If you are an experienced operational manager with a passion for continuous improvement and team development, we would welcome your application.
Main duties of the job
You will lead the operational management of the Cellular Pathology directorate, ensuring safe, efficient end-to-end specimen pathways and delivery of agreed activity, quality and turnaround time standards.
Working with the Clinical Director as part of the senior leadership team, you will manage performance, workforce planning, rosters and budgets; oversee governance, incident response and compliance with accreditation and regulatory requirements; and drive service improvement, digital transformation and capacity planning.
You will build strong relationships with theatres, clinics and corporate teams, communicate clearly with staff and stakeholders, and support a positive culture of continuous improvement, patient focus and staff wellbeing.
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit their careers page.
Job description Job responsibilities
For full details, please refer to the attached job description
With the Clinical Director and Director of Operations, agree strategic and operational plans for the delivery and development of services.
Responsible for the provision of the scientific service and providing support and advice to clinicians and service users.
Writing and reviewing the directorates' strategic and operational policy (Quality, Health & Safety and Training & Development)
Authorises standard operating procedures and guidance used in the provision of service.
To present verbally or in writing the directors strategic and operational plans. Implements and coordinates with other directorates Government initiatives affecting services.
Manages the directorates budget, setting targets, monitoring spending, procurement of capital equipment and supplies.
Deals with complaints
Managers the staff within the directorate
Make sure the lab is compliant with the standards of the UKAS
Make sure all staff maintain their state-registration
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Approved science first degree and HCPC registration FIBMS/MSc or equivalent MBA or equivalent
Experience Essential
Evidence of active participation in continuous professional development Management experience of staff including human resource issues Experience of financial management, budgetary control and business planning Experience of safety issues, including implementation of COSHH within a safe working code of practice.
Desirable
Record of presenting papers at congress/seminars at national or international level.
Knowledge Essential
Knowledge of the education and training of biomedical scientists Knowledge of laboratory health and safety Good knowledge of general management E procedures and implementation of organisational change. Knowledge of spread sheets, data base, audit and presentation of data
Skills Essential
Ability to lead the Directorate management team in strategic planning and policy formulation Chair meetings at Directorate, Trust and at other appropriate meetings external to the Trust.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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Employer details Employer name Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address Liverpool Clinical Laboratories
Liverpool
L7 8YE
Employer's website https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)