Head of Cellular Therapy Laboratory – Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Join our Cellular Therapy Team!
Are you an experienced leader in cellular therapies, ready to drive excellence in one of the busiest tertiary referral transplant and cellular therapy centres in the UK? The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is seeking aHead of Cellular Therapy Laboratoryto lead our high performing Cellular Therapy Laboratory team.
About the Role:
As the Head of Cellular Therapy Laboratory, you will be responsible for the strategic, operational, and developmental management of our pioneering laboratory. You will work closely with clinical, research, and quality teams to ensure regulatory compliance, deliver high-quality services, and contribute to the advancement of stem cell transplantation and cellular therapy.
• Strategic Leadership:Drive medium- and long-term service development, ensuring compliance with Human Tissue Authority (HTA) and JACIE accreditation standards.
• Quality Management:Oversee a robust Quality Management System (QMS), aligning with clinical and regulatory requirements.
• Team Empowerment:Lead a highly skilled team, fostering development through education, mentorship, and training.
• Service Excellence:Manage resources, optimise budgets, and future-proof laboratory operations for emerging cellular therapies.
• Research and Collaboration:Partner with clinicians, researchers, and external stakeholders to support cutting-edge research and clinical excellence.
• To be responsible and accountable for the strategic, operational and developmental management of one of the busiest tertiary referral transplant and cellular therapy centres in the UK.
• The post holder is responsible for developing, implementing and updating plans and policies such that medium and long-term service goals and objectives can be met.
• The role requires close and effective liaison in a consultative capacity with clinicians, nursing teams, transplant co-ordinators and other pathology laboratories and Trust departments. By taking overall responsibility for the laboratory quality management, the post holder will be responsible for ensuring that the laboratory requirements of the Human Tissue Authority (HTA) are met and that the transplant and cellular therapy units remain compliant with the regulations.
• The post holder will lead the department on the retention of JACIE accreditation and will ensure the delivery of a high-quality service through quality improvement.
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.
At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.
At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.
For more information, please refer to the job description and person specification
• Thepostholderwillbedirectlyresponsibleandaccountableforthestrategicand managerial direction ofthe Cellular Therapy Laboratory including setting appropriate goals and standards in the contextoftheHaematology/OncologyClinicalCellular Therapy and Transplantprogrammes.
• Topropose,developandmanagetheintroduction ofstrategiestomeetmedium and long-term service goals.
• Haveexpertunderstanding ofcurrentandemergingregulatory requirements to ensurecompliance andtointerpretpotentialconsequences toservicedelivery.To develop and implement policies and strategies to accommodate changing regulatory requirements imposed by JACIEandHTA.
• Beresponsibleforensuringtheprovisionofafuture-proofedGMPservicethatiscompliant with relevant regulations to support the production and use of therapeuticstem cells in transplantation.
• Identify cost pressures, be responsible for resource management and preparation ofbusiness casesinsupport ofcapitalbids.
• Developarobust QualityManagement programmeembracingaudit,validation, training, and governance both within the laboratory and in association with Clinical and Quality teams.
This advert closes on Friday 28 Feb 2025
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