Employer: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Town: Sheffield
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 pa/pro rata for part time staff
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 16/02/2025 23:59
Interview date: 27/02/2025
Advanced Biomedical Scientist Histology (Service Development Lead)
NHS AfC: Band 7
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing packages, and financial support systems.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Department of Histopathology at the SYB Pathology Royal Hallamshire Hospital site. We are looking to recruit an Advanced Biomedical Scientist main laboratory leader with specific responsibility for service development.
As an integral part of the Histopathology Senior Team, in conjunction with laboratory management, you will take the lead on service development, specifically (but not exclusively) have day to day responsibility for the digital pathology section.
The post will primarily be based at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield but as you play your part in transformation of the Histopathology service across South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw, flexibility to visit all sites will be required.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be expected to lead the digital pathology reporting aspect of the service including general oversight, training, progression and UKAS compliance of the section.
Duties include:
* Day to day workflow management
* Troubleshooting
* Liaison between laboratory and Histopathology Consultant
* Section leadership
The role is also required to lead on general service development away from digital pathology. Consider ways to innovate and engage the team and service in improvements which benefit service users across South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development and many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
* Registered with the HCPC
* MSc or IBMS Higher Specialist Diploma (Histopathology) or level 7 Apprenticeship or equivalent extensive experience with a commitment to obtain a level 7 qualification
* IBMS Specialist Diploma (Cellular Pathology) or equivalent
* Evidence of CPD
* Further management training
Experience
* Extensive experience in a UKAS accredited clinical Histopathology Laboratory.
* Relevant experience of core histopathology techniques
* Experience of a wide range of Histopathology diagnostic techniques
* Experience of implementing Digital Pathology within a Histopathology service
* Experience in application and monitoring of UKAS standards.
* Experience of training and assessing staff competencies
* Demonstrable leadership qualities
Skills and Knowledge
* Good IT skills (Microsoft Office, Q-Pulse, LIMS)
* Evidence of leading a team
* Effective communication skills, written and oral
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