Employer Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Employer type NHS
Site University Hospital of Wales
Town Cardiff
Salary £54,550 - £61,412 per annum
Salary period Yearly
Closing 27/02/2025 23:59
Automated Haematology Laboratory Service Manager
Band 8a
WHO WE ARE:
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 16,000 staff and providing over 100 specialist services. Serving a population of around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst also working with our partners to develop regional services.
We are a values-driven organisation and our goals will only be realised if our values are at the heart of everything we do:
* We are kind and caring
* We are respectful
* We have trust and integrity
* We take personal responsibility
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for a suitably qualified and experienced Biomedical Scientist to lead the Automated Haematology Laboratory at Cardiff & Vale UHB.
The Haematology Laboratory is one of the largest in the UK, offering analysis using a tracked Horiba FBC, digital morphology and sample storage system, Werfen Coagulation (soon to be upgraded to a tracked system), Beckman Coulter Haematinics and Oxford Biosystems ESR analysers, processing around 1 million samples each year. The department holds UKAS ISO15189:2022 accreditation and is a HCPC approved training laboratory. Training and development opportunities are available, and all staff are encouraged to actively participate in CPD.
Previous experience in NHS is essential.
Main duties of the job
You will have a keen interest in and recent experience of Automated Haematology Laboratory in an NHS ISO 15189:2022 accredited teaching hospital environment at a senior supervisory level.
The successful applicant will be expected to keep the service abreast of best practice and current scientific/clinical opinion in this rapidly changing field. You will be encouraged to realise relevant service development objectives and manage clinical and scientific research.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this role; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Person specification
Qualifications
* HCPC Registration
* FIBMS/MSc
* RCPath Part I and II
Experience
* Several years' experience as a registered BMS or Clinical Scientist
* Significant experience working in a supervisory capacity in an NHS Immunophenotyping section
MANAGING YOUR APPLICATION:
We are committed to promoting inclusion, where all staff have a sense of belonging. We welcome applications from everyone and recognise the need for our workforce to represent the diversity of the population we serve. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect and where diversity is celebrated.
Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh. Any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
The UHB reserves the right to close this vacancy after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment-related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Name Sue Lawless
Job title Haematology & Transfusion Service Manager
Email address Sue.Lawless@wales.nhs.uk
Telephone number 02920 744202
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