As the UK Medical Director - Pathology, at Unilabs UK, you will play a pivotal role in leading and managing the medical team to deliver high-quality pathology services.
Key Responsibilities
1. Member of the Country Leadership team (CLT) responsible for key areas below;
2. Reporting pathology cases: Actively involved in your specialty or expertise.
3. Designing and owning the UK medical strategy: alongside the Medical Director and General Manager, UK.
4. Medical Management: overseeing all medical operations, quality assurance and audit support, ensuring adherence to quality reporting standards, best practice implementation, and managing clinical troubleshooting on all client and organisational queries.
5. Pathologist recruitment, management, and retention, networking, knowledge development, standardisation of clinical reporting and advancing digital pathology.
6. Brand Ambassador: Representing UNILABS in medical conferences and events, as well as contributing to commercial activities to drive business growth.
Areas of Work
Leadership & Administration
1. Overall responsible for Medical Pathology administration in Unilabs UK.
2. Leading the Unilabs Histopathology Service via reporting of cases and Medical management of pathologists, cytologists and other medical functions.
3. Building a coherent and strong medical team in Unilabs UK and driving overall performance of the team.
4. Maintaining all necessary compliance and competency paperwork for pathologists working for Unilabs UK.
5. Supporting all pathologists with their annual appraisal as necessary.
Medical Governance/Advice
1. Contribution of medical aspects and scientific knowledge to all UK projects, tenders and customer related issues.
2. Help customers and employees perceive Unilabs as a cutting-edge diagnostic lab group.
3. Medical consultancy of the Marketing Team and sales representatives.
4. Approval of the scientific content of all Unilabs customer-related publications, brochures, flyers.
5. Leadership in medical/scientific issues or discussions between Unilabs and customers.
Quality, Audit, Adverse Events
1. Work with QA head of UK, legal dept and global colleagues on medical and clinical quality.
2. Implement all policies related to handling of medical incidents and adverse events.
3. Participate and advise on risk assessment to understand patient harm.
4. Work with CLT and global to advise on any UK cases on medico-legal issues.
5. Build a culture of speaking up about near misses and adverse events.
Innovation/Scientific Content/Publications
1. Advocate for new products, ensuring technical and commercial viability.
2. Ensure compliance with UK health care regulations for new products.
3. Advocate or author scientific information and publications.
4. Maintain personal and organisational Continuous Professional Education.
Direct Reporting Line
1. Unilabs Global/Cluster/UK Medical Director responsible for UK.
2. Daily working partnership with Medical Director and Country Manager, UK.
Qualifications
1. Qualified Medical Doctor on Specialist GMC register, with license to practice and report Pathology/Cytology cases in UK.
2. Significant experience in pathology practice, with a track record of leadership and management.
3. Knowledge of the UK healthcare system, including NHS and private sectors.
4. Strong understanding of medical best practices and quality assurance standards.
5. Leadership experience in NHS or private settings.
6. Proven ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex medical issues.
7. People Management experience with excellent communication skills.
8. Ethical, professional and team working attitude.
9. Ability and willingness to travel within UK.
10. Commitment to continuous learning and professional development.
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