Histopathology Section Manager – Airedale site (Band 7)
We are excited to invite applications for the position of Section Manager - Airedale site.
Airedale Hospital is situated between Skipton and Keighley, near the Yorkshire Dales. It is an exciting time to live and work in and around the Bradford area as for 2025, Bradford is the UK City of Culture. Bradford is a vibrant, multicultural city with a typical warm Yorkshire welcome.
The Airedale laboratory processes wet specimens from Airedale NHS Foundation Trust and dissected specimens from Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The laboratory dissects and prepares histological tissue and continues the care of these cases through processing, main laboratory, immunohistochemistry, and special stains. The department also provides a service for non-gynae cytology, skin immunofluorescence as well as the recent introduction of Digital Pathology.
The Airedale laboratory is part of Integrated Pathology Solutions LLP (IPS), which is a joint venture providing a high-quality pathology service to Airedale NHS Foundation Trust (ANHSFT), Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (BTHFT) and Harrogate District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT).
Main duties of the job
For the main duties of the job, please see attached full job description and person specification.
About us
We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:
* Cycle to Work
* Travel Scheme
* Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
* Onsite Nursery
* Buying and Selling Annual Leave
* Car Leasing
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Employee Health and Wellbeing
* Extensive Reward Scheme
* Counselling Service
* Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
* Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.
Our values:
We understand that it's down to the hard work, effort and dedication of our staff that makes a difference for our patients. Our people really do make our Airedale experience - we take pride in fostering a friendly, effective and caring work environment. Our values are part of our DNA, which are:
* Committed to Quality of Care
* Compassion
* Working together for patients
* Improving Lives
* Everyone Counts
* Respect and Dignity
Got questions before you apply, please contact the recruiting manager to find out more.
Job responsibilities
For full details of this job vacancy, please see attached full job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* HCPC registration as Biomedical Scientist
* IBMS Specialist Portfolio in Histopathology or equivalent qualification or experience that evidences work at equivalent level
* Relevant post graduate qualification conducive with Fellowship of the Institute of Biomedical Science Status (MSc)
* Membership of profession body such as IBMS
* Holds a General Management Qualification
* Experience of NHS Histopathology
* Human Resource management experience and skills
Experience
* Significant discipline specific experience and knowledge.
* Experience of working within a Histopathology laboratory
* Evidence of Continuous Profession Development
* Experience of Pathology IT systems
* Experience of Pathology Quality management systems
* Experience of training junior staff
* Experience of implementing new techniques and technologies
* Experience of writing/ reviewing SOPs in line with local or national guidelines
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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