Main area: Specimen Reception
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (shift post - includes late hours and weekends)
Job ref: 193-7000847NCG
Employer: Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Royal Berkshire Hospital
Town: Reading
Salary per annum: Closing 23/02/2025 23:59
NHS AfC: Band 6
Royal Berkshire Hospital is pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated ‘Good’ with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements. The Trust’s overall rating has also improved to ‘good’. This is a great opportunity to join our clinical or non-clinical teams to create a positive and motivating environment within our trust. Come and join our team in this exciting time of change as we pride ourselves, our staff and our services on excellence.
At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is “Working together to provide outstanding care for our community.”
We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions.
We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate.
We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live.
We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice.
Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us. We offer a range of learning and development for all employees whether you are clinical or non-clinical.
Job Overview
Specimen Reception Manager - Band 6
An opportunity to work as specimen reception manager at Band 6 in blood sciences is now available for a suitably qualified candidate looking to pursue a career in Pathology management.
If you are looking for a position in healthcare with a desire to work as part of one of the largest NHS led Pathology Services in the South of England and contribute to patient care, this post is worth your attention.
We offer:
* Strong, personal, and professional development.
* A laboratory at the forefront of the national Modernising Pathology agenda.
* Forward thinking and team orientated staff.
We can help you to achieve these by supporting your development by providing access to internal and external courses for management, Health & Safety and Quality management.
Main Duties of the Job
* To ensure personal competency in all areas of a multidisciplinary specimen reception.
* To manage Pathology Specimen Reception at Royal Surrey Hospital/Royal Berkshire directing them in the most effective and efficient process to meet service needs.
* To attend, and contribute, as a senior member of staff, to BSPS and departmental meetings, helping to formulate policy and procedures, prepare business plans as required.
* To provide support in effective communication both within this area and throughout Specimen Reception. To ensure others are effective within this pathway.
* To participate and represent pathology Specimen Reception in the Blood Sciences budget setting process of the department in order to plan for future service needs.
* To ensure compliance with BSPS’s Standing Financial Instructions by all members of the department and to act as an authorised signatory for staff pay and expenses.
* To ensure the provision of workload statistics for Specimen Reception in a timely fashion as required by the Biochemistry Site Lead. To contribute to the production of the Key Performance Indicators.
The successful candidate will be expected to participate on the OOH rota which will include late shifts and weekends.
Working for Our Organisation
Our laboratory has accreditation for UKAS ISO:15189 and is also accredited with MHRA, and is accredited as a training laboratory by the IBMS for both registration and specialist portfolios leading to HCPC registration.
Reading sits on the River Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford, and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work, and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.
The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust has received a Good from the CQC.
Our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.
Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
You will work in a multidisciplinary service area hosted within the Blood sciences department.
Please refer to the job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* A Level certificate with math and science subjects
* One year relevant experience
* Experience using laboratory IT systems
* Minimum one year management experience in healthcare.
Experience
* Worked in a Haematology / Blood Transfusion Laboratory as a stated registered BMS
* Participated on out of hours rota
* Experience of Audits and quality management systems
* Flexible working opportunities and a strong emphasis on your work-life balance
* Annual leave – 27 days for new starters, plus bank holidays. Increasing to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years NHS service. Pro rata for part-time staff.
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Money Advice Service
* Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave for eligible staff
* On-site nursery (based at RBH)
* Full educational library services
* Cycle to work scheme, lockable storage for cycles
* Bus to work scheme
* Excellent rail and bus links
* A huge range of Health Service Discounts at hundreds of big brands from holidays to gadgets and restaurants to retail.
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The Trust may close any vacancy prior to the advertised closing date due to the high level of responses we receive for some of our vacancies.
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is committed to improving the health of its staff, patients and the wider community by providing a smoke-free environment. A smoke-free policy is in operation and smoking is not permitted on any of the Trust’s sites.
The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children, young people and vulnerable adults.
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