Pathology Lead, Biochemistry - Rivers Hospital, Sawbridgeworth
Rivers Hospital, Sawbridgeworth
Up to £77,094 per annum DOE inclusive of regional pay allowance
Job Title: Pathology Lead
Department: Biochemistry
Location: Rivers Hospital, High Wych Road, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, CM21 0HH
Contract /Hours: Permanent, Full-time (40 hours per week)
Salary range: Up to £77,094 per annum DOE inclusive of regional pay allowance
About us:
Sonic Healthcare is an internationally renowned healthcare provider with a demonstrable track record of medical services across the world. Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Sonic is an ASX Top 50 company that has grown to become one of the world’s leading healthcare providers, specialising in pathology, radiology and primary care medical centres. We have operations in Australia, the USA, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Ireland and New Zealand.
Sonic Healthcare UK encompasses the two main entities in the UK, The Doctors Laboratory (TDL) and Health Services Laboratories (HSL). HSL is a partnership between The Doctors Laboratory (TDL), Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH). HSL was formed to provide pathology services to the NHS Trusts and has expanded further to provide services to other NHS Trusts. Over 3,500 staff work at Sonic Healthcare UK, primarily under the TDL or HSL banner.
Our purpose is to deliver medically-led diagnostics, innovation, value and long-term investment to healthcare. With our core laboratory based at The Halo Building in London WC1H 9AX, we also have an expanding site in Manchester as well as smaller hospital-based laboratories across the country. We maintain rigorously high standards of quality, whilst also delivering efficiencies to healthcare through careful workforce planning, pioneering technology and significant investment in infrastructure and IT.
Due to the nature of work that Sonic Healthcare UK undertakes, our clients require that Employees filling certain roles, need, as part of their on-boarding to complete a DBS Check. This role falls in to the category of requiring a DBS check (standard).
About the role:
A vacancy has arisen for an experienced individual to lead the busy multidisciplinary team at the Ramsay Rivers TDL laboratory in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire.
This is a multidisciplinary 24/7 onsite laboratory that provides Pathology and Blood Transfusion services to several private hospitals in the area.
The successful post holder must be a registers BMS with an Honours (first or second class) degree in Biomedical Science or equivalent.
The successful candidate must have extensive and demonstrated experience in managing an acute biochemistry, haematology or blood science service in a large, complex environment.
This includes experience in leadership (motivation, teamwork, delegation, change management), as well as staff recruitment, management, retention and performance management.
Experience in managing teams, including setting priorities and addressing performance issues.
They must have demonstrated experience in managing, developing, co-ordinating and delivering provision of complex analytical services through
* analysis, interpretation and technical validation of diagnostic analytical results, including troubleshooting technical problems
* validation and introduction of new techniques and equipment
* knowledge of maintaining an accredited service, including UKAS/MHRA/CQC registrations and IBMS training standards
* continuing professional development and training laboratory staff and assessing competence
* demonstrated advanced quality assurance principles and practices.
The successful individual should be flexible, highly motivated and effective team player; methodical, have ability to understand and meet targets and deadlines and strong relationship building, negotiating and influencing skills.
Where necessary, some on-bench working patterns would be required to ensure business continuity, and for in-touch review of the service/departments.
Participation in the out of hours on call rota may be required for which there is additional payments.
At TDL we offer a variety of excellent staff benefits including:
• Training and development opportunities – supporting professional development
• Annual salary review - No banding restrictions: As we are a private company we are not restricted by salary bandings and so are able to negotiate appropriate salaries based on experience. This also means that annual salary reviews do not hit a band ceiling.
• Discounted gym membership – we have a corporate gym membership scheme with Better Gyms
• Cash healthcare plan – cash back on a variety of healthcare costs including dentist and opticians
• Sick Pay Entitlement – 5 paid days in the first year of employment, 20 days thereafter
• Permanent Health Insurance and Death in Service Cover
• Life Assurance – providing salary continuation for long term illness (six months qualifying period)
• Employee Assistance Programme – supporting staff wellbeing
• Season Ticket Loan Scheme – interest free loan for the cost of annual travel ticket
• Perkbox – Access to additional staff perks and benefits such as high street discounts
• Company Pension Scheme – company and staff contributions which increase with service
• Competitive annual leave allowance – 28 days
• Flexible working hours – we support and offer flexibility around shift patterns and working schedule