We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and highly organised Pathology Services Manager to join our Trust.

The Pathology Services Manager at Liverpool Women's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (LWH) will be the key representative for Pathology at LWH, working in collaboration with the Laboratories, Trust clinicians and Divisional Management to ensure delivery of robust, patient-focused and efficient integrated Pathology services. The post holder will have direct responsibility for Clinical Pathology and operational leadership of the labs and lead innovation in Point of Care Testing and Sampling errors across the Trust.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide specialist expertise in Pathology/Haematology and be the lead scientist in the area

Implement quality improvement projects within the Services and deliver in a timely fashion.

Overseeing performance management systems to ensure services meet agreed service specification including key performance indicators and other local and national targets. Analysing and using performance management data to inform and improve service delivery.

Promote and support the development and enhancement of service delivery models across the multiple service suppliers within Pathology.

Work closely with the lead clinicians, the operational leads, and the service managers amongst others to develop the service and manage risk.

Further duties and responsibilities are listed within the Job Description document

About us

Liverpool Women's delivers the highest standards of care for women, babies and their families. It is an exciting environment to work in and a great place to develop your career.

We value the contribution of individual talent and are committed to having a workforce that is representative of the local community. We will consider requests for flexible working on hiring.

Our core value is to 'Be Kind' and we have an ambition to 'Be Brilliant' with the best people, giving the safest care, to provide outstanding experiences.

The Trust is constantly innovating and evolving it's services to provide the most cutting edge care possible. We have long-term aspirations for the future. https://www.liverpoolwomens.nhs.uk/about-us/our-future/planning-for-future-generations/

We are committed to creating a greener Liverpool Women's https://www.liverpoolwomens.nhs.uk/media/4095/our-green-plan.pdf

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Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to Job Description for further information and Person Specification

For further informal discussion about the role please contact Vera.Cabral@lwh.nhs.uk

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to first level degree or equivalent experience
• Pathology experience
• Business/management/leadership qualification or equivalent experience at post graduate/diploma level
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Further relevant training

Desirable

• Masters degree

Experience

Essential

• Proven experience of working in business/ management/leadership role
• Experience of leading and motivating a team
• Leading service changes to improve performance and leading projects
• Responsible for a budget and budget setting
• Identifying and interpreting national policy and implementing required changes
• Business case development and annual planning, longer term planning

Desirable

• Experience in an acute healthcare environment
• Experience of regulatory assessments

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Awareness of current legislation and developments and agenda within the NHS.
• Financial procedures including budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes
• Business planning /annual planning/long term planning
• Good knowledge of IT business systems including Microsoft Office
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills - ability to analyse highly complex data/information and make judgements/draw conclusions - including ability to respond to unexpected demands
• Good understanding of risk management and governance

Desirable

• Experience of NHS IT systems
• Understanding of change management
• Knowledge of service improvements/transformation and project management

Employer details

Employer name

Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Liverpool Women's Hospital

Crown Street

Liverpool

L8 7SS

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