Pathology Manager

Pathology Manager

Glasgow Hospita] | Pathology | Permanent | Full time

Up to 67,500 per annum, depending on skills and experience.

At Nuffield Health the UKs largest healthcare charity, everything we give our patients, members and customers would not be possible without you. Your passion, your warmth, your drive to make a difference. Whether it’s driving connected health, helping the nation, transforming experiences, or building the career you want, we give you the support to do it all. Join our journey. It starts with you.

We’re looking for a confident and motivated healthcare professional with strong leadership skills and a solid background in pathology to join us as Pathology Manager at our Glasgow Hospital. You will be a collaborative, detail-oriented individual who thrives in a regulated environment and brings positivity and professionalism to a high-performing team.

As our Pathology Manager, your role will involve:

Leadership and team management

• Lead, motivate and supervise a team of qualified and support staff.
• Perform all aspects of personnel management – staff selection, development, deployment, performance review, absence management, disciplinary and grievance procedures.
• Hold regular team meetings and ensure the effective cascade of information.
• Attend relevant hospital/clinical service meetings.
• Effectively coordinates and delegates work and reviews peoples performance.

Resource & Budget Management

• To maintain, evaluate, purchase and quality control, pathology and point of care equipment.
• To manage service level agreements with service providers and service users.
• Effectively coordinates and monitors the use of financial resources.
• Manage maintenance requests and ensure laboratory stock, consumables and equipment are maintained.
• In agreement with line manager, develop the departmental budget, and retain accountability for achieving budget, and the accurate and timely provision of all management information.
• Commissions, procures and monitors goods and services.

Department Planning & Compliance

• To plan and develop the department objectives and ensure all are achieved.
• Input into the hospital business planning and improvement initiatives.
• Ensure that all audits and reviews of the department are undertaken and action taken to address any issues raised.
• Implement all relevant policies and procedures into the department and ensure full compliance with all statutory and business requirements, accreditations, medical alerts, taking any necessary action.
• Review, develop, update and implement local policies, procedures and protocols for the hospital, in accordance with statutory and Nuffield guidelines, policies and procedures.
• Participate in the management of operational and integrated clinical governance activities.
• Participates in the annual objective setting and performance review process for the division.
• To act as the Health & Safety coordinator and risk assessor for the area, maintaining best practice in health and safety and undertaking risk assessments for own area.
• Coordinates and monitors an environment and culture that improves health, safety and security.
• Regularly reviews current and new methods, practices and equipment.

Clinical Service

• Liaises with clinical pathologists to ensure appropriate clinical and technical advice is given
• Authorise standard operating procedures in conjunction with the consultant pathologist
• Determines, plans, undertakes and reports pathology investigations
• Supports, monitors and controls and the supply of blood products

Nuffield Health Glasgow Hospital

Located in the heart of the West End of Glasgow; you will be working at one of Scotland’s leading private hospitals. This year, we embarked on phase three of our multi-million pound refurbishment, adding state of the art equipment like our Mako robotic arm for orthopaedic surgery and a new ambulatory theatre. We have a special focus in the areas of orthopaedics, spinal surgery, ophthalmology, weight loss surgery and cosmetic treatment.

Helping you feel good.

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That’s why we’ve developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what’s important to you.

Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.

If you like what you see, why not start your application now? We consider applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close adverts early (for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications). So, it’s a good idea to apply right away to ensure you’re considered for this role.

It starts with you.