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Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

About

Airedale Hospital was opened in 1970 by Prince Charles and is an award winning hospital providing high quality, personalised, acute, elective and specialist care for a population of over 200,000 people from a widespread area covering 700 square miles within Yorkshire and Lancashire - stretching as far as the Yorkshire Dales and the National Park in North Yorkshire, reaching areas of North Bradford and Guiseley in West Yorkshire and extending into Colne and Pendle in the East of Lancashire.

They employ 2,900 staff and have 400 committed volunteers
In a year they treat 25,000 inpatients, 26,000 non-elective patients and 150,000 outpatients
Our Accident and Emergency Department sees and treats over 51,000 patients every year
Around 2,600 babies are born each year at the hospital

They provide services from their main hospital site and at other locations across the community, in sites owned by their Primary Care Trusts. The PCTs commission health services from them for the patients within their GP practices and the three main PCT’s referring patients to us are – NHS Bradford and Airedale, NHS North Yorkshire and York and NHS East Lancashire.

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Contact

Address: Trust Headquarters; Airedale General Hospital; Skipton Road; Steeton; Keighley; West Yorkshire; BD20 6TD
Contact Number: 01535 652511

Find out more

Jobs Website

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Ref: 423-6760094 Vacancy ID: 6760094

Pathology General Manager – Histopathology & Bradford Site (Band 8b)

Accepting applications until: 17-Nov-2024 23:59

Vacancy status: Open

Accepting applications until: 17-Nov-2024 23:59

Location

Site: Airedale General hospital
Address: Skipton Road
Town: Steeton
Postcode: BD20 6TD
Major / Minor Region: West Yorkshire

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Salary

Salary: £62,215 - £72,293 Per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (NHS AfC: Band 8b)

Specialty

Main area: Pathology

Be part of our future landscape

At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.

We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.

These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details of this job vacancy please see attached full job description and person specification.

We are happy to discuss flexible working opportunities.

NOTE: This vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient suitable applications are received.

If you are offered a position which requires you to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £41.90, Standard £21.90 or Basic £21.90) from your first full months salary. This is a condition of your employment.

In applying for a post that requires a DBS check you are confirming that you have read and understood the DBS Privacy Policy for Enhanced and Standard Checks (Click here for the privacy policy)

You are encouraged to participate in the DBS Update Service and pay the £13 cost per year.

We encourage applicants to receive the Covid-19 vaccination but this will not be a condition of deployment with the organisation. We will be asking applicants to share their vaccination status as part of our normal pre employment screening but this will not affect their employment status with the Trust.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Person specification

Knowledge

Essential criteria

An in-depth knowledge of pathology services and service delivery
Knowledge of pathology regulatory and accreditation obligations with significant experience of managing services accordingly
Knowledge of the relevant strategic initiatives for pathology applicable locally, regionally and nationally
Knowledge of budget and people management
Comprehensive knowledge of clinical governance agenda and how that applies to pathology

Desirable criteria

An excellent working knowledge of the NHS

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Holds HCPC Registration as a Biomedical Scientist. BSc Biomedical Science or equivalent
Holds a relevant post graduate qualification (e.g., MSc), or equivalent demonstrable and relevant experience conducive with Fellowship of the Institute of Biomedical Science status.
Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
Holds a suitable post-graduate management qualification with evidence of practical application of expertise at this level, and/or has demonstrable knowledge and relevant experience

Desirable criteria

Level 7 management qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

Significant post-registration experience gained working in pathology laboratories
Significant current operational management experience in pathology or an equivalent diagnostic service in an acute NHS organisation
Significant management / leadership at senior level (8a or above) in an operational pathology role
Experience of resource management, including budget management, at a senior level within pathology
Experience of procurement and implementation of equipment
Demonstrable experience and skill in the initiation and implementation of organisational change
Experience of an ability to work collaboratively with clinical and managerial colleagues at all grades
Experience in developing, implementing and monitoring policies, procedures and standards

Skills

Essential criteria

Experience and ability to participate constructively and enthusiastically in meetings and decision making processes
Strong communication skills both written and verbal – able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive information and use persuasion, influencing and negotiation with individuals and groups including stakeholders
Ability to supervise staff and monitor performance
Ability to produce business cases and bids for new developments