BCSP Laboratory Manager

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits a passionate Laboratory Manager in a leading health organization. This role is pivotal in the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme, where you will oversee laboratory operations and contribute to strategic planning. As part of a dedicated team, you will play a key role in expanding screening to younger populations and enhancing service quality. The position offers a chance to make a significant impact on public health while fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment. Join a diverse team committed to excellence in healthcare and enjoy numerous personal development opportunities to advance your career.

Benefits

Endless personal development opportunities

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Significant laboratory management experience and strategic planning skills are essential.
• Must have experience in a UKAS accredited Pathology laboratory.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day operations of the laboratory ensuring optimal performance.
• Provide leadership and line management for laboratory staff.

Skills

Leadership

Team Building

Analytical Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Strategic Planning

Education

Masters level education

CPD evidence

IBMS membership

Tools

FIT (Faecal Immunochemical Test)

Job description

Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) is the biggest employer in Nottingham with over 19,000 staff

An exciting new opportunity has arisen in the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme for a HCPC registered Laboratory Manager based at QMC, Nottingham. The role will lead the laboratory service at a time when the country is expanding the age of screening to lower age groups, reducing cut-off levels and moving towards digital communications.

The Eastern hub is one of 5 hubs responsible for the call and recall of subjects to take part in the English Bowel Cancer Programme. It invites approximately 1.4 million people to complete a quantitative faecal immunochemical test (FIT) and approximately 70% of individuals (between 54 and 75 years of age) take up this opportunity each year. The Hub is expanding the age range of screening to 50 year olds by 2025.

In response to NG12, DG30 guidelines the Department also offers symptomatic FIT to local and regional GPs to enable them to better triage their patients who have, often vague, symptoms of colorectal cancer.

The Hub currently employs nearly 60 staff, who are involved in sending out, receipting, analysis and reporting of FIT tests along with booking Specialist Screening Practitioner appointments, and performing other administrative duties. We also operate a busy Helpline for participants in the programme, handling over 100,000 calls each year.

The post would suit an individual who has significant laboratory management and strategic planning experience and is keen to be involved in cancer screening.

Main duties of the job

Working under the leadership of the Programme Manager as part of the Senior Management Team, the BCSP Laboratory Manager role is critical to the successful operations of the service. The role encompasses management and strategic planning of the laboratory team, which will require specialist knowledge of the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme. In particular, the role is designed to fulfil the following functions:

• To organise the day to day operational management of the laboratory ensuring optimal performance of equipment, materials and staff. The BCSP Laboratory Manager will also support other areas of the department.
• To provide professional leadership and line management for the laboratory staff, to include work planning and rosters, training and mentoring, performance management and other HR issues.
• As a specialist Biomedical Scientist, to provide appropriate specialist advice on technical and scientific issues within the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme to the Programme Manager / Programme Director and Consultant Clinical Scientist.
• To undertake strategic planning of the laboratory to ensure efficiency, productivity, continuous quality improvement and robust systems and processes in the management of all resources.
• This role will also act as the Training Manager for the department, overseeing and strategically planning all aspects of training for the department working closely with the Training Officers to deliver the plan.

Working for our organisation

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please review the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Working alongside the Senior Management Team (SMT), the post holder will play a key role in the screening and symptomatic services providing laboratory management and expertise ensuring a high quality service is provided.

Person specification

Training & Qualifications

• Educated to Masters level or working towards.
• Evidence of CPD.
• IBMS membership.
• Evidence of further knowledge of Cancer Screening.

Experience

• Experience of using FIT with high level of knowledge.
• Evidence of displaying good leadership and team building.
• Significant experience managing and developing a team.
• Significant post registration experience in a UK based, UKAS accredited Pathology laboratory.
• Evidence of managing training systems within a department.
• Experience of dealing with internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience of undertaking strategic planning for a specific team or section.
• Experience working in a screening programme and symptomatic service.

Communication and Relationship Skills

• Evidence of displaying good interpersonal skills at all levels.
• Demonstrates the ability to enthuse and motivate staff.
• Demonstrates the ability to deal calmly with members of the public, patients and participants.
• Evidence of being able to receive, process, interpret and communicate complex information.
• Demonstrates the ability to lead a team.

Analytical and Judgement Skills

• Demonstrates the ability to make judgements involving a range of complex facts or situations, which require analysis, and interpretation of a range of options.

Planning and Organisation Skills

• Demonstrates the ability to carry out Staff and Strategic planning for a section or specific team.

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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.