Biochemistry Laboratory Manager | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust; Colchester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS organization in Colchester is seeking a highly experienced Biochemistry Laboratory Manager. This role involves managing the Biochemistry staff, leading service improvements, and ensuring high-quality accreditation standards. The ideal candidate should possess strong leadership skills and a commitment to developing team members. This position also offers numerous training opportunities and promotes a supportive work environment with various benefits, including a generous pension scheme.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave on commencement

Access to NHS discounts

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Must be confident and motivated with a wide range of skills.
• Experience in managing and training junior staff required.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day activities of the Biochemistry laboratory.
• Lead on service improvement and maintain professional image.
• Provide expert advice and training in specialized areas.

Skills

Leadership

Staff training and management

Knowledge of medical laboratory accreditation standards

Excellent communication

Tools

Roche Diagnostics

LIMS EPIC Beaker

Job description

Are you a highly experienced Biochemistry Biomedical Scientist looking for your managerial step in your career? Are you passionate about developing and improving pathology services to provide efficient and effective services to patients?

Colchester Hospital are looking for a Biochemistry Laboratory Manager to manage the Biochemistry staff and coordinate the day to day activities within our UKAS accredited laboratory. The Biochemistry laboratory has high-volume automation from Roche Diagnostics and the LIMS EPIC Beaker.

You must be confident and motivated and possess a wide range of skills demonstrating excellent leadership and training and management of junior staff. You will have good knowledge of the medical laboratory accreditation standards to ensure the department maintains accreditation and meets regulatory compliance.

Our vision is to deliver innovations, high-performing pathology services that is focused on our customers and delivers high quality and fully compliant services.

We are committed to attracting, developing and retaining the best pathology staff. We are a growing, energetic and dynamic department, who encourages its staff to undertake internal and external courses to aid their development. You will play an integral part in developing our staff to their full potential and supporting them in their careers. You will also be supported to undertake training, including trust leadership courses.

About our Pathology Service

• Responsible as lead Healthcare scientist for Biochemistry
• Manages and coordinate the day to day activities of the Biochemistry
• Leads on service improvement
• Process highly specialist investigations and responsible for standard and quality of results of the service.
• Provide expert advice, opinions training to own and other professions in specialist area of activity.
• Provide specialist training and manage team training for Biochemistry and Specimen Reception working with the Training Lead.
• Deputise for the Service Manager in all aspects of their role including human resources, finance and Health and Safety.
• Maintain and promote professional image of the pathology department.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

Find out about living and working here -www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

This advert closes on Sunday 23 Nov 2025