Deputy Central Reception & Logistics Manager

Barts Health Nhs Trust; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Camden Town is seeking a Deputy Central Specimen Reception & Logistics Manager to join their operational team. This full-time role involves overseeing logistics and staff at multiple hospital sites, ensuring compliance with trust policies while fostering staff development. The ideal candidate must be flexible with shift participation and have a strong focus on operational excellence within the NHS context.

Qualifications

• Experience in operational leadership across multiple sites.
• Ability to manage and train teams effectively.
• Flexibility to participate in shift systems including nights.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational leadership for CSR & Logistics.
• Liaise with laboratory teams and stakeholders.
• Support staff development and training.

Skills

Operational leadership

Line management

Training and development

Compliance with SOPs

Job description

Overview

We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced Band 7 Deputy Central Specimen Reception & Logistics Manager to join our cross-site team within the East and South East London Pathology Partnership (ESEL PP). This is a full time permanent position (37.5 hours per week). This critical operational role will support the delivery of a safe, high-quality 24/7 Central Specimen Reception & Logistics service across all Partnership sites. You will support the CSR & Logistics Manager in leading multi-site teams including CSR service delivery managers, supervisors, and logistics staff. The successful candidate must be flexible and willing to participate in a rotational shift system including early, late, weekend, bank holiday, and occasional night shifts to ensure a visible presence and meet service needs. Cross site working will be required and the successful applicant may be required to work at any of our NHS Pathology Partnership sites.

Main duties

• Provide day to day operational leadership for CSR & Logistics across multiple hospital sites, including direct line management of service delivery managers, logistics supervisors and reception staff, ensuring high quality performance and compliance with SOPs and Trust Policies.
• Liaise with laboratory teams, clinical services, courier providers and Trust stakeholders to support efficient patient pathways.
• Support staff development through training, appraisals, rota coordination and recruitment, and contribute to strategic improvement initiatives.

Organisation context

The NHS East and South East London Pathology Partnership is an arms-length organisation providing pathology services to Barts Health NHS Trust, Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust. The Pathology Partnership is hosted by Barts Health.

The Pathology Partnership was formed in May 2021. Between 2021 and 2024 the Partnership undertook a complex transformation programme to establish a single network of laboratories, underpinned by a single Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) and single Quality Management System (QMS).

The Partnership has a main hub laboratory at the Royal London Hospital and Essential Service Laboratories (ESL) as a minimum at the six other hospital sites served by the Partnership.

The Partnership has three operational divisions:

• Blood Sciences including Haematology, Blood Transfusion and Biochemistry
• Microbiology and Virology
• Cellular Pathology and Cancer Diagnostics

The 2024/25 total operating costs across the Partnership were c. £121m per annum with a workforce establishment of circa. 860 WTE.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.