Pathology Contract Manager

NHS; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

The NHS is seeking a Pathology Contract Manager to lead the transition and mobilisation of a new integrated Pathology Service for 1.2 million citizens in Mid and South Essex. This role involves managing complex contracts, ensuring compliance, and fostering relationships with service providers to enhance healthcare delivery.

Qualifications

• Strong background in contract management for large, complex contracts.
• Experience in complex service implementation.
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing, and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Project manage the Trust's transition and mobilisation of the Single Integrated Pathology Service.
• Maintain and develop relationships with the main Pathology service provider.
• Ensure contractual compliance through effective quality and risk management.

Skills

Contract management

Interpersonal skills

Analytical skills

Management skills

Influencing skills

Job description

Job summary

The Pathology Contract Manager role is a new leadership position within Clinical Support Services, responsible for ensuring, driving, reporting, and tracking the successful delivery of the primary complex managed service contract and other Pathology contracts. The Pathology Service is a vital diagnostic resource for delivering acute and primary healthcare to 1.2 million citizens in Mid and South Essex.

In 2025-2026, the current procurement of a Managed Pathology Service will conclude with the transition of the Mid-Essex in-house service and the South Essex Pathology Joint Venture into a new, single integrated service across Mid and South Essex.

Main duties of the job

As our Pathology Contract Manager, you will project manage the Trust's transition and mobilisation of the Single Integrated Pathology Service starting in 2025. This includes participating in the transfer of knowledge and skills to ensure high-quality service delivery and establishing a new contract management function.

You will play a key role in maintaining and developing relationships with the main Pathology service provider, monitoring their performance, and managing other Pathology service contracts to support the overall Trust Pathology Service.

You will ensure contractual compliance through effective quality and risk management, promote a culture of continuous improvement, and achieve value for money.

Ideal candidates will have a strong background in contract management for large, complex contracts, with professionalism, experience in complex service implementation, management skills, and excellent interpersonal, influencing, and analytical skills.