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A Vacancy at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust.

Coventry and Warwickshire Pathology Services (CWPS) is a large, long standing Pathology Network in the South Midlands. Pathology services are provided to primary, secondary and tertiary care across three main sites; University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust in Coventry (UHCW), the George Eliot Hospital in Nuneaton (GEH) and South Warwickshire Foundation Trust in Warwick (SWFT).

This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to join the Network Blood Sciences Team, and continue to develop both the Haematology and Pre-Analytics services further in line with the national directives for pathology service provision.

Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP.

The CWPS Haematology Service is delivered from three sites, with a centralised hub laboratory at the GEH site, essential service and specialist laboratory at the UHCW site and essential service laboratory at the SWFT site. The GEH site has a fully automated blood science track solution. This processes all the Primary Care and Out-Patient work for the whole of Coventry and Warwickshire. The UHCW site also has a fully automated track system, and is an extremely busy Acute Trust. It is the site for our haemoglobinopathy service, flow cytometry service and is a Haemophilia Centre offering our specialist coagulation service. Our laboratory at Warwick focuses on in-patient work. The Pre-Analytics service is delivered utilising an innovative model of acute and community phlebotomy sites, specimen stabilisation sites and a pathology specific transport solution to manage pathology samples away from the main hospital sites, ensuring efficient delivery to our Hub Laboratory.

• Manage operational delivery of the haematology laboratory service
• Ensure the service is managed in a financially responsible way
• Ensure the service operates to the highest quality and laboratory standards
• Encourage a culture of excellence and service improvement
• To be forward thinking and looking for future opportunities
• Help develop future leaders in haematology and Pre-Analytics
• Manage and be accountable for the delivery of the service using an effective and efficient deployment of all resources within areas as defined by the Senior Management Team, including laboratory materials, staff and information across the Network
• Design and develop innovative methods of service provision and work with other managers to plan and implement these processes within the departments, in response to clinical demand and organisational change.
• Interpret and implement Trust and other external polices within CWPS, and work autonomously within agreed polices
• Lead in audit and service redesign, and prepare and present reports when required. Ensure the audit schedules are adhered to as defined in the departmental Quality Management System, and instigate continuous service improvements.
• Review all clinical and non clinical incidents, ensure they are reported and investigated fully within the appropriate timeframes, and are reported through the governance structure in accordance with the Trust’s incident reporting policy.
• Manage and implement changes as directed by the Senior Management Team and Clinical Lead, and take responsibility for risk management within these projects.
• With the Clinical Lead assist and support the Senior Management Team in the strategic evaluation, planning, development and improvement of the Network pathology service, and deputise for the Group Managers when required
• Responsible for producing and delivering a departmental three-year service provision plan including defining and implementing departmental objectives.
• Responsible for the day-to-day operational management, including all aspects of analytical work of the designated area or areas of the service, under the direction of the Group Manager, to ensure the most efficient service is provided to the Users
• Lead in conjunction with other senior staff in the evaluation, implementation and development of existing and new technologies, approved clinical trials and departmental research projects to ensure the continued effectiveness of the service
• Identify and investigate any areas of non-compliance in an efficient and authoritative manner ensuring all necessary corrective actions are implemented, and report back on such incidents to the Senior Management Team and Clinical Lead
• Take a lead in the propagation and maintenance of all laboratory aspects of the CPA/ISO standards/MHRA requirements, HTA regulations, HSE requirements and any other statutory regulations, and ensure the delivery of services in line with the principles of these standards and requirements throughout CWPS
• Lead the management of risk within defined areas, including managing the risk register and cooperate with clinical leads to ensure the service always operates in a safe and efficient manner as would be expected from the service users and all regulatory authorities.
• Be responsible for reporting any concerns about the service delivery to the Senior Management Team and Clinical Lead promptly with recommendations on ensuring business continuity at all times.
• Take on the role of governance lead for an agreed area of the laboratory and attend/participate in CWPS Governance Board meetings
• Design and oversee scientific and technical training programmes for all grades of staff and ensure training plans are adhered to within the agreed timeframes
• Develop and maintain a working knowledge of current and future scientific developments relating to the laboratory, operating to contemporary best practice specifications
• Authorise complex reports where necessary and communicate specialist scientific information and give expert technical advice to healthcare staff within Pathology and to users within and external to the Trust
• Have line responsibility for the laboratory’s participation in external quality assurance schemes and provide a comprehensive report, by exception to laboratory management promptly when required
• Responsible that all work is completed to the agreed quality standards, is prioritised where necessary and is meeting defined turn-around-times
• Is expert in the use of the Quality management system, and oversees the effective development and/or management of all controlled documentation, non-conformities and audit reports within the system
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of current practice with regard to health and safety, COSHH and risk management, and supports departmental health and safety representatives to ensure all staff comply with all relevant local and external policies
• Work as an effective member of the CWPS Network management team to deliver a fully integrated diagnostic pathology service

Our service is developed around the premise that we deliver the best possible service for our patients. We continually monitor our service performance and seek continuous service improvement. We can offer access to UHCWi Leadership Courses which we encourage all our managers to undertake, there are also opportunities to undertake lean and advanced lean training courses within the trust.

For further details of the role please see the attached job description.

Closing Date: Please be advised that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.

This advert closes on Thursday 11 Dec 2025