Pathology Operations Manager

Pathology Operations Manager (Band 8c) - The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a widely experienced Pathology Operations Manager to ensure effective and efficient operational, and strategic delivery of our world-class pathology services. This is an opportunity to contribute to the delivery of cutting-edge cancer diagnostics and research in an internationally renowned institution.

Main duties of the job

The Pathology Operations Manager plays a key role in overseeing operations, ensuring financial efficiency, and driving service improvement:

• Operational management - Ensure the timely and efficient provision of high-performance pathology services
• Strategic management - Leading on strategy delivery for pathology services, promoting innovation, quality, opportunities for commercial development and operational excellence
• Stakeholder engagement - Collaborating with clinicians, internal and external partners
• Workforce - Ensuring key performance indicators, service level agreements, and financial targets are met. Delivering a recruitment and retention strategy

What We Are Looking For
• Proven experience in pathology operational management within the NHS or healthcare sector.
• Strong leadership skills with a track record of delivering services that meet regulatory compliance and clinical requirements
• Ability to manage change, negotiate at a senior level, and lead projects that improve efficiency and cost-effectiveness
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present complex business cases and stakeholder engagement

This is an exciting opportunity to play a critical role in influencing the future of pathology services within a centre of excellence in cancer care

Working for our organisation

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals - one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey - as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information please refer to the job description and personal specification

This role represents an opportunity to be part of innovation and high impact work in an area of growth and strategic importance for the trust. The post holder will lead a dedicated team committed to providing the very best service and care for our patients and each other.

The Royal Marsden is at the forefront of cancer innovation and collaborate with the top experts globally. Staff are supported by extensive development opportunities and career progression. Health and wellbeing and an inclusive culture are also integral.

We will support your personal and professional journey every step of the way.

Person specification Culture and Values

• Ability to promote a culture which embraces diversity and inclusion. Aligned with the Trusts values.
• Professional clinical knowledge acquired through degree, supplemented by specialist training to masters or equivalent level, management qualification or equivalent experience.

Experience/Knowledge

• Highly developed specialist knowledge in laboratory management, underpinned by theory and experience
• Experience and knowledgeable in policy implementation & service development.

Skills/Abilities

• Communication skills - Requires experience in negotiating, being persuasive and motivational.
• Ability to deliver formal presentations as required.
• Experience in dealing with complex facts or situations requiring analysis, interpretation comparison of a range of options.
• Skills for analysing service and staffing issues and working with others on driving solutions.
• Demonstrates strong planning and organisational skills across a broad range of issues and options. Ability to adapt approach/plan to meet the service requirements.
• Responsible for operational planning.
• Manages staff of department, addresses issues including recruitment and retention.
• Ability to work autonomously to manage the department.
• Highly skilled at interpretating organisational and national/specialised policies.

The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.

All applicants will be contacted by email to the address supplied on your application. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly and to ensure that email filters are set to allow our emails.

Flu Vaccination - What We Expect of our Staff

At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.

The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.

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