London Regional Cytology Training Centre Manager

Overview

London Regional Cytology Training Centre Manager at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust.

The closing date is 26 January 2026

The London Regional Cytology Centre (LRCTC) is located on the 6th floor of St Marks Hospital (Northwick Park Hospital site) and has close links with the Cellular Pathology Department which is based on the 4th floor. The LRCTC is within easy walking distance of Northwick Park underground station with direct access to Central London. The LRCTC attracts trainees from the London and surrounding area for face-to-face training sessions and also provides access to remote training.

Main Duties

We are looking for a well-qualified, enthusiastic senior cytologist who has a strong interest in teaching and training. As manager you will be expected to organise and run a diverse calendar of courses, providing appropriate training for a range of screening professionals whilst maintaining your own diagnostic skills and interests.

You will need to have excellent communication, interpersonal, IT and organisational skills, working effectively within a small team. You will be highly professional with an expert level of cytology knowledge, with a flexible and dynamic approach to work, and will be skilled at prioritising tasks and workload to meet deadlines.

As the main contact for students and clients you should have excellent telephone, communication and interpersonal skills, be conversant with Microsoft office computer programmes, and can organise the day-to-day activities of the Training Centre including staff and budget management.

About the Centre

The Cytology Training Centre is a well-established teaching facility set up in 1979, for training and updating healthcare professionals including nurses, biomedical scientists, and pathologists, primarily for London and the Southeast but also nationally and overseas. We are one of only four such centres within the UK.

We provide a high-quality level of teaching to fulfil national compulsory NHS training requirements and are fully funded by NHS England, London. We are located in a modern purpose-built facility based at Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow.

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond. Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people. We run major acute services at: Northwick Park Hospital, St Mark's Hospital, Ealing Hospital, & Central Middlesex Hospital. We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Experience

• Minimum of two years experience working at the level of Senior BMS, practising in UK Cytology Laboratory or equivalent
• Ability to screen and report negative and unsatisfactory cervical samples in line with NHS CSP guidance
• Teaching experience in scientific setting
• Experience as a Service manager/HR management
• Knowledge of non-gynaecological cytology techniques and reporting

Qualifications

• Current HCPC registration as Biomedical scientist or Advanced Practitioner
• NHS CSP Certificate in Cervical Cytology
• IAC examination

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Salary

£61,631 to £68,623 a year Dependant on experience and per annum inclusive of HCAS pro rata