This senior post runs the histology laboratory service within Paediatric Laboratory Medicine at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust. The postholder sets operational and strategic direction, drives quality improvement, and keeps the service compliant with accreditation standards. The laboratory is ISO 15189 accredited and serves as a national and international referral centre for children, working alongside a consultant-led team and a digital pathology programme. HCPC registration and senior histology management experience are essential.
What the job involves
- Providing operational and strategic leadership for the histology laboratory service
- Leading service development, innovation and quality improvement
- Ensuring service continuity, resilience and workforce planning
- Managing staff performance, development and wellbeing
- Supporting budgetary and resource management
- Developing relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Ensuring compliance with ISO 15189, HCPC, IBMS and other regulatory standards
- Leading education, training and competency programmes in the department
- Working closely with the senior laboratory leadership team to deliver high-quality services
Qualifications
- BSc in Biomedical Science or equivalent
- MSc, FIBMS or equivalent higher degree-level qualification or equivalent experience
Registration & licences
- HCPC registration as a Biomedical Scientist
Experience
- Post-registration experience in a histology clinical diagnostic laboratory, including paediatric diagnostics
- Senior laboratory management, with recent leadership or supervisory experience in a diagnostic laboratory
- Managing a team, including appraisal, recruitment, disciplinary and capability cases, and workforce planning
- Accreditation assessment and training experience
- Procurement and equipment evaluation experience
Skills & knowledge
- Specialist histology knowledge, including ISO 15189, HTA and other accreditation and regulatory standards
- Quality assurance and risk management principles and systems
- Analytical and judgement skills, giving expert technical advice in complex situations
- Senior-level verbal and written communication and leadership
- Advanced training skills
- Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and database skills
Other
- GOSH Values
- Organisational skills, attention to detail and managing multiple competing deadlines
Nice to have
- CSci
- Postgraduate management qualification
- Experience in budget and financial management
- Experience of quality improvement methodologies and tools
- Experience of change management
- Project management skills
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
