Clinical Director Pathology

Job summary

Leading the senior members of the pathology team, this role will provide leadership and management in relation to this clinical service area.

The post holder will also have responsibility for ensuring a strong service vision and for ensuring compliance with Trust wide requirements, e.g. clinical governance, risk and quality/cost improvement. This post will also play a key role in ensuring Wye Valley is represented in the development of South Midlands Pathology Network.

Main duties of the job

• Attend and chair meetings of the WVT Pathology Management Board.
• Engage with internal and external clinical stakeholders and represent their views to the Pathology Management Board and in other forums.
• Attend the South Midlands Pathology Stakeholder and Management Boards
• Support the Associate Chief Medical Officer (Clinical Support) to manage medical staff within the department and their role in the provision of services, through job planning in line with Trust policy, and including management of underperformance.
• Working with the General Manager and Heads of Departments taking accountability and responsibility for non-medical staff within the department and their role in the provision of services.
• Work closely with the General Manager for Diagnostics on all aspects of service delivery, including operational planning.
• Meet with pathology laboratory heads of department and managers on a regular basis to ensure that operational and quality priorities are supported and delivered.
• Ensure effective communication and engagement with staff employed within WVT Pathology in key decisions and initiatives as appropriate.
• Communicate to internal and external stakeholders (e.g. ICBs, service users) on pathology issues.
• Ensure that WVT Pathology has appropriate professional clinical advice and direction to ensure it is providing clinically appropriate, safe and effective services that meet the needs and requirements of users.

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT, Worcester Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

The Trust encourages applications from people outside of the NHS and welcomes the valuable experiences and skills they can bring to the organisation.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time all the time.

Employer details

Employer name

Wye Valley NHS Trust

Address

County Hospital

Stonebow Raod

Hereford

HR1 2ER

Employer's website

https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Wye Valley NHS Trust

Address

County Hospital

Stonebow Raod

Hereford

HR1 2ER

Employer's website

https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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