Job responsibilities
To
manage an integrated and co-ordinated Immunology service to Leeds and
networked hospitals and their associates for which the Trust, through this
post holder, is required, via a contractual commitment, to ensure that
services provided meet the necessary standards for accreditation of the
service.
To
participate in general departmental management and people governance
procedures such as staff recruitment, induction and appraisal
To
undertake highly specialist clinical technical investigations for the
diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of disease
To
communicate highly complex and/or sensitive information relating to the
provision of the clinical service
To
contribute towards the training of support, technical, scientific and medical
staff.
As
part of the Immunology Clinical Policy Group to interpret and advise
networked hospitals and their associates on national policies and directives
in this specialist field
3. JOB DIMENSIONS
As
the Operational Lead for the Immunology service, the jobholder will manage
the Immunology laboratory service comprising the Clinical Immunology. The
post holder is required to perform a range of highly specialist healthcare
science clinical, technical and scientific activities. Provide expert advice,
opinions and training to own and other professions. The post holder will
manage a delegated budget for Immunology within the financial structures
established by the Pathology CSU including budget review meetings with
finance officers/unit accountants. The jobholder will contribute towards
overall service development by active participation in a range of people
governance procedures consistent with Trust policies and will be required to
participate in the training of support, technical, scientific and medical staff
as is necessary for the service.
The
job will require the advanced knowledge and skills necessary to undertake
specialist technical clinical investigations that contribute towards the
departments provision of an accurate and timely service for patients. The
jobholder will be responsible for the planning and organisation of a broad
range of complex activities or programmes some of which are ongoing, which
require the formulation and adjustment of plans or strategies. In this regard
the post-holder will have key responsibilities for the transfer of work to
the automated track under the MSC and will co-ordinate re-validation of
transferred assay systems. The post holder will be heavily involved in
ongoing projects in clinical audit, clinical governance, the formulation,
negotiation and approval of inter-trust agreements.
The
principal tool to measure the success of these initiatives is audit and thus
the post-holder is regularly (ie more frequently than once a month) involved
in the design and execution of complex multi factorial audits.
The
jobholder will be responsible for planning and organizing the workforce and
workload of the section(s) managed and will be expected to apply professional
judgements and specialist skills to technically highly complex and sometimes
difficult situations. The jobholder will be required to communicate highly
complex or sensitive information relating to the provision of the clinical
service to other healthcare practitioners and organizations and be involved
in the writing of numerous trust and inter-trust policies and consultation on
other policies and job descriptions.
4. ORGANISATIONAL CHART
5. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
REQUIRED
See Person Specification
6. THE LEEDS WAY VALUES
Our
values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this
as a strength as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our
staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are to be:
Patient-centred
Collaborative
Fair
Accountable
Empowered
All
our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values
Additionally
the following are core values which relate specifically to this post:
As
a healthcare worker dealing with sensitive (patient related) information the
importance and value of personal honesty and integrity as a commitment to
patient service and confidentiality will be recognised. The jobholder will
maintain registration with the HCPC as a biomedical scientist and abide by
their standards of proficiency, assuring the quality of work for patients. In
contributing to the quality of a technical clinical service the jobholder
will understand the requirement to continuously develop appropriate skills
and accumulate relevant knowledge whether by formal or in-house training.
7. CORE BEHAVIOURS AND SKILLS
In
order to work effectively in the role the jobholder, must be able to
demonstrate a number of attributes and abilities. These will include:
- to manage the Regional Immunology
Service
- to manage the delegated budget of
the section(s)
- the analysis and interpretation of
reports on income and expenditure, workload and contract activity for the
department, and ensure this information is acted upon.
- to undertake other tasks and direct
actions that contribute to the general management of the speciality
- to gain new knowledge through
experience, formal study and participation in relevant training schemes
- to remain competent in established
procedures and to develop new skills subject to the requirements of the
service
- to work independently when and as
required by the service
- to communicate clearly and
effectively whether orally, graphically or electronically
- to present information to large
groups of staff
- to plan, prioritise, interpret,
validate and authorize the workload of the service and coordinate the tasks
undertaken by other team members
- to plan and implement changes to
the clinical technical service offered by the section(s)
- to work with precision and follow
accurately the documented laboratory standard operating procedures
- to operate highly complex
laboratory equipment safely and efficiently
- to lead the evaluation,
recommendation and procurement of new and emerging technologies which will
involve equipment testing and the co-ordination of specialist R&D
activities.
- to input, manage, extract and
interpret patient data using the laboratory computer system including the
recording of personally generated information and data entry, text processing
and storage of data including correction of erroneous data.
- to demonstrate relevant tasks to
others as appropriate
- is responsible for the day to day
management of a team of staff and provide specialist training to internal and
external groups along with the assessment of competencies and is instrumental
in the formulation of training schemes for all groups of staff involved in
the speciality
- to contribute actively towards the
improvement of general service quality by participation in relevant
discussions with other managers and team leaders
- to participate actively in the
departmental appraisal scheme
- to participate actively in other
people governance procedures that are consistent with Trust HR policies
- Involvement in the writing of
numerous trust and inter-trust policies service level agreements and
contracts along with consultation on external policies, contracts and job
descriptions
- with the involvement of clinical
risk, the jobholder will investigate errors, accidents and incidents As a
consequence the post holder can be exposed to distressing or emotional
circumstances
- to take account of changes in
service delivery by demonstrating a flexible approach to work
- the post requires judgements
involving highly complex facts or situations, which require the analysis,
interpretation and comparison of a range of sometimes conflicting options on
which expert opinions may differ.
- To provide service related
documentation for the defined areas of responsibility, for example reviewing
and updating standard operating procedures, as a function of the departments
accreditation requirements
- To deputise for the Pathology
Service Manager as required
8. CORE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
The
jobholder will require sufficient knowledge and understanding to:
- Perform, validate and authorize the
results of a wide range of highly complex technical procedures. These
procedures will include the safe and effective use of highly complex
laboratory equipment. The level of knowledge and understanding of these
procedures will be consistent with that to allow recognition of system
failures and errors and the jobholder will understand the need to report
adverse events when errors and failures occur and contribute to any
consequent investigation.
- Have knowledge and understanding of
current national legislation and guidelines relevant to Immunology and
Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics and build that knowledge into strategic
and business plans for the department.
- Participate actively in
departmental internal and external quality assurance schemes. The level of
knowledge and understanding will allow recognition of when expected levels of
quality have not been met together with the ability to recommend appropriate
improvements.
- Participate in the maintenance of a
safe working environment. This will include an awareness of the hazards
associated with the work and suitable actions to take in the event of
breaches in health and safety. Such hazards include fire, manual handling,
and breaches of security, controlled and uncontrolled exposure to chemical,
biological and radioactive materials.
- Maintain patient confidentiality.
The jobholder will recognise the absolute requirement to protect sensitive
information that is related to patient care.
