Specimen Reception and Transport Manager

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

* Previous applicants need not apply *

The pathology departments at South Tees Hospitals and North Tees and Hartlepool Trust are working collaboratively to develop a joint service with services being delivered on both hospital sites. As a result this will require cross site working, with the potential to work at any site as needed.

This role will assist in the delivery of day to day operational requirements of the Pathology Specimen Reception and Transport department as part of the section's management team.

Together the Pathology departments across North Tees and South Tees Trusts form one of the largest laboratory services in the region. Our aim is to deliver high quality and timely Pathology results and services to a range of clinical areas both internal and external to the Trusts in order to support patient care.

Over 70% of all patient treatments will include Pathology testing, and it is essential to ensure that all clinical samples are delivered to Pathology and processed in a timely manner to support clinical areas and the treatment of patients.

This post is responsible for the Reception Team, Data Entry Team and Driving Team, comprising over 40 staff members in total.

Main duties of the job

Supervise staff in the Specimen Reception and Transport areas of Pathology.

Ensure Trust HR policies are maintained and delivered (including absence, holiday, pay, disciplinary, etc.).

Ensure all training is delivered appropriately and that systems of ensuring competence are maintained.

Ensure systems are in place to monitor and maintain continuity of consumable stock items in the department.

The department operates a 24/7 service and successful candidates will be required to take part in a rota covering the hours of 8am and 8pm in order to support this.

About us

We support staff development through internal and external training that allows progression of staff to meet their abilities and expectations.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our staff in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:

o Your Leadership Impacto Leading Your Team to Successo Service Improvement for Beginnerso Developing your Service Improvement Skills

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:o Explore leadership within the NHSo Promote Trust values and behaviourso Develop your leadership effectiveness and skillso Equip you with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

After you complete these three and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer further in-house courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team

Date posted

08 November 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

328-CD-6532689-A

Job locations

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Degree in management or NVQ level 4 in management (or working towards) or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

Significant experience in a managerial role
Portfolio of experience in project and change management

Desirable

Health Service background
Knowledge of working within a quality systems environment

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Understand how to motivate, organise and train staff
Ability to lead a team
Ability to analyse and interpret information to determine appropriate course of action
Excellent inter-personal skills with good listening skills
Excellent organisational/planning skills

Desirable

A working knowledge of Pathology
Working knowledge of Pathology IT systems
Knowledge of Excel/ PowerPoint/Q-Pulse

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Degree in management or NVQ level 4 in management (or working towards) or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

Significant experience in a managerial role
Portfolio of experience in project and change management

Desirable

Health Service background
Knowledge of working within a quality systems environment

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Understand how to motivate, organise and train staff
Ability to lead a team
Ability to analyse and interpret information to determine appropriate course of action
Excellent inter-personal skills with good listening skills
Excellent organisational/planning skills

Desirable

A working knowledge of Pathology
Working knowledge of Pathology IT systems
Knowledge of Excel/ PowerPoint/Q-Pulse

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.