Cellular Pathology Laboratory Manager

Job summary

The Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a Cellular Pathology Laboratory Manager.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a professional and well established team based at the Royal United Hospital Bath. The service provides Histopathology, Non-Gynae Cytology (including andrology) and mortuary services to BaNES, Wiltshire and North Somerset.

The Cellular Pathology Laboratory processes 34,000 histopathology requests, 22,000 immunocytochemistry slides, 2,000 non-gynaecological specimens and carries out 130 post mortems per annum. The department transitioned to UKAS 15189(2022) in August 2024 and the mortuary is licenced by the HTA.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be joining us at an exciting time and has the chance to deliver service change and quality improvements through the implementation of a Managed Equipment Service.

The department has recently gone live with the Fujifilm Synapse system for digital reporting and is implementing Ibex AI for prostate biopsies and transitioning to digital MDT meetings. The system is fully integrated with the Ultra 4.5 LIMS system.

The department is active in training new Biomedical Scientists and holds IBMS Training Laboratory status for registration and specialist portfolio, histopathology dissection and supports further development opportunities for all staff.

Applicants for the laboratory Manager post will need to have HCPC registration, an FIBMS or MSc plus at least 5 years' experience of working at a senior level in Cellular Pathology, as well as a management and leadership qualification.

You will be part of the Pathology leadership team including the Clinical Director, Pathology Services Manager and Blood Sciences Laboratory Manager and together you will create and deliver the strategic vision for Pathology. This is an exciting time for pathology with many transformational projects and we would expect you to play a major part in these. we are part of the West of England Pathology Network and have a focused programme of work on Histopathology.

For an informal discussion about the requirements of the post please contact

About us

At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone's contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are proud to be in thetop 20 best hospitals to work for in the country.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks - celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

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We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we're providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.