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Location
Salary
£46,148 - £52,809 per annum pro rata
Profession
Manager and corporate
Grade
Band 7
Deadline
06 Apr 2025
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
24 Mar 2025

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a HCPC registered Biomedical Scientist to join our highly skilled and motivated Pathology Blood Sciences Team at Harrogate & District Hospital as Haematology Section Manager.

The Pathology team at Harrogate is highly regarded having an excellent reputation with service users. The focus of the department is on delivery of a high quality service with patients at the centre of everything we do. Our vision is to achieve excellence every time.

The team at Harrogate is small and friendly requiring a high degree of team work and co-operation from its members so candidates should be prepared to be part of the close knit environment fostered in the department.

The post is for up to 37.5hours per week and would suit anyone who already holds a specialist portfolio in Haematology and Blood Transfusion, equivalent qualification or experience (at least 5 years Haematology and Blood Transfusion laboratory experience) and a relevant post graduate qualification conducive with Fellowship of the IBMS.

Main duties of the job

The Haematology Department has two Sysmex XN-1000 full blood count analysers and two ACL Topp 550 coagulation analysers. Blood transfusion has two Grifols Blood Grouping analyser.

Following successful UKAS assessments all sections of Pathology are compliant with ISO15189 standards and fully accredited. The department has excellent IT systems with ICE requesting & reporting, Clinisys WinPath LIMS, and Q Pulse quality management system.

Job Summary:

To assist the discipline specific Clinical Director, Cross Site Service Lead and General Managers in supervising and carrying out the routine work in order to meet Departmental and Organisational objectives within the Haematology and Blood Transfusion department

To manage staffing and technical resource so as to ensure the day to day running of the department.

To assist with the development and implementation of new techniques and working practices.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information about this position please find the Job Description and Personal Specification attached. If you have any questions, please contact Aldyth Storey  - [email protected] or 07773962616