Job overview
The North of England Pathology and Education is seeking to appoint a new training centre manager.
The role has wide ranging responsibilities covering all training centre activity. They will be supported in fulfilling these responsibilities by a strong senior management team, a dedicated business manager, business analyst and an extensive administrative team.
The suitable candidate will be either a consultant biomedical scientist holding the IBMS/RCPath Advanced Specialist Diploma in cervical cytology or a Biomedical Scientist/clinical scientist currently in a senior scientific/managerial role with extensive experience in cervical cytology. Those who do not hold the advanced specialist diploma will be supported in working towards this if they wish.
As training centre manager, the candidate will be responsible for designing and delivering the majority of teaching in cervical cytology provided, thus a thorough understanding of the cervical screening programme is essential plus experience of teaching,
The successful candidate will be expected to be able to demonstrate an ability to plan training and business activities. Monitoring of all course outcomes and feedback to staff and speakers is required to continually assure course quality.
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Main duties of the job
- In conjunction with the SYBP Scientific Director, the role is responsible for the operational, financial, HR and strategic management.
- Strategic alignment of training centre with the goals and objectives of SYB Pathology.
- Provision of a comprehensive training service, its sustainability and continuous development.
- Quality of service and its continuous development and improvement in order to provide the best, effective and user centric training service.
- Financial planning and delegated budget management. This includes working to agreed financial targets and managing budgetary outcomes.
- Development and management of sustainable commercial and income generating capabilities.
- Implementation and management of the requirements specified in the policies and procedures of the Organisation.
- Implementation of National and Local legislations and policies and compliance management.
- Implementation of the relevant professional and accreditation standards and compliance management.
- Implementation and management of compliance with service agreements and contracts.
- Staff engagement and continuous workforce support and development.
- Active engagement with service users, Commissioners, professional bodies and organisations, academia and industry and building and management of productive relationship with all service users, stakeholders and public.
- Promotion of the PROUD values of the Host Trust and culture of transparency, accountability and responsibility.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
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This advert is for NEPSEC Training Centre Manager with Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Sheffield, North East and Yorkshire, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Manager and corporate role. The advertised salary is £76,965 - £88,682 pa/pro rata for part time staff. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 15 Jun 2026.
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