[ref. w49027216] Camberley - General Manager - Screening Services
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for an efficient, effective and reliable leader to join Berkshire and Surrey Pathology Services as General Manager for Screening Services. Working with multi-disciplinary teams across different hospital sites, the postholder will be responsible for ensuring screening services provided are of high quality, with results provided quickly and safely on behalf of all users.With accountability for the National NHS Bowel Cancer and Cervical Screening programmes, the postholder will work to modernise laboratory pathways, leading on key projects with the Clinical Director for Bowel Cancer Screening Director and Clinical Lead for Cytology.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will be responsible for Bowel Cancer Screening, Andrology, Cryopreservation, Cytology (HPV Primary Screening and Non-Gynae Cytology) services with line management and development of senior staff. A key component of this role is to ensure performance against national KPIs in relation to both NHS Screening Programmes is maintained, while providing quality assurance and compliance with the QMS in line with UKAS accreditation standards.Robust financial control with effective procurement within agreed frameworks is also required. This postholder will be a member of the BSPS SMT, with overall responsibility for managing and directing the services and direct liaison with key stakeholders within NHSE.
The General manager will be expected to develop a culture of collaborative and flexible cross-team working, showing commitment to the delivery of high quality services with improved patient outcomes.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities- Professional operational leadership of healthcare science staff whilst developing a service culture where everyone is valued, encourage staff to speak out when needed. Promote a culture of openness and transparency in the services. Providing a link to internal and external stakeholders (Trust partners, BSPS Executive and NHS England).
- To ensure KPIs/Referral to treatment national screen compliance are achieved and reported on, providing mitigations when they have not been reached. To oversee the performance and quality within the Directorate by developing and promoting a clear sense of direction so that corporate and local objectives are met. To communicate difficult and contentious information on quality and performance in a sensitive manner, motivating and negotiating to effect sustained improvements.
- Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria- 5 Years Senior Management Experience
- Evidence of staff management
- Evidence of training and development
- Degree/or Equivalent
- Masters Degree
Knowledge
Essential criteria- 5 Years Senior Management Experience
Skills
Essential criteria- Proficient in MS Office
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.