Band 7 Project Manager - Strategy - Strategic Projects Team

The Automation Manager will oversee technical operations of automation systems, ensuring they support patient care while improving efficiency. You will manage and develop staff, ensuring training and competency standards are met. In this role, you will ensure smooth operation, lead process improvements, and contribute to shaping departmental strategy, enhancing healthcare delivery and patient outcomes., As Automation Manager, you will lead the operational and scientific activities of automation systems in the Biochemistry Department, ensuring alignment with our commitment to exceptional patient care. You will oversee daily operations, maintaining the highest standards of patient safety and service quality, while ensuring the smooth and efficient running of automation processes to deliver accurate results that benefit patient outcomes., Operational Management of Automation Systems: Manage and optimise automation systems, ensuring efficient operation to meet the clinical team's needs, including system maintenance and troubleshooting.

Staff Training and Competency: Develop and implement training programs by supporting the training officer

Team Leadership and Development: Lead a diverse team of biomedical scientists and support staff, providing recruitment, mentoring, and career development opportunities.

Change Management and Process Improvement: Drive innovation, process improvements in laboratory operations and supporting change initiatives. Monitor performance metrics.

Collaboration with Senior Leadership: Work closely with senior leadership to define departmental strategies, set goals, identify improvement areas, and implement best practices. Contribute to budget planning and resource allocation.

University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) is one of the largest and most progressive NHS Trusts in the UK, serving over 1.8 million people across Birmingham, Solihull, and beyond. UHB is at the forefront of medical advancements, offering a wide range of services, including specialist and critical care.

With the opening of new facilities like the Elective Hub at Solihull Hospital and the Heartlands Treatment Centre, UHB continues to expand to meet growing demands. The trust invests in new technologies, infrastructure, and training to improve patient outcomes and service efficiency. Our dedicated staff are essential to these developments, and we are committed to supporting their professional growth.

We are seeking an Automation Manager (Band 8a) to join our Biochemistry Department at Queen Elizabeth Hospital. This is an exciting leadership opportunity in one of the UK's largest hospital networks, working with a skilled team in a cutting-edge environment., We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.