Specimen Reception and Transport Manager

The pathology departments at South Tees Hospitals NHSfT and North Tees and Hartlepool NHSfT are working collaboratively to develop a joint service with services being delivered on both hospital sites. As a result this will require cross site working, with the potential to work at any site as needed.

This role will assist in the delivery of day to day operational requirements of the Pathology Specimen Reception and Transport department as part of the section's management team.

Together the Pathology departments across North Tees and South Tees Trusts form one of the largest laboratory services in the region. Our aim is to deliver high quality and timely Pathology results and services to a range of clinical areas both internal and external to the Trusts in order to support patient care.

Over 70% of all patient treatments will include Pathology testing, and it is essential to ensure that all clinical samples are delivered to Pathology and processed in a timely manner to support clinical areas and the treatment of patients.

This post is responsible for the Reception Team, Data Entry Team and Driving Team, comprising over 40 staff members in total.

Main duties of the job

Supervise staff in the Specimen Reception and Transport areas of Pathology.

Ensure Trust HR policies are maintained and delivered (including absence, holiday, pay, disciplinary, etc.).

Ensure all training is delivered appropriately and that systems of ensuring competence are maintained.

Ensure systems are in place to monitor and maintain continuity of consumable stock items in the department.

The department operates a 24/7 service and successful candidates will be required to take part in a rota covering the hours of 8am and 8pm in order to support this.

We support staff development through internal and external training that allows progression of staff to meet their abilities and expectations.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our staff in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:

o Your Leadership Impacto Leading Your Team to Successo Service Improvement for Beginnerso Developing your Service Improvement Skills

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:o Explore leadership within the NHSo Promote Trust values and behaviourso Develop your leadership effectiveness and skillso Equip you with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

After you complete these three and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer further in-house courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team