Employer: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Location:
South Yorkshire
Salary: £52,306-£60,983 p/a (pro rata for part time)
Type: Permanent
Expires: 15 Aug 2019
Laboratory Manager (Virology)
Applications are invited from suitably experienced HPC Registered Biomedical Scientists, holding either IBMS Fellowship (Virology) or a Virology or Molecular Microbiology MSc and a post graduate Management qualification, to lead the virology management team as the Virology Laboratory Manager in this busy Hospital laboratory. STH Virology laboratory is part of the South Yorkshire & Bassetlaw Pathology ICS group.
The Virology Laboratory, part of the Microbiology Department, is based within the Laboratory Medicine building at the Northern General Hospital and provides a full diagnostic virology service to the hospitals, GP’s and clinics within Sheffield. It also receives referred work from other laboratories within the South Yorkshire Laboratory Network and further afield. We are a specialist Virology Reference Centre and part of the UK Clinical Virology Network, processing in excess of 500,000 tests per annum. We are fully ISO: I5189 Accredited and HCPC approved for training. The department has a rapidly expanding molecular repertoire on an increasing variety of platforms. The Trust serves over 2,500 beds covering all specialties, as well as a large GP population
We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and forward-thinking individual with good interpersonal and communication skills along with excellent planning, commercial and educational skills. Our ideal candidate would have substantial post registration experience in both screening and diagnostic testing, including a significant period of Laboratory Management experience within an accredited Clinical Virology Laboratory and will hold a management qualification or equivalent training.
A flexible approach to working is encouraged.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Duncan Whittaker –Lead Lab Manager- Microbiology and Cellular Pathology
Tel: 0114 271 4528 (NGH - Microbiology)
Tel 0114 271 2663 (RHH – Histopathology)
Mob. 07388997845
Secretary: A Oxley 0114 271 4964 (NGH)
Contact: Duncan Whittaker
Email: [email protected]
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