Job Description

The IPS Pathology department is looking to recruit a Cross-site Histopathology Lead.



The post-holder would be expected to work across our sites at Airedale General Hospital, Bradford Teaching Hospital, Harrogate NHS Foundation Trust and other IPS sites as appropriate.



IPS is a joint venture owned by and providing a high-quality pathology service to Airedale NHS Foundation Trust (ANHST), Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (BTHFT) and Harrogate and District Foundation Trust (HDFT). All staff working for IPS are NHS employees with standard NHS T&C's.



To work in co-operation with the, Medical Director, Managing Director

and Pathology Senior Leadership Team to manage, organise and

deliver a high-quality Histopathology service across IPS sites.

The role will form a triumvirate with the General Manager and Clinical

Director for Histopathology in delivering the service and providing

assurance to the Managing Director and Medical Director. The

triumvirate will work collaboratively with service users and other

stakeholders in the Trusts.

To manage and work closely with the Senior Management Team to

deliver an effective cross-site Histopathology service, providing

strong service leadership to the multi-site laboratory team, promoting

and maintaining high levels of technical and professional standards

To line manage the mortuary staff and secretariat (site dependent)

forming part of general pathology support services.

To ensure that the Pathology Clinical Governance agenda for

Histopathology is delivered and maintained. To ensure maintenance

of the quality management system within Histopathology with the

objective that the departments become progressively more effective

in delivering a high quality service and in meeting both regulatory and

accreditation requirements.

In pursuing these duties the post holder will ensure compliance with

the NHS Constitution (details of which can be found at the following

websites www.nhsemployers.org or www.dh.gov.uk/nhsconstitution)



We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes. Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future.

We want to attract staff who embrace our Right Care behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients we want to make these part of our DNA.



For further information on this role, please see attached full job description and person specification.