Job Description

HWE Hub, Croxley Park, Watford


Up to 40,000 DOE

Job Title:

HWE Phlebotomy Training and Development Manager

Location:

Croxley Park Watford (Base) with oversight over many phlebotomy locations across HWE

Salary range:

Up to 40,000 DOE

About us:

Sonic Healthcare

is an internationally renowned healthcare provider with a demonstrable track record of medical services across the world. Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Sonic is an ASX Top 50 company that has grown to become one of the world's leading healthcare providers, specialising in pathology, radiology and primary care medical centres. We have operations in Australia, the USA, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Ireland and New Zealand.

Sonic Healthcare UK

encompasses the two main entities in the UK, The Doctors Laboratory (TDL) and Health Services Laboratories (HSL). HSL is a partnership between The Doctors Laboratory (TDL), Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH). HSL was formed to provide pathology services to the NHS Trusts and has expanded further to provide services to other NHS Trusts. Over 2,500 staff work at Sonic Healthcare UK, primarily under the TDL or HSL banner.

Our purpose is to deliver medically-led diagnostics, innovation, value and long-term investment to healthcare. With our core laboratory based at The Halo Building in London WC1H 9AX, we also have an expanding site in Manchester as well as smaller hospital-based laboratories across the country. We maintain rigorously high standards of quality, whilst also delivering efficiencies to healthcare through careful workforce planning, pioneering technology and significant investment in infrastructure and IT.

Due to the nature of work that Sonic Healthcare UK undertakes, our clients require that Employees filling certain roles, need, as part of their on-boarding to complete a DBS Check. This role falls in to the category of requiring a DBS check (enhanced)

About the role:

It is an exciting and transformational time working with the Hertfordshire and West Essex NHS ICB. Sonic Healthcare UK manages Phlebotomy and all the Pathology Laboratories in the geography including a phlebotomy cohort of circa 150 Phlebotomists.

We are seeking an experienced Phlebotomy Training and Development Manager to lead the Training and Development of our very large and diverse phlebotomy team. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, delivering and evaluating training programs to ensure that phlebotomy staff have the necessary skills and knowledge to provide high quality, safe, patient care.

This role will work closely with Phlebotomy managers, team leaders and supervisors across the HWE geography.

The HWE Phlebotomy Training and Development Manager will be a key member of the Phlebotomy team with overall management responsibility for Training and Development over the HWE region. If you are a motivated and experienced Phlebotomy professional with a passion for Training and Development, we would love to hear from you.

Key duties will include:

To be responsible for the overall Training and Development, and administration of the HSL phlebotomy teams across all HWE phlebotomy locations. To ensure professional and technical standards and best practice are maintained within the services at all times. To ensure that all Training and development KPI's are consistently met. To provide close liaison with Phlebotomy Quality Manager, HWE Phlebotomy Manager and HSL Training and Development Lead. This will include the use of monitoring systems, provision and operation of equipment, site health and safety, maintenance of phlebotomy policies, maintenance of the quality management system.

At Sonic Healthcare we offer a variety of excellent staff benefits including:

Training and development opportunities

- supporting professional development

Annual salary review

- No banding restrictions: As we are a private company we are not restricted by salary bandings and so are able to negotiate appropriate salaries based on experience. This also means that annual salary reviews do not hit a band ceiling.

Discounted gym membership

- we have a corporate gym membership scheme with Better Gyms

Cash healthcare plan

- cash back on a variety of healthcare costs including dentist and opticians

Sick Pay Entitlement

- 5 paid days in the first year of employment, 20 days thereafter

Permanent Health Insurance and Death in Service Cover

Life Assurance

- providing salary continuation for long term illness (six months qualifying period)

Employee Assistance Programme

- supporting staff wellbeing

Season Ticket Loan Scheme

- interest free loan for the cost of annual travel ticket

Perkbox

- Access to additional staff perks and benefits such as high street discounts

Company Pension Scheme -

company and staff contributions which increase with service

Competitive annual leave allowance

- 28 days pro rata

Flexible working hours

- 37.5 hours standard working week


Please read the job description and person specification carefully and ensure that your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience required.

We respect and value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from diverse communities.

PLEASE NOTE: WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CLOSE THIS VACANCY AT ANY TIME EVEN IF A CLOSING DATE IS SHOWN HERE OR IN ANY OTHER MEDIA




Vacancy ID : 032752 Closing Date : 30-Jun-2025


Contact Person : Elaine Stokes Contact Email : elaine.stokes@hslpathology.com