Blood Transfusion Deputy Head of Department - London, United Kingdom - Health Services Laboratories (HSL)

Health Services Laboratories (HSL)

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Up to £60,00 DOE

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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 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 2,600 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.

About the role:

Are you ready to full fill your potential?
We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and committed advanced Biomedical Scientist. This role will be working closely with the Head of Blood Transfusion in managing a skilled team of senior and advanced Biomedical scientists and support staff with responsibility for providing a comprehensive, high quality 24/7 Blood Transfusion service for University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH).
Our laboratory processes on average 85,000 group and screens per annum, and as a tertiary referral centre, you as part of your role will support the transfusion service to UCLH. This service is not limited to routine transfusion service provision, but captures the following areas

- haemoglobinopathy services. TTP referral, Haematology -oncology, and foetal medicine
- some of these services are the largest of it type in the U.K

This role is suited to a scientist who wants to develop their knowledge and hands on experience of complex transfusion science, in combination with the logistics of delivering services to a large group of hospitals. We operate an extensive network of remote issue fridges across the hospital footprints.
To meet the operational demands of the lab, you will need excellent interpersonal skills, be highly organised and able to delegate in order to keep operations running efficiently and effectively. There is significant amount of floor management in this role.
At HSL we offer a variety of excellent staff benefits including:
Training and development opportunities
including the funding of Undergraduate and Masters Degrees and IBMS Specialist Portfolios for Biomedical Scientists

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Annual performance related 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
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Cash healthcare plan - cash back on a variety of healthcare costs including dentist and opticians
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Sick Pay Entitlement - 5 paid days in the first year of employment, 20 days thereafter
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Permanent Health Insurance and Death in Service Cover
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Life Assurance - providing salary continuation for long term illness (six months qualifying period)
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Employee Assistance Programme - supporting staff wellbeing
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Season Ticket Loan Scheme - interest free loan for the cost of annual travel ticket
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Perkbox

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

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Company Pension Scheme - company and staff contributions which increase with years of service
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Competitive annual leave allowance - 28 days annual leave
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Flexible working hours - 37.5 hours standard working week. With a variety of working patterns available, options to review working flexibly will always be considered.

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:
Closing Date:
04Apr2024
Contact Person:
Julie Dilling