Biochemistry Head of Department

at  Health Services Laboratories HSL

Up to £65,000 DOE
Job Title: Biochemistry Head of Department
Location: 60 Whitfield St, Central London
Salary range: Up to £65,000 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 (standard)

*• 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
• Flexible working hours – 40 hours standard working wee

We have an exciting 6 month secondment Head of Department opportunity in Biochemistry at UCLH RRL, we are looking for an enthusiastic and committed Senior Biomedical Scientist who is ready to take the next leadership step.
The Head of Biochemistry will be working closely with their Seniors and a highly skilled team of BMS and support staff with responsibility for providing a comprehensive, high quality 24/7 service for UCLH Trust. A key requirement for this role is to meet the daily operational demands of the lab, where the candidate will need excellent interpersonal skills, be highly organised and able to delegate in order to keep operations running efficiently and effectively.
The post holder must use a combination of technical knowledge and skills to ensure that appropriate sample testing are performed safely, accurately and in a timely manner, for every patient and maintain the sites contracted performance for routine and urgent TATs. Broadly, the HOD will be responsible for managing their team in regards to recruitment, monthly returns, rotas, annual leave approval and HR matters, they also maintain the department QMS, EQA schemes, TATs, and KPI reports.
An important aspect of this role is the continual development of training, looking at innovative ways to engage and educate their team. This will involve working closely with the Training Officer to ensure competency and training is maintained to the required standard.
We are a team who are passionate about healthcare, patients and career progression.

At HSL we offer a variety of excellent staff benefits including:

• Training and development opportunities – supporting professional development
• 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
• 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
• Flexible working hours – 40 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.