Pathology Risk and Health & Safety Manager

Please see details of an exciting position in London for a Permanent Pathology Health & Safety Manager

About the Company

We are currently recruiting for a Medical Laboratories Risk and Health & Safety Manager to join a growing team. We has over 35 years’ experience in providing pathology services, for acute care in our Hospitals, IVF Clinics, Insurance work, healthcare screening and GP services. We cover all disciplines in pathology including allergy, biochemistry and endocrinology, haematology and blood transfusion, histopathology and cytology, immunology, and microbiology and serology, with each laboratory equipped with the best available analytical instrumentation.

About the Role

The role holder will advocate and sponsor risk control and prevention strategies that integrate risk management practices into everyday management.

Responsibilities

• Deputise for the Head of Governance as required.
• Provide direction for the facility to ensure a patient focused quality governance agenda is defined and reported via reports and presentations to the Senior Management Team.
• Responsible for ensuring that quality and risk management is embedded throughout the laboratory by providing support, advice and guidance on all aspects of quality governance.
• To support the Head of Governance to ensure management of all complaints is effective and transparent in line with legislation is open, transparent, and responsive and meets the duty of candour and that learning from complaints is disseminated across all areas.
• To maintain robust relationships with key stakeholders, developing a system of quality assurance and monitoring.
• To support the Head of Governance in providing strategic leadership and direction to the governance team.
• Ensure appropriate resources and expertise is available to deliver professional and reliable Health and Safety advice at the operational level.
• To lead on root cause analysis for serious incidents.
• Develop and ensure effective mechanisms are in place for learning from serious incidents to encourage a patient focused learning culture.
• Ensuring that the Senior Leadership Team is advised in a timely manner of high-risk incidents, or matters that might have a substantial impact on patient safety, staff safety or reputation of the orhanisation
• To ensure that risk registers are kept up to date and effectively used to drive the implementation of the HCA Laboratories Division and Healthcare UK strategy, and supports the Corporate Governance Framework.
• To lead on the implementation, ongoing assessment and development of the CQC standards, working closely with the Head of Governance, laboratory teams and senior managers to ensure broad based understanding and ownership.
• To deliver training and/or facilitation to others as part of this process, and set up performance monitoring and assurance processes to track progress and achievement.
• To liaise closely with key stakeholders to ensure all internal and external compliance schemes are embedded and monitored within Laboratories.
• Review, summarize and advise about national guidance and legislation and work closely with the Head of Governance to develop governance assurance frameworks; information and guidance in order to support service development and delivery.
• Support and facilitate the implementation of the UK Business Continuity and Health, Safety & Wellbeing policies and any other corporate policies that maybe applicable to the Laboratory Division.

Required Skills

• Experience in risk management and Laboratory health and safety.
• Strong understanding of ISO15190 and ISO22367.
• IOSH or NEBOSH Qualification essential.
• HCPC registration desirable.
• Awareness of ISO15189.

Pay range and compensation package

Salary: Competitive dependent upon experience up to £70k.

As an Medical Laboratories Risk and Health & Safety Manager at, you’ll be eligible for:

• 25 days holiday each year (plus bank holidays) increasing with service, with option to buy or sell leave to suit you.
• Private Healthcare Insurance for treatment at our leading hospitals.
• Private pension contribution which increases with length of service.
• Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work scheme.
• Group Life Assurance from day one.
• Critical illness cover.
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay.
• Corporate staff discount for all facilities including Maternity packages at The Portland.
• Comprehensive range of flexible health, protection and lifestyle benefits to suit you.
• Discounts with over 800 major retailers.

Equal Opportunity Statement

We believe exceptional care starts with our people. We celebrate the unique perspectives and different experiences each of us bring as we know that when you feel seen, heard and supported you can be at your best for our patients, and each other. Our mission is simple, above all else we’re committed to the care and improvement of human life, a clear statement that extends to both our patients and colleagues. To achieve this, we live and breathe four core values:

• Unique and Individual:We recognise and value everyone as unique and individual.
• Kindness and compassion:We treat people with kindness and compassion.
• Honesty, integrity and fairness:We act with absolute honesty, integrity and fairness.
• Loyalty, respect and dignity:We trust and treat one another as valued members of the HCA UK family with loyalty, respect and dignity.