Job summary
- Main area
- Histopathology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 190-1737-DIR
- Employer
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Hallamshire Hospital
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £57,528 - £64,750 Per annum pro rata for part time staff
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/07/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 22/07/2026
Employer heading
Service Manager
NHS AfC: Band 8a
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
The Histopathology Service Manager is a key role within the Histopathology Service across South Yorkshire & Bassetlaw. Reporting to the Pathology Performance Lead and working closely with the Discipline Lead and Deputy Clinical Director for Histopathology.
The post holder will be responsible for the management of workflow across the Histopathology Service across the region.
React quickly and effectively to deal with any incident that may disrupt or otherwise negatively affect the smooth operation of the service.
Produce and present Business Cases for Service Developments and Capital Projects as required.
Ensure that national and Trust policies affecting service delivery are understood, communicated and embedded across the service.
Ensure that sound processes are in place to monitor activity against performance and financial targets.
Deputise for the Performance Lead as appropriate.
Act as an ambassador for the service and for the Trust at all times.
Participate in and promote the Trust’s Individual Performance review process to ensure continued professional development for all staff.
Be committed to continued professional development and maintain skills through ongoing training, both personally and of the wider operational team.
Provide effective line management and leadership for the A and C profession within Histopathology.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will:
Manage the Histopathology Service in partnership with the Deputy Clinical Director for Histopathology, Discipline Lead and Laboratory Managers.
Ensure that the operational and financial requirements of the Histopathology Service are effectively managed and co-ordinated.
Represent the Histopathology Service in discussions with Lead Clinicians, Cancer Managers and Executives from all Partner Trusts.
Liaise with clinical service leads on all sites and attend meetings to ensure that Histopathology service needs are taken into consideration when clinical plans are being formulated.
Monitor planned and unplanned demand on the service and work with leadership team to align capacity.
Design and develop the datasets required to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of the service can be understood, performance can be monitored and service developments can be measured.
Produce the datasets required to ensure the service meets national policy, legislative requirements and accreditation standards.
Using data from the various Laboratory Information systems as well as other clinical systems such as Infoflex, analyse and present data in various forms to assist the Histopathology Clinical Lead and Discipline Lead in understanding operational constraints and opportunities for improvement.
Act proactively to identify and mitigate any risks and/or threats to the smooth operation of the service.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its employees. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
The South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw (SYB) Pathology Partnership fully integrates the pathology services delivered on behalf of the Partner Trusts within the Integrated Care System (ICS) footprint; Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust.
The Pathology Partnership will provide the best possible service for patients and clinicians; improving health outcomes, delivering quality and efficiency benefits and ensuring a sustainable workforce for the longer term.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Education and Qualification
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience in a senior managerial role.
- Masters level qualification, or relevant equivalent experience.
- Evidence of continuing professional and personal development.
Desirable criteria
- Formal qualification in project management (PRINCE 2 practitioner) or equivalent experience.
- Formal Management qualification.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work proactively and cooperatively with senior management, clinical staff and other staff at all levels.
- Ability to develop and build effective relationships, negotiate and influence staff at all levels of seniority, including engagement in difficult decisions
- Excellent IT skills – confident using all aspects of office/productivity software
- Highly numerate, confident manipulating and interpreting data.
- Ability to manage complex workload and including a wide range of competing priorities for self and team.
- Ability to work under pressure and prioritise to meet deadlines.
- Highly developed communication skills with the ability to communicate on complex, sensitive or contentious matters in difficult situations, responding openly to questions to ensure full understanding and engagement.
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable leadership skills and the ability to motivate others and demonstrate honesty, integrity, fairness and tenacity.
- Enthusiasm and ability to seek out and resolve problems in order to improve patient care.
- Demonstrable self-awareness, an understanding of impact on others and ability to manage self and maintain professional conduct and confidentiality in difficult and challenging situations
- Able to work effectively under pressure and adapt to change
- Ability to engage and motivate teams and individuals.
- Able to act on own initiative, judgement and to make decisions.
- Highly committed to developing and providing a high-quality service in own work and through team management.
- A positive and proactive approach to change, staff engagement and innovation.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive managerial experience including knowledge of managing services, financial management, service and capacity planning and management of staff.
- Experience of managing teams through periods of change.
- Experience of effectively implementing Trust/corporate disciplinary and other HR related policy.
- Experience of business planning, developing service models and capacity and demand management in a clinical setting
- Experience of leading the development and implementation of strategic and operational service plans including developing, writing and presenting business cases.
- Proven record of management of successful and substantial / service-wide service improvement.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of financial planning and the design and delivery of cost improvement programmes
- Evidence of developing performance management frameworks combining statutory and local targets resulting in performance improvement.
- Extensive experience of preparing and presenting complex information, written and verbal to a range of audiences.
- Ability to understand and explain financial and activity information.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tom Dowden
- Job title
- Performance Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0114 2711900
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