Job summary
- Main area
- Pathology education and Cytology screening
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8c
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 190-1350-DIR
- Employer
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- North of England Pathology and Screening Education Centre
- Town
- Wakefield
- Salary
- £76,965 - £88,682 pa/pro rata for part time staff
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/06/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 29/06/2026
Employer heading
NEPSEC Training Centre Manager
NHS AfC: Band 8c
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 North of England Pathology and Education is seeking to appoint a new training centre manager.
The role has wide ranging responsibilities covering all training centre activity. They will be supported in fulfilling these responsibilities by a strong senior management team, a dedicated business manager, business analyst and an extensive administrative team.
The suitable candidate will be either a consultant biomedical scientist holding the IBMS/RCPath Advanced Specialist Diploma in cervical cytology or a Biomedical Scientist/clinical scientist currently in a senior scientific/managerial role with extensive experience in cervical cytology. Those who do not hold the advanced specialist diploma will be supported in working towards this if they wish.
As training centre manager, the candidate will be responsible for designing and delivering the majority of teaching in cervical cytology provided, thus a thorough understanding of the cervical screening programme is essential plus experience of teaching,
The successful candidate will be expected to be able to demonstrate an ability to plan training and business activities. Monitoring of all course outcomes and feedback to staff and speakers is required to continually assure course quality.
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Main duties of the job
- In conjunction with the SYBP Scientific Director, the role is responsible for the operational, financial, HR and strategic management.
- Strategic alignment of training centre with the goals and objectives of SYB Pathology.
- Provision of a comprehensive training service, its sustainability and continuous development.
- Quality of service and its continuous development and improvement in order to provide the best, effective and user centric training service.
- Financial planning and delegated budget management. This includes working to agreed financial targets and managing budgetary outcomes.
- Development and management of sustainable commercial and income generating capabilities.
- Implementation and management of the requirements specified in the policies and procedures of the Organisation.
- Implementation of National and Local legislations and policies and compliance management.
- Implementation of the relevant professional and accreditation standards and compliance management.
- Implementation and management of compliance with service agreements and contracts.
- Staff engagement and continuous workforce support and development.
- Active engagement with service users, Commissioners, professional bodies and organisations, academia and industry and building and management of productive relationship with all service users, stakeholders and public.
- Promotion of the PROUD values of the Host Trust and culture of transparency, accountability and responsibility.
Working for our organisation
NEPSEC is an NHS collaborative service hosted by Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHSFT.
The Training centre is located in Wakefield with easy access to motorway and rail networks.
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 staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
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
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to Master level in Biomedical / Clinical Science, or equivalent experience.
- Registration with HCPC as Biomedical Scientist or Clinical Scientist
- Fellowship of the Institute of Biomedical Science or equivalent
- NHSCSP or BSCC/IBMS Certificate of competence
- To have attained the RCPath / IBMS Certificate in Advanced Practice in Cervical Cytology Or Equivalent by significant experience in a senior scientific/managerial role within cervical cytology with a willingness to undertake the advanced specialist diploma
- Evidence of Continued Professional Development.
Desirable criteria
- Leadership / Management qualification or post graduate diploma, or equivalent experience.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in staff management in multiple supervisory positions and leading expanded and high complex teams.
- Experience in Training Course Planning.
- Proven leadership skills in a complex, challenging environment; strong, inclusive leadership style.
- Extensive experience of successful senior management in a complex pathology department within an organisation
- Extensive experience of management of staff in line with established HR policies.
- Demonstrable knowledge and experience of working with a wide range of management policies
- Understanding of the centre and wider NHS training agenda, and their application in an educational setting.
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrable experience of budget management including analysis and interpretation of highly complex principles and processes linked to income, expenditure and activity data/plans.
- Extensive experience in Pathology training management.
- Proven track record in the development and delivery of business plans and business development cases which takes account of the organisation’s strategic direction.
- Highly developed influencing and negotiation skills with excellent change management skills including major service reconfiguration.
SKills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Relevant scientific and clinical knowledge appropriate to cytology.
- Proven leadership skills in a complex, challenging environment; strong, inclusive leadership style.
- Knowledge of the relevant standards, legislation, national and local policies and accreditation requirements relating to all aspects of service
- Excellent time management skills with the ability to deal with a number of conflicting priorities in a calm and professional manner working to demanding timescales
- Highly developed influencing and negotiation skills with excellent change management skills including major service reconfiguration
- Understanding of the NHS plan and improvement agenda in particular aspects relevant to pathology training requirements.
- Competent user of MS Office applications including MS Teams
- Able to communicate highly complex, sensitive, contentious or emotive information to individuals or groups in a clear and concise manner.
- Analytical and judgemental skills in evaluating complex ranges of issues including but not limited to Quality, Service Development, Organisational and Staffing Issues.
- Ability to anticipate problems, appraise risks and make effective decisions.
- Understanding of management and operational arrangements within the wider health community.
- Strong analytical skills; literacy, IT and numeracy skills with the ability to produce and deliver a range of documents or presentations for a wide variety of audiences.
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Duncan Whittaker
- Job title
- Scientific Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07388997845
- Additional information
Interested candidates are asked in the first instance to contact either
Peter Heptinstall : [email protected]
Duncan Whitaker : [email protected]
Dr Panagiota Kitsanta :[email protected]
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