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Job Security, Being a permanent position within NHS Scotland offers long-term job stability and benefits associated with public sector employment.
Impactful Role, As a Team Leader in Specimen Reception, you play a critical role in the diagnostic process, impacting patient care and treatment outcomes.
Professional Development, Opportunities for training and mentoring junior staff allow for personal growth and contributions to the professional development of others.
Work-Life Balance, Core working hours of Monday to Friday provide a structured schedule, contributing to a more balanced work-life experience.
Diverse Work Environment, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde promotes a culture of inclusion and diversity, allowing you to work in a collaborative and supportive atmosphere.
Leadership Opportunities, The role provides a chance to lead and manage a team, enhancing leadership skills and fostering teamwork.
Engagement with Specialized Work, The position involves advanced scientific work in Histopathology, allowing you to utilize and expand your specialized knowledge and expertise.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is seeking a full-time Team Leader for the Specimen Reception within the Histology Department in Glasgow. The role involves supervising and coordinating day-to-day technical activities, ensuring effective processing and delivery of patient materials for diagnostic purposes. The Team Leader will work independently and alongside other staff to maintain high-quality service standards, provide expert advice on specialist techniques, and train junior team members. Key responsibilities include troubleshooting processes and monitoring team performance.
Candidates must be registered as a Biomedical Scientist with HCPC, possess a Master's degree in Biomedical Science or a relevant field, and have extensive experience in Histopathology. The position requires strong expertise in specialized procedures and a commitment to delivering organized and efficient laboratory work. The working hours cover core service times Monday to Friday, with rotational Saturday and evening shifts. The NHS encourages applications from diverse backgrounds, including the Armed Forces community, and fosters an inclusive workplace culture.
Candidates must be registered as a Biomedical Scientist with HCPC, possess a Master's degree in Biomedical Science or a relevant field, and have extensive experience in Histopathology. The position requires strong expertise in specialized procedures and a commitment to delivering organized and efficient laboratory work. The working hours cover core service times Monday to Friday, with rotational Saturday and evening shifts. The NHS encourages applications from diverse backgrounds, including the Armed Forces community, and fosters an inclusive workplace culture.
Job Security, Being a permanent position within NHS Scotland offers long-term job stability and benefits associated with public sector employment.
Impactful Role, As a Team Leader in Specimen Reception, you play a critical role in the diagnostic process, impacting patient care and treatment outcomes.
Professional Development, Opportunities for training and mentoring junior staff allow for personal growth and contributions to the professional development of others.
Work-Life Balance, Core working hours of Monday to Friday provide a structured schedule, contributing to a more balanced work-life experience.
Diverse Work Environment, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde promotes a culture of inclusion and diversity, allowing you to work in a collaborative and supportive atmosphere.
Leadership Opportunities, The role provides a chance to lead and manage a team, enhancing leadership skills and fostering teamwork.
Engagement with Specialized Work, The position involves advanced scientific work in Histopathology, allowing you to utilize and expand your specialized knowledge and expertise.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.
This is a permanent, full time position.
The shift pattern for this position is, core service hours are Monday Friday (09:00-17:00), the service also covers rotational Saturday and Public holiday mornings (08:00- 1200) & rotational evening work (Monday - Friday17:00-19:00).
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Team Leader to join the Histology Department within NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde. The Pathology Department provides a comprehensive analytical and Consultant led clinical Histopathology, Cytology and Post Mortem service to clinicians working within NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde and other Health Boards.
The post holder will : -
Core hours are 09:00-17:00 Mon -Fri, rotational cover Saturday & Public holidays 08:00-12:00, rotation evening cover 17:00-19:00 Mon-Fri.
Informal contact: Suzanne Ferrá, Team Leader, ,
Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde encourages applications from all sections of the community. We promote a culture of inclusion across the organisation and are proud of the diverse workforce we have.
By signing the Armed Forces Covenant, NHSGGC has pledged its commitment to being a Forces Friendly Employer. We support applications from across the Armed Forces Community, recognising military skills, experience and qualifications during the recruitment and selection process.
Candidates should provide original and authentic responses to all questions within the application form. The use of artificial intelligence (AI), automated tools, or other third-party assistance to generate, draft, or significantly modify responses is strongly discouraged. By submitting your application, you confirm that all answers are your own work, reflect your personal knowledge, skills and experience, and have not been solely produced or altered by AI or similar technologies.
Failure to comply with this requirement may result in your application being withdrawn from the application process.
For application portal/log-in issues, please contact in the first instance.
This is a permanent, full time position.
The shift pattern for this position is, core service hours are Monday Friday (09:00-17:00), the service also covers rotational Saturday and Public holiday mornings (08:00- 1200) & rotational evening work (Monday - Friday17:00-19:00).
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Team Leader to join the Histology Department within NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde. The Pathology Department provides a comprehensive analytical and Consultant led clinical Histopathology, Cytology and Post Mortem service to clinicians working within NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde and other Health Boards.
The post holder will : -
- Supervise and coordinate the day to day technical activities of Specimen Reception within the Histology laboratory.
- Provide the advanced scientific and technical skills to process and deliver patient material in a suitable form for screening and or diagnostic purposes as an aid to effective diagnosis and treatment.
- Undertake routine and complex laboratory work within a specialist subdivision of the laboratory ensuring the work is performed in an efficient, organised and professional manner to provide a high quality, timely service.
- Assist the Speciality Manager in troubleshooting methods and/or processes and/or in defining and developing optimum methods.
- Work independently and/or with other staff to deliver the service to the standards set.
- Provide interpretative advice regarding specialist techniques to other laboratory professional groups.
- Lead a team of staff within Specimen Reception and monitor the performance of their team.
- Train and mentor more junior members of staff as required.
Core hours are 09:00-17:00 Mon -Fri, rotational cover Saturday & Public holidays 08:00-12:00, rotation evening cover 17:00-19:00 Mon-Fri.
Informal contact: Suzanne Ferrá, Team Leader, ,
Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde encourages applications from all sections of the community. We promote a culture of inclusion across the organisation and are proud of the diverse workforce we have.
By signing the Armed Forces Covenant, NHSGGC has pledged its commitment to being a Forces Friendly Employer. We support applications from across the Armed Forces Community, recognising military skills, experience and qualifications during the recruitment and selection process.
Candidates should provide original and authentic responses to all questions within the application form. The use of artificial intelligence (AI), automated tools, or other third-party assistance to generate, draft, or significantly modify responses is strongly discouraged. By submitting your application, you confirm that all answers are your own work, reflect your personal knowledge, skills and experience, and have not been solely produced or altered by AI or similar technologies.
Failure to comply with this requirement may result in your application being withdrawn from the application process.
For application portal/log-in issues, please contact in the first instance.
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