Clinical Director - Pathology, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

The post of Clinical Director for Pathology at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT) is an outstanding opportunity for a dynamic, inclusive, and innovative clinical leader to further develop their career. We are looking for a talented and ambitious candidate to have a tangible and lasting impact as a visible senior leader in the North East London region and work clinically as a consultant within a recognised pathology speciality. We would welcome applications from a haematologist, histopathologist or microbiologist. The role will shape the strategic direction for the service and will provide professional leadership and guidance for all pathology staff employed by the Trust.

As a senior leader, you will report into the Clinical Group Director and work closely with the Care Group Director of Operations and Nursing/Healthcare Professionals. Your ability and experience of driving and successfully achieving change will enable you to provide the leadership and strategic direction required to bring together our teams in the delivery of a patient-focused, cost-effective and high-quality service.

We are interested in your successful managerial experience within a relevant healthcare setting and how you will bring this to us at BHRUT. You must have the ability to be creative and innovative to generate opportunities for the service and have experience of involvement with strategic planning processes.

The Pathology Clinical Director is a senior leadership role providing leadership and direction to the pathology directorate consisting of multiple clinical services/ laboratories located across Queen's and King George Hospitals, and other satellite sites.

The post holder will work to ensure plans for provision of Pathology services are implemented and monitored for effectiveness across the Trust, with a particular focus on providing high quality, safe, well-governed, productive and cost-effective services which support the Trust in delivering its strategic objectives.

Whether you are an experienced Clinical director or are looking to step up from a Lead consultant role then this is the perfect opportunity for you. Our vision is to provide outstanding healthcare to our community, delivered with pride. To do this we need to have outstanding people who share a common set of values and aspirations and we hope that you feel motivated to join us.

We’re an organisation that is getting better and better. We were the most improved Trust in England for A&E performance in 2023/24; we’re no longer in special measures; and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal. Our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and that our patients are happy with.
Many of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and the majority are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. More than 400 of them are on apprenticeship programmes and we’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
We operate from two main sites – King George Hospital (KGH) in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London – more than 300,000 people visited our A&Es in 2023.
Patients across north east London are benefitting from two new state of the art theatres at KGH and our Community Diagnostic Centres at Barking Community Hospital and St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub will significantly increase the number of scans that can be carried out.
We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record next year. This will mean the records of any patient visiting one of the seven hospitals run by BHRUT and Barts Health will be accessible to the clinical teams. It’ll make things easier for staff and will be better for patients.
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All applications must include:
- A full curriculum vitae/resume
- Quoting the role reference number:
Clinical Director - Pathology: A039758
- A covering letter highlighting the aspects of the job description and BHRUT that particularly attract you to the post (Microsoft Word document)
- Contact details for three referees, these will not be contacted without your permission. (References should validate a minimum period of six years employment)
- A completed Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form (which you will be redirected to once you have submitted your application) *
Monitoring
One of Alumni Global’s and BHRUT objectives is to ensure that its workforce is reflective of the local community and therefore we actively encourage applications from under-represented groups. So that we can successfully achieve these aims, while it is not mandatory we would encourage every applicant to complete the “Equal Opportunities Monitoring form” so that we can measure the effectiveness of our efforts. The Recruiting Manager does not have access to the Monitoring Information Sections of the application form at any stage of the process and the information provided will be kept entirely confidential.
For a confidential discussion on this role please contact:
Thomas Patterson, Managing Director or Michael Earnshaw, Director of Research on +44 77 1905 59 71.
Key Milestones
Closing Date: TBC
Final Interviews: TBC
Candidate adjustment
If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made as part of the recruitment process please can you advise us so that we can ensure this is accommodated.