Main area Flow Cytometry Grade NHS AfC: Band 8b Contract Permanent Hours Full time – 37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday, 8:30am-4:30pm) Job ref 190-1998-DIR
Employer Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Pegasus House Town Sheffield Salary £66,582 – £77,368 pa/ pro rata for part time staff Salary period Yearly Closing 15/11/2026 23:59 Interview date 27/11/2026
NHS AfC: Band 8b
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Job overview
UK NEQAS for Leucocyte Immunophenotyping is looking for a Centre Manager to help lead one of the largest external quality assessment providers in haematology and immunology. We are based in the Department of Haematology at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, part of South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Pathology, and support laboratories in the UK and overseas in flow cytometry and molecular haemato-oncology.
This is a senior post at the heart of the service. You will deputise for the Director and take day to day charge of scientific, operational, financial and personnel matters. You will lead a multidisciplinary team of scientific, quality and administrative staff, hold delegated budget responsibility, and maintain our accreditation to ISO 17043.
There is real scope to shape the service. Alongside running established programmes, you will help plan new EQA programmes, develop our data handling and reporting systems, publish our work, and build relationships with professional bodies, manufacturers and international partners. You will also present our data at national and international meetings.
We are looking for an HCPC registered Biomedical or Clinical Scientist with a higher degree, strong management experience, deep expertise in flow cytometry and knowledge of molecular haemato-oncology. Above all, we want someone who wants to raise the standard of testing across our participant laboratories.
For an informal chat, contact Stuart Scott, Director, Stuart.scott8@nhs.net, 0114 2673603.
Main duties of the job
As Centre Manager you will:
Deputise for the Director and take day to day responsibility for the Centre, covering scientific, operational, financial and personnel mattersLead and develop our scientific, quality and administrative teams, setting objectives and building the skill mix we need.
Hold delegated budget responsibility for a service with a turnover of around £1m, including forecasting, fee setting and business planning
Oversee the design, production and distribution of EQA material, statistical analysis of returns and timely issue of participant reports
Maintain accreditation to ISO 17043, lead quality audits and prepare the Annual Management Review.
Advise participant laboratories on assay performance, troubleshooting and poor performance, and work with manufacturers on standardisation
Plan new EQA programmes as diagnostic practice changes
Represent the Centre at Steering Committee, Specialist Advisory Group, NQAAP and Consortium meetings.
Present data at national and international meetings, publish in peer reviewed journals and organise our annual scientific meeting
We are looking for deep expertise in flow cytometry immunophenotyping and knowledge of molecular haemato-oncology, and the ability to work independently at a high level. You will need strong statistical and data handling skills, the confidence to interpret complex datasets and explain them clearly, sound judgement and impartiality, and a genuine interest in helping laboratories improve.
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.
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 Qualifications
- Fully registered with HCPC as a Biomedical Scientist/Clinical Scientist, or an equivalent and relevant professional body
- Higher degree such as MSc in relevant subject.
Experience
- Evidence of proficiency and effectiveness in a relevant professional/scientific area. Extensive relevant laboratory experience at higher level.
- Experience of managing diverse groups of staff. To include ability to manage change and ability to manage staff.
- Experience of the workings of the UK NEQAS organisation.
- Experience of presenting data to other scientific staff. Experience of presenting data at National and International meetings via PowerPoint presentations, posters etc.
- Experience of presenting data and taking questions from a large audience of peers
- Experience of presenting data at National and International meetings via PowerPoint presentations, posters etc.
- Speciality specific expertise in scheme disciplines. Author of peer-reviewed publications. Nationally and internationally recognised as an expert in the field.
- Track record of delivering results.
- Experience of developing, organising, supporting and delivering events/projects/training.
Skills and Knowledge
- Good scientific and statistical skills.
- Ability to interpret, weigh, distil and summarise complex datasets.
- Knowledge of latest guidelines and best practices as they apply to field.
- Good time management, organisational and project management skills.
- Ability to work at a high level as an independent scientific practitioner in flow cytometry or molecular haemato-oncology.
- High level of technical, analytical, communication and judgemental skills (including troubleshooting with complex systems) in: (a) Suitability of samples for analysis (b) Quality Control Data (c) Solving Technical/Analytical problems (d) Clinical significance of results
- Good written and oral communication skills.
- Knowledge and understanding of ISO 17043 and ISO 13528.
- Awareness of current quality and service issues in the NHS and laboratory practice.
- Ability to initiate and manage service development projects.
- Ability to build strategic relationships with external organisations.
Personal Qualities
- Evidence of actively seeking relevant knowledge and learning. A commitment to CPD as an individual. Promotion of CPD for other staff.
- Committed to and understands the principles of clinical governance and quality in the relevant area.
- Integrity, discretion, confidentiality, impartiality.
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