operations manager Cambridge, East of England, England
Job description
The Cambridge Cellular Therapy Laboratory (CCTL) is seeking to employ an experienced Deputy Operations Manager.
The CCTL is a busy and progressive HTA & JACIE accredited regional laboratory. It is based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, the largest biomedical research campus in Europe; home to two NHS flagship trusts, multiple world-class research institutes, the University of Cambridge Medical School and a thriving biopharma ecosystem. The CCTL is the campus’s sole GMP facility and is responsible for supporting the Cambridge haematopoietic stem cell transplant program (including the Ipswich unit) and the Norwich transplant programme.
The heart of the CCTL service is delivering cellular therapies, including providing testing, processing, cryopreservation and storage of cells to treat patients with haematological malignancies. The lab will expand to a new purpose built facility within the Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre which will provide for 4 Grade B clean rooms each with independent air handling with capability to manage class 1 and class 2 GMOs. The CCTL along with the clinical transplant programs is involved in increasing Immune Effector Cell and ATMP/ATIMP work. Cambridge has been designated by NHS England as a provider for chimeric antigen receptor T cells and is integrally involved in clinical trials in melanoma, lung cancer and haematological malignancies.
Main duties of the job:
With the Associate Operations Manager and Head of Quality, you will be responsible for the overseeing the provision of clinical services within CCTL including the direct engagement of all staff including administrative, scientists and clinicians in the delivering of the clinical service.
You will contribute to strategic and annual business planning for their service areas, including the engagement of senior medical and other staff, as required. You will also coordinate the planning, development and implementation of service improvement, capital and other projects for the areas they are responsible for. You will administer clinical governance processes within their areas and assist in the management of risk.
Working for our organisation:
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 11000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners.
Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities:
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities - on the next page.
This vacancy will close at midnight on the 16th July 2023.
Interviews are due to be held on the 28th July 2023.
Benefits to you
We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse, day nurseries and access to a great transport system with easy access to airports and rail travel.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Person specification:
Essential Qualifications:
- First degree or equivalent in related science based discipline.
- Recognised management qualification.
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development.
Essential Experience:
- Significant experience of working in a laboratory/pharmacy setting.
- Success in working collaboratively across professions and services.
- Substantial experience of managing a clinical, social or equivalent service.
- Demonstrable success in planning and managing change.
- Commissioning and service planning.
- Significant budgetary management experience.
- Significant experience of managing a workforce.
Essential Knowledge:
- Commissioning and service planning processes.
- Clinical governance.
- The importance of successful partnership working.
- Principles of lifelong learning.
- Professional education and training.
- Workforce planning, recruitment and retention.
- Patient and public involvement.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.
Essential Skills:
- Leadership and ability to motivate and empower others.
- Excellent communications skills including: inter-personal skills, liaison and negotiation skills and writing and presentation skills.
- Influencing clinicians and managers for service improvement.
- Budget and resource management.
- Risk management.
- Developing and implementing policies, guidelines and projects from initiation to completion.
- Ability to prioritise work, meet tight deadlines and work independently.
- Positive and effective team worker.
- Analytical skills – be able to interpret and use data effectively.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £50,952.00-£57,349.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee discount
Work Location: In person
