As the UK Medical Director - Pathology, at Unilabs UK, you will play a pivotal role in leading and managing the medical team to deliver high-quality pathology services.
· Member of the Country Leadership team (CLT) responsible for key areas below;
· Reporting pathology cases: Actively involved in your specialty or expertise
· Designing and owning the UK medical strategy: alongside the Medical Director and General Manager, UK
· Medical Management: of the business alongside Medical head, Country head and Operations head – i.e. overseeing all medical operations, quality assurance and audit support, ensuring adherence to quality reporting standards, best practice implementation, and managing clinical troubleshooting on all client and organisational queries
· Pathologist recruitment, management, and retention, networking, knowledge development, standardisation of clinical reporting and advancing digital pathology
· Brand Ambassador: Your role will also involve representing UNILABS in medical conferences and events, as well as contributing to commercial activities to drive business growth working alongside commercial and operations for better customer engagement
Areas of Work
Leadership & Administration
· Overall responsible for Medical Pathology administration in Unilabs UK
· Leading the Unilabs Histopathology Service via reporting of cases and Medical management of pathologists, cytologists and other medical functions
· Building a coherent and strong medical team in Unilabs UK and drive overall performance of the team in order to engage and fully embracing Unilabs culture
· Alongside HR, remain responsible for maintaining all necessary compliance and competency paperwork for pathologists working for Unilabs UK
· On request, support all pathologists with their annual appraisal as necessary
Member of Country leadership Team (CLT)
· Support the Management in defining the strategy and operational decisions for Unilabs UK from a medical pathology perspective following the Group medical strategy
· Bringing in the requests and demands of the scientific teams of Unilabs to discussion and decision. Helping to form decision by providing scientific and medical background
Medical Governance/Advice
· Contribution of medical aspects and scientific knowledge to all UK projects, tenders and customer related issues, on request of the GM, and other members of local & global management teams. Playing a role in negotiations, presenting Unilabs as a scientifically excellent organization
· Help customers and employees perceive Unilabs as a cutting-edge diagnostic lab group, making sure that Unilabs UK is positioned as the leading company in pathology, cytology, lab medicine and mammography from a medical and scientific perspective delivering scientific excellence
· Medical consultancy of the Marketing Team and sales representatives, ensuring their fitness to sell our products and services, including medical customer care and calls/visits at key accounts where appropriate
· On request, play a role in approval of the scientific content of all Unilabs customer-related publications, brochures, flyers.
· Show leadership in medical/scientific issues or discussions between Unilabs and customers, on request
Quality, Audit, Adverse events
· Work with QA head of UK, legal dept and global colleagues on request to participate, contribute and also lead as appropriate in any topic related to medical and clinical quality, case reporting, and laboratory results
· Understand and implement all policies related to handling of medical incidents and adverse events
· Participate and advice on risk assessment to understand patient harm, incidence severity, especially in level 4 and 5 adverse events. Medically approve AE cases for reporting to national authorities or within Unilabs local and global
· Work with CLT and global to advice on any UK cases on medico-legal issues
· Build a culture of speaking up and bringing to light any near misses and deemed incidents and adverse events
Innovation/Scientific content/Publications
· Helping Unilabs to maintain a competitive edge by identification, advice and advocacy of new products (services, tests, methods, etc.)
· Advising on ensuring ideas of new products are both technically and commercially viable
· Advising on ensuring that new products are in compliance with UK health care regulations
· Where possible, advocacy or direct authorship for scientific information, publications and scientific content of other texts
· Maintaining personal and organisational Continuous Professional Education in all relevant medical fields for own and team growth
Direct Reporting Line into
· Unilabs Global/Cluster/UK Medical Director responsible for UK
· Daily working partnership with Medical Director and Country Manager, UK
Requirements
· Qualified Medical Doctor on Specialist GMC register, with license to practice and report Pathology/Cytology cases in UK
· Significant experience in pathology practice, with a track record of leadership and management with proficiency in digital pathology and reporting
· Knowledge of the UK healthcare system, including NHS and private sectors
· Strong understanding of medical best practices and quality assurance standards
· Leadership experience in NHS or private settings, ideally in a professional diagnostics laboratory environment
· Proven ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex medical issues.
· People Management experience with excellent communication skills
· Ethical, professional and team working attitude with ability to lead or influence key stakeholders in the organisation locally and globally
· Ability and willingness to travel within UK to customer and/or Unilabs sites to achieve organisational goals
· Commitment to continuous learning and professional development