Workforce Lead

 

Purpose of the role

The workforce lead is a position on the Education and Training Committee. The role is responsible for coordinating LabMed’s response to workforce issues for clinical scientists and medical practitioners. This includes advocating for an empowered workforce with robust training, sustainable work plans and clearly defined career paths that will improve recruitment and retentions of these roles.

The workforce lead reports to the Director of Education, Training & Workforce who is accountable to the Association for Laboratory Medicine Council through the Executive Committee.


Responsibilities of the role

  • Work with the Pathology Alliance Workforce Group, the Royal College of Pathologists and other stakeholders to improve workforce planning and address changing roles, staff shortages and training gaps.
  • Organise task and finish groups to focus on key workforce priorities, including workforce data analysis.
  • Work with the Trade Union national committee to support LabMed’s strategic objectives by:
    - Advocating for clinical scientists to have dedicated time in their job plans for education, research, and leadership
    - Ensuring fair recognition, career progression, and appropriate banding for clinical scientists, including structuring of consultant roles within NHS teams
    - Working with the Academy for Healthcare Science and chief scientific officers to support lobbying for legal changes to enhance the role of clinical scientists (e.g. allowing clinical scientists to prescribe).

 

Person specification

Essential

  • Member of the Association for Laboratory Medicine
  • 5 years post HCPC or GMC registration
  • Obtained FRCPath Part 2 module 1 and module 2
  • Share Association for Laboratory Medicine values

Desirable

  • Obtained full FRCPath

 

Time commitment

  • Two meetings of the Education and Training Committee each year (1 in person, 1 online)
  • Quarterly Pathology Alliance Workforce meetings (online)
  • Deputise for the President when LabMed is the group chair of the Pathology Alliance Workforce meetings
  • Ad hoc task and finish group meetings

 

Applications close at noon on Monday 16 June 2025

 

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