Deputy Academy Manager, Training Academy/Learning and Development - Royal Free Hospital, London

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Royal Free Hospital, London

Up to £55,700 DOE

Job Title: Deputy Academy Manager
Department: Training Academy, Learning and Development
Location: Royal Free Hospital, NW3 2QG
Contract /Hours: Fixed Term/40 per week
Salary range: Up to £55,700 DOE
About us:
Sonic Healthcare is an internationally renowned healthcare provider with a demonstrable track record of medical services across the world. Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Sonic is an ASX Top 50 company that has grown to become one of the world’s leading healthcare providers, specialising in pathology, radiology and primary care medical centres. We have operations in Australia, the USA, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Ireland and New Zealand.
Sonic Healthcare UK encompasses the two main entities in the UK, The Doctors Laboratory (TDL) and Health Services Laboratories (HSL). HSL is a partnership between The Doctors Laboratory (TDL), Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH). HSL was formed to provide pathology services to the NHS Trusts and has expanded further to provide services to other NHS Trusts. Over 2,500 staff work at Sonic Healthcare UK, primarily under the TDL or HSL banner.
Our purpose is to deliver medically-led diagnostics, innovation, value and long-term investment to healthcare. With our core laboratory based at The Halo Building in London WC1H 9AX, we also have an expanding site in Manchester as well as smaller hospital-based laboratories across the country. We maintain rigorously high standards of quality, whilst also delivering efficiencies to healthcare through careful workforce planning, pioneering technology and significant investment in infrastructure and IT.
About the role:
Sonic Healthcare UK are leaders in consultant-led diagnostics, innovation, value, and long-term investment in healthcare provision. We have over 30 years’ experience in the UK pathology market, working in partnership with the NHS for over 20 years with laboratories on both private and NHS hospital sites across the UK. Our UK network covers over 19 laboratory sites, providing acute and routine services across all pathology disciplines, and includes specialist referral services.
We recognise the challenges the profession has regarding the recruitment and development of experienced scientific staff. Over the years, we have built up our expertise in a ‘grow your own’ workforce strategy, developing scientists through recognised training programmes for both HCPC registration and post registration training pathways.
We have a dedicated learning and development team who support our laboratory trainers. Our state-of-the-art online training platform ‘Sonic Learn’ allows us to facilitate innovative approaches to training, including our recent prize-winning project on the use of instructional videos as part of laboratory training.
Building on our pedigree of high-quality training in 2023 we launched a new initiative, Sonic Training Academy, that is responsible for creating proficient Biomedical Scientists through a degree apprenticeship programme. We are proud to be investing in a dedicated training laboratory and through annual recruitment of student cohorts, Sonic Training Academy will ramp up to over 40 ambitious trainees in different disciplines at our numerous laboratory sites at various stages of their training. A team of training officers within the academy will be available to offer hands-on support. The academy will also assist with other exciting training initiatives across the organisation, including development of eLearning modules, CPD activities, lab skill workshops, and interactive tutorials.
We are currently looking to recruit maternity cover for our Deputy Manager, and are looking for passionate individuals to provide leadership and operational management of Sonic Training Academy. The post is a full-time (40 hours/week) permanent role with a competitive salary and benefits, such as subsidised gym membership, generous annual leave allowance, enhanced maternity paternity pay, and a cash healthcare plan.
If you are passionate about pathology training, this is a fantastic opportunity to be part of an exciting ground-breaking project.
For further information, please get in touch with our Head of Learning and Development – Wendy Leversuch (Wendy.Leversuch@hslpathology.com).
At HSL we offer a variety of excellent staff benefits including:
Training and development opportunities – supporting professional development
Annual salary review - No banding restrictions: As we are a private company we are not restricted by salary bandings and so are able to negotiate appropriate salaries based on experience. This also means that annual salary reviews do not hit a band ceiling.
Discounted gym membership – we have a corporate gym membership scheme with Better Gyms
Cash healthcare plan – cash back on a variety of healthcare costs including dentist and opticians
Sick Pay Entitlement – 5 paid days in the first year of employment, 20 days thereafter
Permanent Health Insurance and Death in Service Cover
Life Assurance – providing salary continuation for long term illness (six months qualifying period)
Employee Assistance Programme – supporting staff wellbeing
Season Ticket Loan Scheme – interest free loan for the cost of annual travel ticket
Perkbox – Access to additional staff perks and benefits such as high street discounts
Company Pension Scheme – company and staff contributions which increase with service
Competitive annual leave allowance - 28 days
Flexible working hours – we support and offer flexibility around shift patterns and working schedule
Please read the job description and person specification carefully and ensure that your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience required.
We respect and value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from diverse communities.
PLEASE NOTE: WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CLOSE THIS VACANCY AT ANY TIME EVEN IF A CLOSING DATE IS SHOWN HERE OR IN ANY OTHER MEDIA

Vacancy ID :
033326
Closing Date :
27-Jul-2025

Contact Person :
Wendy Leversuch
Contact Email :
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