Clinical Director of Pathology: Tackling the Role (Bamm Clinical Directors')

These practical books written by members of the British Association of Medical Managers (BAMM) help clinical directors tackle their role as medical managers. They provide information and guidance, to enable their readers to benefit from the sharing of learning, good ideas and best practice. 'What is innovative about this series is the focus. Focused training is the norm. Yet the clinician in management makes do with generic management texts which, excellent as they may be, do not recognise the enormous diversity of today's NHS. Managing a pathology service is just not the same as managing a cardiac surgery service. This series is about providing help with the context and practicalities of managing directorates.' Peter Lees and Jenny Simpson in the Series Foreword Clinical Director of Pathology is for consultants considering taking up the role of clinical director, and those actually doing the job. It is also useful for laboratory business managers as an induction to pathology. It summarises the key management issues within pathology and is based on practical case studies rather than theoretical management concepts. It highlights a number of key areas that clinical directors of pathology should be tackling in order to maintain the quality and cost effectiveness of their service MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict Cover 1 Title Page 2 Copyright Page 3 Contents 4 Series Foreword 6 Foreword 8 Preface 11 List of contributors 12 Introduction 14 1 Clinical directorates: background 20 2 Clinical governance 30 3 Corporate role of pathology 40 4 Directorate staffing, management and organisation 64 5 Financial management 86 6 Quality assurance 100 7 Clinical audit 114 8 Service level agreements 132 9 Purchasing equipment 144 10 Benchmarking laboratory performance 158 11 Changing working patterns 168 12 Health and safety 182 Appendix: Useful addresses 200 Index 204 First Published in 2018. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company. These practical books written by members of the British Association of Medical Managers (BAMM) help clinical directors tackle their role as medical managers. They provide information and guidance, to enable their readers to benefit from the sharing of learning, good ideas and best practice. It is also useful for laboratory business managers as an induction to pathology. It summarises the key management issues within pathology and is based on practical case studies rather than theoretical management concepts. It highlights a number of key areas that clinical directors of pathology should be tackling in order to maintain the quality and cost effectiveness of their service. This book is aimed at consultants considering taking up the role of clinical director of pathology. It is a useful induction to pathology for laboratory business managers, especially if they have a general management background.