Company
The Brussels University Hospital Laboratory is the clinical biology laboratory common to the five partner hospitals in the Brussels region:
- CHU Brugmann
- CHU Saint-Pierre
- Cliniques Universitaires de Bruxelles - Hôpital Erasme
- Hôpital Universitaire des Enfants Reine Fabiola
- Institut Jules Bordet
The Brussels University Hospital Laboratory is one of the largest hospital laboratories in Belgium covering all disciplines of clinical biology, where departments work together to carry out routine diagnostic tests and National Reference Centres. It boasts state-of-the-art equipment and covers four operating sites for a total of more than 19 million analyses per year and an annual turnover of around €60 million.
Its multidisciplinary teams are made up of more than 450 members and work on a daily basis to ensure optimum patient care through its various areas of activity:
- Diagnosis aid for clinicians
- Clinical and translational research
- National and international research and innovation partnerships
- Biobank
- Teaching at the Free University of Brussels and various Hautes Ecoles.
LHUB-ULB’s organisational strategy is based on a consolidated structure, with the majority of its activities centralised at a technical hub located on the Porte de Hal site (Brussels centre), and site laboratories deployed within hospitals that carry out emergency activities and provide an appropriate response to the specificities of each of the partner hospitals.
Implemented in 2015, LHUB-ULB is in its second phase of transformation (strategic and operational plan 2022-2024) designed to respond to the evolution of the Brussels hospital landscape as well as the development of diagnostic technologies.
Function
The Medical Director is a member of the LHUB-ULB Management Committee. He/she works closely with the Managing Director of LHUB-ULB.
In particular, the Medical Director has the following duties:
- Prepare, update and implement the medical plan, in partnership with the department heads and the Management Committee;
- Ensure the Laboratory’s development through the establishment and coordination of the various project portfolios aimed at strengthening the missions of an academic laboratory (Patient and Community Services, Research and Teaching);
- Facilitate and strengthen collaboration between the clinicians of the five partner hospitals on the one hand, and the stakeholders in the ULB Health division on the other;
- Contribute to the laboratory’s national and international influence;
- Promote the development of clinical and translational research and technological innovation;
- Participate in the definition and implementation of the laboratory’s operational strategy: contribute to the organisation of the medical activity on the various operating sites;
- Take responsibility for the laboratory’s quality policy and implementation;
- Assist the Managing Director in ensuring the most efficient use of resources and infrastructure with a goal of profitability across sectors;
- Optimise the overall quality of services and the satisfaction of laboratory users (hospital clinicians) and ensure relationships with associated hospitals;
- Promote the use of tools for measuring and reporting quality and efficiency indicators to biologists;
- Ensure certain aspects of the management of medical personnel in accordance with legal procedures and in compliance with the administrative and financial regulations;
- Actively participate in the development and coaching of department heads and biologists.
Profile
- In-depth knowledge of the laboratory sector at national and international level, and in the hospital sector;
- Team management experience: an ability to listen, communicate, train, motivate and unite teams of different profiles;
- Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines and to prioritise;
- Keen interest in research and innovation;
- Experience in project management and change management;
- Resilience, adaptation and ability to plan ahead;
- Rigour, meeting of deadlines, focus on results.
Access conditions
- Doctor or Pharmacist specialising in clinical biology;
- A doctoral degree preferably with thesis, with relevant experience of at least 5 years in a coordination or project management role;
- Extensive professional experience in the laboratory and hospital sector;
- Proven professional experience in project management and team management in a large company or institution;
- Satisfaction of the profile conditions.
Offer
- A position with responsibilities and potential for growth;
- A high-performance working environment with a human face and state-of-the-art equipment;
- An institution with strong societal values;
- Extra-legal benefits that take experience into account: attractive leave plan, hospitalisation insurance and pension, travel assistance.
- The employment contract provides for attractive remuneration plus extra-legal benefits, leave, particularly scientific and civil liability insurance.
How to apply:
Please submit your application online on the website via the relevant offer (CV and covering letter) before 31 July 2023.
For more information about this position, you can contact the LHUB Managing Director, Ms Anne Janssen Bennynck, by email: anne.janssenbennynck@lhub-ulb.be.
