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About Sonic Healthcare

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 3,500 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

**Job Title:** Learning and Development Administrator

**Department:** Learning and Development

**Location:** 1 Mabledon Place, WC1H 9AX

**Contract /Hours:** Permanent, Full-time (40 hours per week)

**Salary range:** Up to £28,808 per annum 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 3,500 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:**

You will join a close-knit L&D team which operates within the wider HR department. As a team we support learning and development across our organisation covering a range of professions such as finance, IT, customer service, in addition to our main group of scientific staff.

We are passionate about supporting staff development and this role will play a key part in training across the organisation which is delivered in various formats ranging from in person to e-learning through our Learning Management System ‘Sonic Learn’.

This is a fantastic opportunity if you wish to start your career within Learning and Development and will enable you to gain a good grounding within both a corporate and healthcare setting.

This post is offered as a Full Time role to start 30/03/2026.

An indication of the scope of your role (more detail is available in the job description)

• Provide input into shaping the direction of learning and development.
• Maintain course booking & administration, inclusive of evaluating the effectiveness of our training courses.
• Maintain and update IT systems in relation to L&D activities
• To assist with the administration our LMS ‘Sonic Learn’, including answering staff queries, producing reports, collating feedback, and liaising with the platform providers.
• To assist with the delivery and collection of L&D course materials and equipment to and from training venues and assist trainers with setting up equipment when required
• Undertake surveys and audits relating to L&D.

At HSL we offer a variety of excellent staff benefits including:

• **Training and development opportunities** – supporting professional development

**• Annual salary review **- salary and progression are aligned to our internal transparent pay structure (Progression Plus), supporting career development and structured annual salary reviews

• **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** – 23 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

Interested in this role?

At HSL/TDL 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 – 23/28 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.