Band 7 Senior EQA Scientist

1 week ago

Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic EQA Scientist to work within a friendly, professional and busy team dedicated to providing External Quality Assessment (EQA) programmes to Hospital Laboratories.

Birmingham Quality (UK NEQAS) provides External Quality Assessment (EQA) Services for Clinical Chemistry laboratories within the UK and worldwide. Clinical Chemistry specimens are prepared in-house at Birmingham Quality and then dispatched to hospital laboratories. Birmingham Quality is based at Birmingham Research Park and is very close to both the old and new Queen Elizabeth Hospitals and is adjacent to the new University train station and the National Blood Service on Vincent Drive.

This is a unique position and even experienced users of our services would benefit from speaking to the Scheme Organisers before making an application as there are not many jobs like this in pathology.

This post has the potential for progression for a suitable candidate.

The hours are full time, notionally between 08:30 and 17:00, and the position is permanent.

If this post interests you, we would strongly encourage you to contact us prior to submitting your application to arrange a visit to Birmingham Quality, to see the variety of work performed and to meet other team members.

Please contact Hailey Goodman, Operations Manager, on , or

Birmingham Quality is proud to be part of the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.

Main duties of the job

Are you a qualified scientist with significant experience in a laboratory or similar setting?

Are you an enthusiastic, self-motivated individual with excellent attention to detail, a strong commitment to quality and willing to take responsibility for the completion of tasks?

Are you adept at manipulating data within Microsoft Excel or similar software packages to produce clear graphs and tables?

Do you think logically and have good troubleshooting skills at both the theoretical and practical level?

Do you have excellent written and oral communication skills?

Do you have extensive experience of working with computer databases and Microsoft Office software packages?

Do you have excellent data presentation skills and the ability to produce scientific posters and papers?

As a position within a department that has 'Quality' in its title, you must always work to a very standard.

The experience and qualities that you would require to fully perform at this level are not common and we would expect the successful applicant to make a meaningful contribution from the outset.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

*Degree or equivalent professional qualification in a Scientific discipline, preferably Biochemistry *Post graduate certificate in specialised scientific field and experience to Master's level equivalent. *Registration with the HCPC or actively working towards registration. *Active participation in CPD

Experience

Essential

*Specialist knowledge of clinical biochemistry *Comprehensive understanding of the role of EQA and the fundamentals of quality management systems as part of laboratory quality assurance *Broad theoretical and practical experience of general laboratory clinical chemistry practice within the UK with extensive experience in quality *Supervisory experience in management, leading teams, evaluating staff performance and conducting staff appraisals. *Experience with word- processing and spreadsheet applications *Experience with database applications *Experience in drafting reports and scientific documents

Desirable

*Knowledge of specialist clinical biochemistry techniques -- Mass Spectrometry, Immunoassay *Basic statistical knowledge *Experience in the provision of EQA services *Experience in the provision of EQA services, EQA material preparation, review of EQA data / statistical analysis and the interpretation of EQA reports *Experience in project management

Additional Criteria

Essential

*Able to travel across all UHB sites as required by the role.

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