Pathology Quality and Governance Officer
4 days ago
As a Quality Officer (QO) you will contribute positively towards the maintenance and management of the Quality Management System (QMS) within pathology by providing support to the quality team. The quality team comprises of leads in the following disciplines: Cellular Pathology & Mortuary, Clinical Biochemistry and Immunology, Haematology & Blood Transfusion, Haemophilia, Microbiology and Point of Care.
To support the quality team in delivering the QMS and meeting the needs of users, the QO will need to work both as part of a team and independently, be able to priorities and adapt easily to different tasks.
This will include undertaking a wide variety of duties such as auditing, administrative tasks, training pathology staff on the QMS, supporting internal and external assessments and retrieving data from systems such as Q-Pulse, DATIX and 4-Risk for report compilation. Training and support will be provided from the pathology quality team in use of systems and the QMS.
Applicants should have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to multitask. In addition to this you will be expected to work with a variety of different staff and operate in sometimes challenging situations in order to maintain a safe, responsive and high-quality operations response to modern demand.
Provide support on the maintenance and implementation of the Quality Management System (QMS) and governance processes within EKHUFT to the pathology quality team.
Support the quality team in management of incidents, complaints, user enquiries and quality improvements.
Support management of the pan-pathology quality documentation and audit programmer.
Support management of risk management by sourcing updates for the pathology risk register.
Support training in basic quality management processes, audit and CA/PA
Maintain quality standards and support department with external assessment preparation.
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 695,000 people.
Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: ‘People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’.
We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called ‘We care’. It’s about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We’re looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.”
Unless you are informed in writing that your post does not require full vaccination, it will be a condition of your employment that you are and remain fully vaccinated for COVID-19 unless you have medical exemption. Your commitment will help us to put the safety and care of our patients first, as well as helping us to protect you and your colleagues.
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