Quality Officer for Cellular Pathology and Mortuary

1 week ago


Ashford, United Kingdom East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust Full time

An opportunity has arisen at EKHUFT for the position of Quality Officer for cellular pathology and mortuary services, reporting to the Head Biomedical Scientist for cellular pathology and mortuary.

Cellular pathology is known for its strong team spirit and open friendly culture. There is great emphasis on cross communication between the technical and diagnostic teams.

Cellular pathology as a whole, including mortuary staff, incorporates a team of 84 staff. From consultant pathologists, to assistant healthcare scientists. From consultant biomedical scientists reporting alongside the consultants, to admin support and clerical staff. The diversity of staff within the discipline is all incorporated into the management of the quality of service offered, with the aim of putting the patient first.

The cellular pathology service, based primarily at the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, is UKAS accredited to ISO15189 standards and the mortuary service appropriately HTA accredited. The quality officer would play a key role in the maintenance of these quality assuring standards in order to offer reassurance to all service users and review bodies, charged with the design and implementation of the department’s quality system. They will manage the system, with the objective that the laboratory becomes more effective in quality management and meets both regulatory and accreditation requirements.

Cellular Pathology services have been integrated across East Kent for several years. Laboratory services are based at the WHH, Ashford. We provide histopathology, non-gynaecological cytology and autopsy services to EKHUFT and general practitioners within the region.

Cellular pathology is known for its strong team spirit and open friendly culture. There is great emphasis on cross communication between the technical and diagnostic teams.

Cellular pathology as a whole, including mortuary staff, incorporates a team of 84 staff. From consultant pathologists, to assistant healthcare scientists. From consultant biomedical scientists reporting alongside the consultants, to admin support and clerical staff. The diversity of staff within the discipline is all incorporated into the management of the quality of service offered, with the aim of putting the patient first.

The cellular pathology service is UKAS accredited to ISO15189 standards and the mortuary service appropriately HTA accredited. The quality lead would play a key role in the maintenance of these quality assuring standards in order to offer reassurance to all service users and review bodies, charged with the design and implementation of the department’s quality system. They will manage the system, with the objective that the laboratory becomes more effective in quality management and meets both regulatory and accreditation requirements.

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.

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