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Senior Specialist Biomedical Scientist-Quality Officer

4 months ago


Brighton, United Kingdom University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job overview

This is an great opportunity for a suitably qualified and experienced Biomedical Scientist to join our Haematology team as a Quality officer.

The UHS east Haematology laboratory operates at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton and the Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath.

The department provides a specialist Haematology and Blood Transfusionservice to both acute and primary care, and to other trusts within the Sussex area. It holds accreditation with UKAS, and is approved by the Institute of Biomedical Sciences as a training laboratory.

The successful candidate will be reliable, enthusiastic, motivated and forward thinking. 

They will be responsible in helping maintain the quality of the service within Haematology by ensuring the laboratory adheres to Pathology and department procedures to maintain compliance with ISO, regulatory and national requirements. They will assist coordinate and support the department with quality tasks such as audits, preparing monthly quality reports, assisting in investigating and resolving incidents, complaints etc. The post holder will work closely with other section quality officers across different disciplines/ sites and reports to the Head of Service and Pathology Quality Manager.

Main duties of the job

·First point of contact within Haematology at UHS east for issues relating to the Quality within the department

·Responsible for ensuring all documentation within the department meets the Pathology management procedures as per ISO 15189 & MRHA requirements

·Will liaise with other staff managing External Quality Assurance programmes to keep abreast of any issues relating to EQA and make sure all such issues are reviewed at the annual Quality System Management Review meeting for the discipline.

·Will be responsible for setting a schedule for quality audits in Q-Pulse after consultation/ discussion with the Pathology Quality Manager.

·Will, because of internal audits, record any non-conformance or preventative actions resulting from departmental audits and agree the actions and timelines to fulfil improvement opportunities.

·Will also try to ensure that all non-conformances/preventative actions are carried out as agreed and in timely fashion.

·Will provide all necessary quality performance information from the department to the PQM to support the annual Quality System Management Review for Pathology

·Will sit on the Senior Staff meetings and input on all issues relating to quality

·Should be competent as a quality auditor

Please read the attached job description and person specification for further details.

Working for our organisation

At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First, as shown in our Outstanding for Caring CQC rating. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust.

We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We’re here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our Wellbeing Programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.

As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.

We look forward to receiving your application and the start of your journey with UHSussex. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Quality officer will be responsible in helping maintain the quality of the service within Haematology by ensuring the laboratory adheres to Pathology and department procedures to maintain compliance with ISO, regulatory and national requirements. They will assist coordinate and support the department with quality tasks such as audits, preparing monthly quality reports, assisting in investigating and resolving incidents, complaints etc.They will work closely with other section quality officers across different disciplines/ sites and reports to the Head of Service and Pathology Quality Manager.

Please read the attached job description and person specification for further details.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

A minimum of 4 years post Specialist IBMS portfolio or HPC/CPSM logbook and Haematology laboratory experience in an NHS hospital laboratory at Band 6 level or above Up to date & in-depth knowledge of quality and sub-specialist area within primary discipline.

Desirable criteria

Evidence of understanding quality and the QMS within Pathology and being able to analyse and interpret quality data. Evidence of being able to perform audits.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

Essential criteria

Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role).