Job summary
- Main area
- Pathology Quality
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 432-HR714-24
- Employer
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Colchester and Ipswich Hospitals
- Town
- Colchester and Ipswich
- Salary
- £50,952 - £57,349 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Pathology Quality Manager (Pan Pathology and Improvement)
NHS AfC: Band 8a
We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.
Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits
Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole. The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Job overview
East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust Pathology Services are looking for a Quality Manager with strong leadership and communication skills to join our team in driving forward continuous improvement.
You will report to the Head of Quality, Compliance & Regulatory Affairs and as a senior member of the quality and governance team be responsible for engaging and embedding a quality culture with design implementation and maintenance of the Quality function of the service.
You will work in collaboration with the laboratory teams, Service Leads, Operations Managers , Head of Operations Quality Managers and Head of Quality to ensure that pathology becomes progressively more efficient in delivering a high quality service across both sites.
The Quality team will promote continuous improvement in service quality within all areas of the laboratory assuring regulatory and accreditation requirements to ISO 15189, MHRA, HSE, and others as required.
You will be expected to work closely with all staff to ensure an efficient and effective corporate approach in dealing with all Quality and Training matters. You will be a HCPC Registered Biomedical Scientist with extensive experience in implementing and maintaining accreditation and continuous improvement.
This role requires you to travel across Colchester and Ipswich Hospitals with an element of working from home. This role is full time, however we would consider part time.
Please note: Previous applicants need not apply
Main duties of the job
Overseeing and assuring regulatory body approval - UKAS, MHRA, CQC, HSE and any others as required
Assuring appropriate risk assessments and risk managements are in place.
Assuring the Health & Safety functions within the service.
Ensuring compliance with trust quality, risk and governance policies
Performing and overseeing incident investigation to include root cause analysis principles and implementation of the recommendations and learning actions.
Ensuring efficient operation and management of the quality management system.
Working for our organisation
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience in Managing Quality, Compliance and Regulatory Affairs
- Detailed familiarity with operational services and systems
- Previous NHS experience, knowledge of services and clinicians
- Extensive experience of Audit and the tools used to evaluate services
- Experience of training individuals or groups in formal and informal environments, via multiple methods
- Service improvement experience
- Experience of effectively line or functional management of staff
- Demonstrable experience of effectively undertaking collaborative working with multiple partners
Desirable criteria
- Experience of the use of Statistical analysis software
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- HCPC registration as a Biomedical Scientist
- BSc Biomedical Science or equivalent
- MSc Biomedical science, in appropriate discipline or equivalent
- Quality management qualification or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Health and Safety Training and Qualifications
- Training Qualifications and or experience
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Detailed knowledge of ISO 15189, and applicable regulatory requirements.
- IT competent, able to effectively use, Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and Powerpoint
- Knowledge of training and mentoring
Desirable criteria
- HSE, MHRA, CQC, HFEA and IVD knowledge
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Karen Edwards
- Job title
- Head of Quality
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07591 947809
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Colchester General Hospital
- Telephone
- 07789651269
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