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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our highly skilled and motivated Pathology Quality Team at Harrogate District Hospital.

The post will be based within the Quality Team in Pathology. The Pathology team at Harrogate are highly regarded having an excellent reputation with service users. The focus of the department is on delivery of a high quality service with patients at the centre of everything we do. Our vision is to achieve excellence every time.

The team at Harrogate is small and friendly requiring a high degree of team work and co-operation from its members so candidates should be prepared to be part of the close knit environment fostered in the department.

The post would suit anyone who is confident using Microsoft Excel / Word and working with information being provided across applications.

Main duties of the job

To provide support to the Quality Manager and Deputy Quality Manager and play a key role in supporting the maintenance of the quality management system (QMS) across all disciplines and in the software version upgrade.

Key elements of the role :-

• Assist in the maintenance of the Pathology Quality Management System
• Assist in the implementation of QPulse software upgrade.
• Day to day monitoring and compliance of quality activities, providing support to attain targets, across all disciplines.
• Supports the quality team in maintaining the requirements of accreditation by UKAS. 

The post is fixed for 18 months. The successful candidate will be required to work up to 37 hours per week.

The department hold full UKAS accreditation and utilises the QPULSE quality management system

Working for our organisation

Integrated Pathology Solutions LLP is an innovative joint-venture pathology service between Harrogate & District NHS Foundation Trust, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust and Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This partnership delivers a high quality pathology service through collaboration between three Trusts for the benefit of patient and service users.

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) cares for the population in Harrogate and the local area, as well as across North Yorkshire, Leeds and parts of the North East. 

At HDFT we provide outstanding care to both our patients and our staff and we value Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality. If you’re looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients’ lives, HDFT could be the place for you! 

We offer colleagues:

• A supportive culture so colleagues can bring their whole selves to work.
• Staff Recognition - as well as regular appraisals, we recognise achievements with our Making a Difference & Team of the Month Awards, along with annual Colleague Recognition Awards.
• Employee Support and wellbeing – we offer a wide range of staff benefits including an Employee Assistance Programme, counselling service and a fast-track Physiotherapy service. 

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