Assistant Clinical Quality Assurance Manager (XN06)

Leeds Teaching Hospitals; Leeds; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in the UK seeks an Assistant Clinical Quality Assurance Manager to lead on clinical effectiveness and maintain high quality standards in research. This full-time role involves working closely with research teams and managing compliance with UK regulatory requirements. Ideal for someone with a health-related degree and experience in a regulatory environment. Competitive salary and temporary contract until June 2026.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to motivate and train a diverse workforce.
• Experience in managing quality audits and ensuring compliance.
• Significant experience in a regulatory environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead on Clinical Effectiveness in Research & Innovation.
• Develop and maintain quality assurance policies.
• Monitor compliance with UK regulatory standards.

Skills

Communication skills

Project management

Computer literacy

Ability to manage change

Training delivery

Education

Degree in life science or health-related subject

Certificate in Quality Assurance

Certificate in Good Clinical Practice (GCP)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Q-Pulse

Job description

Assistant Clinical Quality Assurance Manager (XN06)

The Quality Assurance (QA) Team is recruiting!

The Research and Innovation Department is looking for an Assistant Clinical Quality Assurance Manager to join the QA Team. It is a full time post (1.0 WTE), with a temporary contract until 26th June 2026, to cover a period of maternity leave. This post will be primarily based at St. James University Hospital, with occasional travel to other LTHT sites required. Although a nursing background is not essential for the role, the post would be particularly suited to an experienced Nurse, due to the requirement for knowledge of clinical governance.

The Assistant Clinical QA Manager supports the Research & Innovation CSU by leading on clinical effectiveness and maintaining high standards of quality assurance across clinical research. Reporting to the QA Manager, the postholder is responsible for implementing, monitoring, and improving quality systems in line with Good Clinical Practice (GCP), UK regulatory frameworks, and Trust governance policies.

If you are interested in the post, we would like to encourage you to contact the recruiting manager for an informal discussion.

Main duties of the job

What the candidate will do:

We are looking to recruit a proactive and self‑motivated individual with a keen interest in research to work within the QA Team.

Key responsibilities include developing and reviewing policies, overseeing internal audits, managing clinical governance portfolios, and ensuring compliance with statutory and national standards. The role involves analysing risks, implementing performance indicators, and producing assurance reports for senior committees. The postholder will also support continuous quality improvement by promoting best practice, sharing lessons learned, and contributing to service evaluation and improvement.

The role requires close collaboration with research teams, clinical staff, management, and external partners to ensure robust governance across all R & I services. Additional duties include joint administration of the document management system (Q‑Pulse), training staff, supporting audit readiness, and deputising for the QA Manager. This role is central to safeguarding patient safety, ensuring research integrity, and maintaining the Trust’s reputation as a leader in clinical research.

About us

Research is at the heart of our Trust. Leeds Teaching Hospitals is involved in research at all levels, developing and trialling new treatments for patients. We believe that being involved in cutting‑edge research helps us provide better care to our patients.

Over the next 5 years, we aim to be the best Trust to deliver high‑quality clinical research and to champion research among our staff. We also aim to support and grow our world‑class clinical infrastructure and assets for research and innovation.

We have a very proactive Research Academy. It offers an extensive programme of education and training tailored to meet the needs of individuals, teams involved in clinical research delivery in Health and Social Care.

Our five Trust values are part of what make us different. They have been developed by our staff. They are:

• Accountable
• Empowered

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying ‘at risk’ members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Job responsibilities

To take the lead on Clinical Effectiveness in Research & Innovation by

developing and maintaining policies and providing a source of advice and expertise for staff at all levels. To monitor and review all aspects of risk management and ensure compliance with the relevant organisational standards and UK regulatory and governance requirements as per Trust policies.

To develop and implement robust assurance reporting systems and provide assurance reports for reporting at relevant Trust committees.

To implement performance indicators for Quality and implement processes for their collation and reporting through directorate performance reviews and the relevant reports.

To contribute to continuous quality improvement across research & innovation, by implementing and influencing the development and application of the Trust’s Clinical Governance Portfolio, working with Lead Nurse Team and Research Managers to promote good governance and provision of assurance against the clinical governance portfolio requirements.

Person Specification

Skills & behaviours

• Proven ability to motivate and train a large workforce with people from different backgrounds and abilities and work as a member of a team.
• The ability to manage and work flexibly including on call rota for emergency freezer management.
• Be able to prioritise work efficiently.
• Be able to manage change within a large complex organisation.
• Professional approach to all aspects of work, in particular subscribing to and the adoption of total quality management, ethical codes of conduct and Trust codes of conduct.
• High level of computer literacy with experience of using core Microsoft Office programmes.
• Excellent communication skills, particularly the ability to deal with staff throughout the organisation and an ability to explain contentious issues to staff.
• Experiences of carrying out quality audits, identifying non compliance and applying corrective actions to shortfalls.
• Experience of designing and delivering training.
• Experience in SOP writing and presenting complex information clearly.
• Ability to demonstrate initiative and think strategically and creatively to resolve problems.
• Have a track record in effective project management.
• Be able to work with tact and sensitivity but also with persistence to achieve results within tight time frames.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to work co‑operatively with others at all levels and to achieve results through other people without necessarily using formal line management authority.
• Demonstrate tact and diplomacy as well as the ability to be assertive when required.
• Experience of presenting using PowerPoint.
• Experience of using electronic document management systems such as Q‑Pulse.
• Evidence of effective negotiation and facilitation skills.
• Manage organisational change within an overall strategic plan.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level in a life science or health related subject or be able to demonstrate relevant experience commensurate with this post.
• Significant experience of working in a regulatory environment.
• Demonstrate evidence of continuing professional development and training.
• Certificate in Quality Assurance.
• Experience in working across the Higher Education/NHS interface.
• Certificate in Good Clinical Practice (GCP).
• Quality assurance experience at managerial level in a clinical trials or laboratory environment.

Experience

• Knowledge of regulatory and governance environment in the UK and Europe and the impact of regulatory issues on clinical trials.
• Evidence of service evaluation and improvement.
• Awareness of Quality agenda, including clinical governance, clinical effectiveness and clinical audit.
• Knowledge of the Human Tissue Act.
• Current working knowledge of the General Data Protection Regulation, GCP, GCP for laboratories, Research Governance, other key regulatory areas and ethical frameworks.

Additional Requirements

• Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.