Assistant Clinical Quality Assurance Manager (XN06)

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

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization in Leeds is seeking an Assistant Clinical Quality Assurance Manager. This role involves leading quality assurance practices, ensuring compliance with UK regulations, and collaborating with research teams to uphold high standards in clinical research. The successful candidate will have significant experience in a regulatory environment and strong motivational skills. This position offers a full-time temporary contract until June 2026.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level in a relevant field or demonstrate relevant experience.
• Significant experience in a regulatory environment.
• Evidence of professional development.

Responsibilities

• Lead on Clinical Effectiveness in Research & Innovation.
• Implement performance indicators and reporting processes.
• Ensure compliance with governance requirements.

Skills

Motivating and training a workforce

Flexibility and emergency management

Prioritization

Change management in complex organizations

Professionalism and ethical conduct

Computer literacy (Microsoft Office)

Communication skills

Quality audit experience

Training design and delivery

SOP writing

Initiative and strategic thinking

Project management

Interpersonal skills

Presentation skills (PowerPoint)

Negotiation and facilitation

Education

Degree in life sciences or health-related subject

Certificate in Quality Assurance

Certificate in Good Clinical Practice (GCP)

Tools

Electronic document management systems (Q-Pulse)

Job description

Assistant Clinical Quality Assurance Manager (XN06)

TheQuality Assurance (QA) Team is recruiting!

TheResearch and Innovation Department is looking for an Assistant ClinicalQuality Assurance Manager to join the QA Team. It is a full time post (1.0WTE), with a temporary contract until 26th June 2026, to cover a period ofmaternity leave. This post will be primarily based at St. James UniversityHospital, with occasional travel to other LTHT sites required. Although anursing background is not essential for the role, the post would beparticularly suited to an experienced Nurse, due to the requirement forknowledge of clinical governance.

TheAssistant Clinical QA Manager supports the Research & Innovation CSU byleading on clinical effectiveness and maintaining high standards of qualityassurance across clinical research. Reporting to the QA Manager, thepostholder is responsible for implementing, monitoring, and improving qualitysystems in line with Good Clinical Practice (GCP), UK regulatory frameworks,and Trust governance policies.

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

Main duties of the job

Whatthe candidate will do:

Weare looking to recruit a proactive and self-motivated individual with a keeninterest in research to work within the QA Team.

Keyresponsibilities include developing and reviewing policies, overseeinginternal audits, managing clinical governance portfolios, and ensuringcompliance with statutory and national standards. The role involves analysingrisks, implementing performance indicators, and producing assurance reportsfor senior committees. The postholder will also support continuous qualityimprovement by promoting best practice, sharing lessons learned, andcontributing to service evaluation and improvement.

Therole requires close collaboration with research teams, clinical staff,management, and external partners to ensure robust governance across allR&I services. Additional duties include joint administration of thedocument management system (Q-Pulse), training staff, supporting auditreadiness, and deputising for the QA Manager. This role is central tosafeguarding patient safety, ensuring research integrity, and maintaining theTrusts reputation as a leader in clinical research.

About us

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

Overthe next 5 years, we aim to be the best Trust to deliver high-qualityclinical research and to champion research amongst our staff. We also aim tosupport and grow our world-class clinical infrastructure and assets forresearch and innovation.

Wehave a very proactive Research Academy. It offers an extensive programme ofeducation and training tailored to meet the needs of individuals, teamsinvolved in clinical research delivery in Health and Social Care.

Ourfive Trust values are part of what make us different. They have beendeveloped by our staff. They are:

-Accountable

-Empowered

LeedsTeaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job advertsare subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or removeadverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in theshortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while thisprocess is completed, and contact the named contact if you have anyquestions.

Job responsibilities

Totake the lead on Clinical Effectiveness in Research & Innovation by

developingand maintaining policies and providing a source of advice and

expertisefor staff at all levels. To monitor and review all aspects of risk

managementand ensure compliance with the relevant organisational standards

andUK regulatory and governance requirements as per Trust polices.

Todevelop and implement robust assurance reporting systems and provide

assurancereports for reporting at relevant Trust committees.

Toimplement performance indicators for Quality and implement processes for

theircollation and reporting through directorate performance reviews and the

relevantreports.

Tocontribute to continuous quality improvement across research &innovation,

byimplementing and influencing the development and application of the Trusts

Tomaintain the Research & Innovation Directorate Clinical GovernancePortfolio,

workingwith Lead Nurse Team and Research Managers to promote good

governanceand provision of assurance against the clinical governance portfolio

requirements

Person Specification

Skills & behaviours

• Proven ability to motivate and train a large work force 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 compliances 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 aut
• Demonstrate tact and diplomacy as well as the ability to be assertive when required
• Experience of presenting using Power Point
• 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.