Blood Sciences Quality Manager

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London is seeking a full-time Quality Manager for the Blood Sciences Department. The role involves ensuring compliance with national and international standards in Blood Transfusion and managing quality assurance across the department. Ideal candidates will possess HCPC registration, relevant educational qualifications, and extensive experience in quality management within a laboratory setting. Opportunities for continued professional development are available.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Learning and development opportunities

Dynamic working environment

Qualifications

• Experience in Blood Transfusion laboratory.
• Experience in quality assurance within a laboratory.
• Ability to write/review Policies and SOPs.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with Blood Transfusion Quality Management System.
• Assist in organizing external assessments for quality standards.
• Lead completion of annual Blood Compliance Reports.

Skills

Effective interpersonal skills

Team collaboration

Decision-making and prioritization

Analytical skills

Computer Literacy

Education

HCPC Registration

MSc or higher specialist diploma

Training in quality management

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

Outlook

Job description

Job summary: There is now a vacancy for a full time HCPC registered, Band 8a Quality Manager in the Blood Sciences Department working across all 3 of our sites. The successful candidate will be motivated, passionate and able to provide expert advice in all areas of quality within Blood Sciences with a primary focus on Blood Transfusion. Experience of MHRA inspections along with the ability to critically assess compliance of our current systems is essential.

You will work very closely with the Blood Sciences quality officer, the pathology quality team, departmental leads and the Blood Sciences management team to provide an integrated and robust quality system.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the effective operation and continual development of the Blood Transfusion Quality Management System, in collaboration with the Blood Sciences Manager and Transfusion Team and to ensure ongoing compliance with all required national and international standards (UKAS ISO15189 and BSQR).

The post holder will also work with the Pathology Quality Manager and Lead Biomedical Scientists to support the effective functioning and development of the Pathology Quality Management System to ensure compliance with all relevant national and international standards across Biochemistry and Haematology (UKAS ISO15189). The Quality Manager will support the development of the department and improve its efficiency and the quality of the service provided.

About us

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals - one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey - as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.

Job responsibilities

• Attendance at and participation in meetings in relation to quality, audit and improvement
• To prepare papers for Quality & Risk Management Committee meetings and Blood Transfusion Committee meetings
• To assist in the organisation of external assessment visits for Blood Transfusion, Biochemistry and Haematology.
• Ensure that new regulatory initiatives, evolving guidelines and changes in legislation that impact on the Blood Transfusion quality system and subsequent operations are communicated to the Quality Team and Service Managers
• To lead the completion of the annual Blood Compliance Reports to the MHRA
• Assist the Principal Biomedical Scientist & Pathology Service Manager with the Annual Management Review process for Pathology within the remit of the post.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential:

• HCPC Registration
• MSc or higher specialist diploma level experience
• Evidence of training in quality management

Desirable:

• Evidence of ongoing professional development
• Evidence of post registration study
• Chartered Scientist

Experience

Essential:

• Experience of working in all areas of Blood Transfusion laboratory
• Evidence of working in quality assurance within a laboratory
• Evidence of managing other staff
• Understanding of relationship between laboratory investigations and clinical practice
• Able to work to deadlines
• Able to write / review Policies, SOPs and documents
• Experience of leading meetings

Desirable:

• Ability to take corrective and preventative actions for IQC non-conformities
• Ability to perform and analyse audits
• Ability to record and investigate serious adverse events in Blood Transfusion

Skills Abilities/knowledge

Essential:

• Evidence of effective interpersonal skills
• Evidence of working well in a team
• Ability to make decisions, organise and prioritise
• Good judgement and analytical skills
• Knowledge and understanding of quality issues
• Knowledge of risk management and clinical governance issues
• Ability to produce activity reports.
• Ability to present information at meetings
• Computer Literacy (eg: Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook)

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.