NMCPS Quality Manager

jobs24.co.uk; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits for a dynamic Quality Manager to join a leading healthcare organization. This role involves overseeing the quality management system across multiple sites, ensuring compliance with accreditation standards, and driving continual improvement. The successful candidate will collaborate with various staff levels to enhance quality practices and implement system upgrades. Join a forward-thinking institution committed to excellence in patient care and staff development, where your contributions will have a significant impact on the quality of healthcare services provided to the community. If you are passionate about quality management and looking to make a difference, this position is for you.

Benefits

Entwicklungspakete

Flexible Arbeitszeiten

Diversity und Inklusion

Unterstützung für die Streitkräfte

Qualifications

• Vertrautheit mit Akkreditierungsstandards und regulatorischen Anforderungen.
• Erfahrung in der Implementierung und Verwaltung von Qualitätssystemen.

Responsibilities

• Sicherstellen eines einheitlichen Qualitätsmanagementsystems über alle Standorte.
• Überwachung der Aufzeichnung und Verwaltung von Vorfällen und Risiken.

Skills

Qualitätsmanagement

Interpersonelle Fähigkeiten

IT-Kenntnisse

Selbstmotivation

Education

HCPC registrierter Biomedizinischer Wissenschaftler

Tools

Q-Pulse

Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)

Job description

A 12 month fixed-term / secondment opportunity has arisen for a full time, Band 8a, Pathology Quality Manager to work with the current Quality Manager across the NMCPS network. The post is based at Royal Stoke University Hospital; however, the post holder will be required to work across the NMCPS sites.

We are looking for an innovative and enthusiastic Quality Manager who has an excellent understanding of quality management issues throughout Pathology. The successful candidate must have good interpersonal and IT skills as well as being self-motivated.

You will be responsible for ensuring that the division's quality management system is implemented and maintained. The departments' current quality management system is Q-Pulse, and the successful candidate will play an active role in its functionality as well as the implementation of an upgrade to the current system. Candidates must be fully conversant with the accreditation standards and regulatory requirements and work with all grades of staff to ensure that the department is fully compliant at all times.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM, and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential. UHNM creates and encourages a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The main aspects of the role include:

1. Ensuring a single quality management system (QMS) is in use over all network sites
2. Reviewing and updating the quality management system to ensure continual improvement and ongoing compliance
3. Managing any upgrades to the current electronic quality management system
4. Being the divisional key contact for all external assurance bodies
5. Supporting all discipline quality leads to ensure shared learning and continual quality improvement
6. Monitoring the recording, investigation, and management of incidents, non-conformities, and risk across the network
7. Overseeing the audit calendar and monitoring the completion of audits
8. Overseeing the Validation, Verification, and Change Control processes used within the network
9. Visiting all the sites to attend local governance meetings and to assist and train staff in the use of the QMS
10. Reviewing current and future Quality Indicators and producing reports as appropriate
11. Organising and reporting Management Reviews and User surveys
12. Co-Chairing pan-pathology quality meetings
13. Attending divisional, network and Trust meetings as required to represent the Pathology Quality team

The candidate must be a HCPC registered Biomedical Scientist.

Important information about your application

1. All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
2. References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
3. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith, or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
4. Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies.
5. New recruits are required to pay for their Disclosure and Barring Service check (and admin fee) prior to starting if the role requires a DBS check.
6. If you would like support completing an application form, please contact the recruitment department on 01782 675533 where one of our trained assistants will be able to help.
7. At UHNM we are fortunate to receive a high volume of applications for many of our roles; on this occasion, we would reserve the right to close any advert early, therefore please apply without delay!

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, highly motivated individual to join the North Midlands and Cheshire Pathology Service (NMCPS) as part of the Quality Management Team.

The North Midlands and Cheshire Pathology Services (NMCPS) formed in December 2020 following collaboration between The University Hospital of North Midlands (UHNM), Mid Cheshire Hospital Foundation Trust (MCHT), and East Cheshire NHS Trust (ECT). UHNM are the host provider of the network.

NMCPS provides a comprehensive diagnostic and treatment monitoring service for Staffordshire, Cheshire, and beyond. We employ approximately 750 well-trained, experienced, and dedicated members of staff across the Pathology Network.