Quality Assurance & Compliance Officer - 15 Month FTC

Eurofins PSS; Guildford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Quality Assurance & Compliance Officer, where you will play a vital role in maintaining high standards in a clinical diagnostics laboratory. This position offers the opportunity to support the Quality Management System, ensure compliance with ISO standards, and contribute to a safer and healthier world. You'll be involved in training staff, managing audits, and improving processes, all within a collaborative environment that values your professional growth. If you're passionate about quality and compliance in healthcare, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level in Biomedical Science or related field.
• Experience in supporting a quality management system: ISO 9001, ISO 15189.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the Quality Management System (QMS) and assist with ISO compliance.
• Train laboratory staff in health and safety requirements and quality processes.

Skills

Change Management

Document Control

Auditing

Root Cause Analysis

Communication Skills

Education

Degree in Biomedical Science

Active CPD Portfolio

Tools

Q-Pulse

Job description

Quality Assurance & Compliance Officer - 15 Month FTC

• Full-time

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.

Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.

We’re proud to be an armed forces-friendly place to work and welcome applications from reservists, armed forces veterans (including the wounded, injured and sick), as well as cadet instructors, and military spouses and partners.

If you want to continue to help make our world a safer and healthier place, then apply for the role below and become a part of the extraordinary Eurofins network.

Please note, this is initially a 15 Month Fixed Term Contract.

Working hours are Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm.

Please note, we are looking for candidates specifically from a clinical, biochemistry or hematology background.

As a Quality Assurance & Compliance Officer, you will provide operational support in maintaining the Quality Management System (QMS) and assisting with compliance to ISO standards and Health & Safety processes within the Clinical Diagnostics laboratory.

• Assist in the day to day maintenance of the QMS (Q-Pulse) with its associated ISO or other regulatory standards as per service requirements i.e. ISO – 9001, 15189, 27001, 7101 but not limited to, including document control, logging non-conformities, trending corrective actions and opportunities for improvement.
• Deputise for the Deputy Quality Manager within scope, act as an UKAS contact when required, ensuring timely management of UKAS assessment findings, with documentation of root causes, impacts, and completion of agreed actions by submission deadlines.
• Train laboratory staff in applicable health and safety requirements, quality inductions, document control, non-conformities change management and auditing techniques when required. Develop training materials and presentations to assist with this, in liaison with other lead scientists.
• Coordinate and organise annual temperature monitoring probes and pipette calibration services between clinical diagnostics and genetics. Review, follow up or escalate on actions raised by supplier.
• Ensure all equipment records, calibration and monitoring is carried out by relevant laboratory staff and that appropriate records are maintained.
• Support the quality team in preparation and coordination of internal and external audits by compiling documentation and maintaining audit schedules.
• Help ensure quality documentation, including procedures IQC/ EQA and the Quality Manual, are kept up to date.
• Monitor and log non conformities, escalating overdue actions to the Deputy Quality Manager.
• Assist in organising monthly and bimonthly meetings.
• Support to maintain records of staff training in quality and health & safety requirements.
• Work together with the training coordinators to ensure the laboratory, management and medical training matrix is up to date.
• Assist in incident reporting processes and help coordinate Health & Safety inspections.

Qualifications:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent in Biomedical Science or a related field.
• Active CPD portfolio within the field.
• Experience in Change Management.
• Experience within supporting a quality management system: ISO 9001, ISO 15189.
• Experience in performing various types of audits.
• Experience with document control software such as Q pulse, uploading and reviewing documentation.
• Experience in assay validation/verification pre-acceptance testing.
• Experience of writing and reviewing SOPs.
• Experience handling adverse incidents and performing root cause analysis.
• Strong communication skills - both written and verbal.
• Proactive approach to tasks.

We support your development! If you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements, apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career growth.