Quality Improvement Manager

Circle Health Group; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Private healthcare

Friends & family discounts

Family friendly policies

Life insurance

Staff wellbeing resources

Employee rewards

Training and development

Job summary

Circle Health Group Decontamination is responsible for providing sterile equipment and instrumentation for hospitals across England and Glasgow, operating 24/7 with rotating shifts. A Quality Improvement Manager is needed to lead quality frameworks and ensure standards across sites.

The role is full-time (37.5 hours) at the St Albans Head Office, with flexible shift patterns and salary up to £56,000 depending on experience and qualifications. 25 days holiday plus benefits are included.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Decontamination Services or equivalent healthcare setting.
• Strong understanding of decontamination standards and legislation (HTM 01-01, CQC).
• Proven experience in quality improvement, governance, audit, or risk management.

Responsibilities

• Lead development, implementation, and embedding of quality improvement frameworks across Decontamination Services.
• Ensure decontamination processes meet national standards, legislation, and best practice (HTM 01-01, CQC).
• Provide expert oversight of governance systems, policies, and procedures.
• Lead and support audit programmes, including internal audits and self-assessment frameworks.
• Drive standardisation of decontamination processes, documentation, and quality controls across sites.
• Provide expert advice and guidance to Decontamination Managers, Trainers, and operational teams.

Skills

Decontamination Services

HTM 01-01 knowledge

Governance & risk management

Regulatory compliance

Data analysis

Microsoft Office

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Tools

Microsoft Office

Data analysis tools

IT systems

Job description

Quality Improvement Manager
Circle Decontamination - St Albans Head Office
37.5 Hours & Permanent
Salary: Up to £56,000.00 per year (depending on level of experience, training and qualification)

Circle Health Group Decontamination is responsible for the provision of sterile equipment and instrumentation for use in surgical and interventional procedures in hospitals across England and Glasgow. The unit operates 24 hours a day/7 days a week with rotating shifts covering days and nights as required.

We have an opportunity for a Quality Improvement Manager to join their team of staff in theSenior Management department.

This is a full time role for 37.5 hours a week. The role holder will be required tocover a flexible shift pattern.

Duties of this role include:

• Lead the development, implementation, and embedding of quality improvement frameworks across Decontamination Services.
• Ensure decontamination processes consistently meet national standards, legislation, and best practice (e.g. HTM 01-01, CQC).
• Provide expert oversight of decontamination governance systems, policies, and procedures.
• Lead and support audit programmes, including internal audits and self-assessment frameworks.
• Drive standardisation of decontamination processes, documentation, and quality controls across sites.
• Provide expert advice and guidance to Decontamination Managers, Trainers, and operational teams.

Applicants should meet the following criteria:

• Significant experience working within Decontamination Services, Sterile Services, or a closely related regulated healthcare environment.
• Strong understanding of decontamination standards and legislation (e.g. HTM 01-01, CQC requirements).
• Proven experience in quality improvement, governance, audit, or risk management.
• Experience leading or supporting inspections, audits, and regulatory compliance activity.
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to interpret quality data and identify trends.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including report writing and presentation.
• Ability to influence, challenge, and support teams to improve standards.
• Proficiency in IT systems, data analysis tools, and Microsoft Office.

Salary & Benefits

Circle Health Group is committed to offering competitive starting salaries and access to a wide range of employee benefits, including:

• 25 days holiday per year + bank holidays, increasing to 30 days with service
• Private Healthcare Scheme for treatment at our hospitals, covering pre-existing medical conditions
• Friends & Family Hospital Discounts
• Family Friendly policies, including enhanced Maternity, Paternity & Adoption pay
• Non-contributory life insurance
• Staff engagement hub with access to discounts and extensive rewards and voluntary benefits
• Access to resources, tools and services to support your wellbeing
• Employee recognition programmes
• Industry leading training and development opportunities

and much more!

Circle Health Group is committed to creating a diverse workforce offering inclusive opportunities for all our colleagues. Our definition of diversity goes beyond the established characteristics protected by the Equality Act, as we strive to attract candidates with diverse experiences, backgrounds, identities or expressions, skills, work styles and more.

We’re passionate about creating an environment where our people can thrive, grow and develop professionally and personally. Our principles and values guide our colleagues to be selfless, compassionate, committed, collaborative, brave, agile, tenacious and creative and are at the core of our purpose and culture.