Quality Improvement Manager - Circle Health Group

Circle Health Group; St Albans; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Private Pension Scheme

Private Healthcare Scheme

Friends & Family Hospital Discounts

Family Friendly policies

Life insurance

Staff engagement hub

Wellbeing resources

Extensive training opportunities

Job summary

Circle Decontamination - St Albans Head Office is seeking a Quality Improvement Manager to lead quality initiatives across Decontamination Services. This full-time role provides 37.5 hours weekly with a flexible shift pattern.

The job focuses on HTM 01-01 and CQC compliance, governance, audits, and continuous improvement. Salary up to £56,000 with a comprehensive benefits package and career development.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Decontamination Services or regulated healthcare.
• Strong understanding of decontamination standards and HTM 01-01/CQC.
• Proven quality improvement, governance, or risk-management experience.
• Experience leading or supporting inspections and regulatory activity.
• Excellent analytical skills to identify trends in data.
• Strong written and verbal communication for reports and presentations.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and embedding of quality improvement frameworks across Decontamination Services.
• Ensure processes meet national standards and legislation.
• Oversee governance systems, policies and procedures.
• Lead and support audits and self-assessment programs.
• Drive standardisation of processes and quality controls across sites.
• Provide expert guidance to Decontamination Managers and teams.

Skills

Decontamination experience

Quality improvement

Audit & governance

Data analysis

Stakeholder influence

IT systems proficiency

Communication skills

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 the Senior Management department. This is a full time role for 37.5 hours a week. The role holder will be required to cover 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 Pension Scheme
• 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.

To find out more about the Circle Health Group Philosophy: https://careers.circlehealthgroup.co.uk/why-circle/our-philosophy