Blood Sciences and Immunology Quality Lead

Job overview

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an enthusiastic and highly skilled Blood Sciences and Immunology Quality Lead to join our progressive and innovative laboratory team.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key leadership role within one of the UK's leading NHS laboratory services, supporting the delivery of high-quality, safe and effective diagnostic services across Blood Sciences and Immunology. Working closely with laboratory managers, clinical leads and multidisciplinary teams, you will lead the development, implementation and continuous improvement of our Quality Management System, ensuring compliance with regulatory, accreditation and governance requirements.

As the Blood Sciences and Immunology Quality Lead, you will be instrumental in driving quality improvement initiatives, supporting UKAS accreditation activities, overseeing audits, investigations and corrective actions, and promoting a culture of continual improvement throughout the service. You will have the opportunity to influence strategic quality priorities while working within a department recognised for its commitment to excellence in patient care, innovation and research.

This role offers an excellent opportunity for an experienced Healthcare Scientist looking to further develop their leadership skills and make a significant impact on service quality, patient safety and laboratory performance.

Main duties of the job

• Practice as the Quality Lead for Blood Sciences and Immunology, promoting Quality within all areas of the Department.
• Demonstrate expertise in quality and risk management.
• Be the key member of the department, who promotes, implements, audits and maintains the quality management system.
• Apply modern methods of quality management and process control to ensure an effective service in terms of clinical governance and risk management.
• Ensure the continued compliance to ISO 15189 as accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS).
• Lead team to ensure the continuous improvement and development of laboratory services.
• Maintain and promote professional image of CUH Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

This vacancy will close at midnight on 1st November 2026

Interviews are due to be held on 13th November 2026

All appointments with a start date on or after 1 October 2026 will be subject to a 12-week probationary period. This provides a structured and supportive period to help you settle into your role, with regular reviews and feedback.

As there is a 12-week probationary period, successful candidates are expected to have the Right to Work for a period of at least 6 months from the proposed start date. Immigration and Right to Work status will be discussed with successful candidates at conditional offer. CUH will not offer sponsorship to candidates that have applied for a fee waiver.

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full-time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full-time permanent contract unless you have: - applied for a Graduate visa - or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.