# R&D Quality Assurance Officer > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/randd-quality-assurance-officer/2a5dc265-5bb6-433d-a8e0-8e8b5c54dbd1 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/randd-quality-assurance-officer/2a5dc265-5bb6-433d-a8e0-8e8b5c54dbd1.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Southampton - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 pa or pa pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-07T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-24T15:10:46.037Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hampshire/Southampton/University_Hospital_Southampton_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Administrative_services/Administrative_services-v8182613 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8182613?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.uhs.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us. Please see below for the detailed job description of the role. ### Main duties of the job The Research and Development Department at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust are looking for an R&D Quality Assurance Officer who will help take responsibility for the safe delivery of research studies by the Trust. A key responsibility of the role is to ensure all QA activities are carried out and documented so that the Trust is inspection-ready at all times. The role is varied, as it involves working with a range of teams and colleagues to provide a safe, quality-focused framework for research at the Trust. ### ABOUT THE TEAM University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust and University of Southampton partnership is recognised as a centre of excellence in clinical research, securing research funding in excess of £30m per annum. With state-of-the-art clinical research facilities opened in 2010, the Trust, in partnership with the University, is making excellent progress in achieving its aim of being one of the top research-active Trusts in the country. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities You can read an overview of the role's main duties in the section below: Job Description and Main Responsibilities. To understand the role in more detail, please read the full job description and person specification documents attached. ### WHAT YOU’LL DO As an R&D QA Officer, you will work closely with several teams and individuals in R&D and the wider Trust to ensure the delivery of the UHS R&D strategy meets regulatory and governance needs. This will include: ### WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR - Supporting the Deputy R&D Governance, QA and Sponsorship Manager and Senior QA Leads in the development, implementation and maintenance of systems to assure the quality of clinical research undertaken within the Trust. - Supporting the Trust's preparation for external audit and regulatory inspection. - Assisting in the delivery of QA initiatives to ensure that the Trust meets required standards for the conduct of clinical research. - Assisting with the development and use of systems for recording and collating information for audits, using analytical skills to interpret metrics information required for audit reporting methods. - Supporting the general administration of the QA team. This post requires a dynamic, outgoing person since a key aim in the role will be to develop relationships with researchers and other staff to ensure cooperation with the quality agenda. Good IT skills are essential, and the successful applicant should be able to provide evidence of continuing professional development. The following skills and experience are required for this post: - An understanding of the governance requirements surrounding clinical research in the NHS - An understanding of R&D issues in the NHS - Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. - Excellent IT skills, particularly in the use of web applications - A flexible approach to work and the ability to adjust workload to changing priorities ## Person Specification ### Qualifications, knowledge and experience **Essential** - Educated to degree level or able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge and experience of administrative skills and understanding relevant to the role. - Evidence of continuous professional development. - Evidence of recent certified training in ICH GCP. - Proven experience of developing and implementing quality assurance procedures. - Knowledge of the appropriate regulations, legislation and guidance relating to clinical research. **Desirable** - Proven experience of managing, conducting and reporting audits. - Experience of undergoing inspection and audit by an external authority. - Experience of previous training in monitoring of clinical research studies. ## Documents - [job description and person specification (pdf, 312.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10486074) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.