Senior Specialist Biomedical Scientist - Quality Officer

Job overview

This is an great opportunity for a suitably qualified and experienced Biomedical Scientist to join our Haematology team as a Quality officer.

The UHS east Haematology laboratory operates at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton and the Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath.

The department provides a specialist Haematology and Blood Transfusion service to both acute and primary care, and to other trusts within the Sussex area. It holds accreditation with UKAS, and is approved by the Institute of Biomedical Sciences as a training laboratory.

The successful candidate will be reliable, enthusiastic, motivated and forward thinking.

Main duties of the job

• First point of contact within Haematology at UHS east for issues relating to the Quality within the department
• Responsible for ensuring all documentation within the department meets the Pathology management procedures as per ISO 15189 & MRHA requirements
• Will liaise with other staff managing External Quality Assurance programmes to keep abreast of any issues relating to EQA and make sure all such issues are reviewed at the annual Quality System Management Review meeting for the discipline.
• Will be responsible for setting a schedule for quality audits in Q-Pulse after consultation/ discussion with the Pathology Quality Manager.
• Will, because of internal audits, record any non-conformance or preventative actions resulting from departmental audits and agree the actions and timelines to fulfil improvement opportunities.
• Will also try to ensure that all non-conformances/preventative actions are carried out as agreed and in timely fashion.
• Will provide all necessary quality performance information from the department to the PQM to support the annual Quality System Management Review for Pathology
• Will sit on the Senior Staff meetings and input on all issues relating to quality
• Should be competent as a quality auditor Please read the attached job description and person specification for further details.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please read the attached job description and person specification for further details.