NHS
Assistant Quality Assurance Manager
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Job Description
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- Masters level qualification. OR equivalent relevant, demonstrable qualification or knowledge and experience equivalent to Masters level.
- Basic Management Qualification or short courses in line management. OR relevant experience in managing others.
- Demonstrate commitment to own Continued Professional Development (CPD).
- Extensive experience of working in a regulated environment e.g. Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, or equivalent.
- Experience of quality audit and use of Quality Management Systems.
- Understanding of relevant UK legislation and guidelines, e.g. Good Manufacturing Practice, Good Practice Guidelines for Blood Transfusion, ISO15189, General Data Protection Regulations and Freedom of Information; and any other appropriate statutory guidelines.
- Experience of working with information technology using Microsoft Office packages (Word, Excel and PowerPoint), or equivalent Systems.
- Masters level qualification. OR equivalent relevant, demonstrable qualification or knowledge and experience equivalent to Masters level.
- Basic Management Qualification or short courses in line management. OR relevant experience in managing others.
- Demonstrate commitment to own Continued Professional Development (CPD).
- Extensive experience of working in a regulated environment e.g. Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, or equivalent.
- Experience of quality audit and use of Quality Management Systems.
- Understanding of relevant UK legislation and guidelines, e.g. Good Manufacturing Practice, Good Practice Guidelines for Blood Transfusion, ISO15189, General Data Protection Regulations and Freedom of Information; and any other appropriate statutory guidelines.
- Experience of working with information technology using Microsoft Office packages (Word, Excel and PowerPoint), or equivalent Systems.
Job summary
Whether your background is in pharmaceutical manufacturing or any other medical quality management or auditing field; few organisations offer the impact of NHS Blood and Transplant. You will work with teams the length and breadth of the country to implement ever-improving best practices. In doing so, making sure our blood, tissue and organ donations safely save millions of lives. NHSBT has the vision of saving and improving patients lives. This role will support this vision by providing you with the challenge and opportunity to play a key role in the maintenance, development, and continual improvement of the NHSBT Quality Management system thereby ensuring our products and services are safe. You will be an important member of a small local Quality Assurance team working as part of a wider regional team with opportunities to with many other operational departments in the organisation. A background in pharmaceutical or medical quality management would be useful in this exciting role but not essential. Its important you are also a consummate professional who can build strong relationships and ask the right questions while keeping an objective view of the work.
Main duties of the job
In this role you will support the Quality Assurance Manager (QAM) in the maintenance and development of the Quality Assurance function of the site. Your responsibilities will include: Day to day involvement with colleagues of varying levels of seniority in many departments and centres regarding all elements of the Quality system including adverse events, audit non-conformities, change control & validation, concessionary issue, recalls and (batch release in Liverpool) Developing relationships with external organisations including external Regulators and ensuring that any external requirements are incorporated safely into the Quality system. Working within the quality management system to support departments in maintaining compliance with the standards that we are regulated against. The three main regualtors being MHRA, HTA and CQC. Producing reports and leading quality review meetings with department managers as well as facilitating meetings to investigate adverse events to their root cause and identify effective actions to prevent re-occurrence Participating in Operational Improvement events using LEAN principles and projects or workshops to identify areas for and methods to improve the services we provide.
About us
It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, youll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary- donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need. Our three core values are what set us apart. They guide and inspire everything we do. By being caring, expertly meeting the needs of our patients and our people, and accepting nothing less than the best quality, we can do extraordinary work and help our people to do something extraordinary in their career, too. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever. You will join us on our journey to create an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with, and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
Date posted
30 April 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£46,148 to £52,809 a year
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
006409
Job locations
NHSBT
14 Estuary Banks
Liverpool
L24 8RB
NHSBT
Holland Drive off Barrack Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4NQ
NHSBT
Unit D, Capitol Way
Barnsley
S75 3FG
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached recruitment profile which is a summary of the detailed Job Description and Person Specification for the full personal attributes we require for the role. You will need to demonstrate these throughout the recruitment process.
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached recruitment profile which is a summary of the detailed Job Description and Person Specification for the full personal attributes we require for the role. You will need to demonstrate these throughout the recruitment process.
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Experience
Essential
Qualifications
Essential
Experience
Essential
Additional informationCertificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
NHS Blood and Transplant
Address
NHSBT
14 Estuary Banks
Liverpool
L24 8RB
Employer's website
Employer details
Employer name
NHS Blood and Transplant
Address
NHSBT
14 Estuary Banks
Liverpool
L24 8RB
Employer's website
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.