Quality Officer - Manchester, United Kingdom - UK Health Security Agency

UK Health Security Agency

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Manchester, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Responsibilities section:

Clinical Governance To conduct and participate in audit processes, clinical trials, research and development projects, as required by the Head of VEU.

To assist in the management and monitoring of Quality Assurance and Quality Control activities, and ensure the Unit meets UKAS ISO 15189, Good Clinical Laboratory Practice (GCLP), GCP (Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and European Medicines Agency (EMA) guidance standards.

Quality Management To be responsible for implementation, management and maintenance of the VEU Quality Systems. To assist in the review and maintenance of the Laboratory Quality Manual and supporting documentation, for the MMMP.

Risk Management & Safety To manage the reporting of adverse incidents and their outcomes from the VEU, in conjunction with Section Heads and the MMMP Quality Manager.

Management and Leadership To be responsible for the planning, organisation and delivery of own work and of the day-to-day work of the Laboratory and Equipment Officer (LEO) and Quality Assurance Practitioners (QAP).

To extract data and produce reports, including the use of spreadsheets to provide statistical information on audit and workload monitoring.

Education and Development To undertake on-going training and development and update Professional Development Plan, as required by the Head of the VEU and Director of the Regional UKHSA Laboratory keeping up to date with advances in medical microbiology and vaccinology.

To provide and develop training for staff. To assist with the development of the VEU training plan. Scientific and Clinical To ensure data integrity when entering demographics and results into the laboratory information system. Policy To work in a safe manner in accordance with Laboratory Health and Safety policies and procedures.

For posts on UKHSA Civil Service terms and conditions, new entrants to the Civil Service are expected to start on the minimum of the pay band.

For existing Civil Servants and roles advertised across government, the rules of transfer apply, i.e., level transfers move on current salary or the pay range minimum, transfers on promotion move to new pay range minimum or receive a 10% increase.

Either case is determined by whichever is the highest. Please Note This role is to be appointed under Civil Service Terms & Conditions.