Quality Assurance Officer - Bristol, United Kingdom - NHS Blood and Transplant

NHS Blood and Transplant

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Bristol, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Quality Assurance Officer

Job Summary

We are currently seeking a part time enthusiastic, diligent Quality Officer to join our Team at our NHSBT Filton centre.

This is a hands-on administrative role within the Quality function.

You'll be working within the QA Direct team on Quality Management System activities of all shapes and sizes, providing local and national business area support.

Our ethos is simple:
Donor & Patient safety, always

Main duties of the job

About the Role

You will assist the Quality Assurance Manager in the smooth running of the Quality Assurance Department, including team briefings, training, planning and prioritising workload of the team.
You will be responsible for assisting in the licensing and accreditation activities by liaison with all departments, providing advice and training in the NHSBT quality management systems.
You will assist in the management of an incident reporting system, and a complaints handling system, by engaging with both internal and external stakeholders.
You will be a key contact within the Quality Assurance team offering support and advice on routine day to day activities and future direction and change within a project environment.
You will help to drive forward change within the organisation through participation in continual improvement activities and conducting a programme of internal audits.
To support activities some travel throughout the UK and spending some time away from base, which may involve working irregular hours and occasional overnight stays may be required, this will be with prior notice.

About You

Experience and Knowledge

Experience in a regulated (Good Manufacturing Practice, NHSBT or equivalent) environment.
Knowledge and understanding of human organ, tissue and cells, blood and medicines legislation across the UK.
Knowledge of diagnostic testing, donation of blood and tissues, principles of the collection and storage of tissues, principles of organ donation and transplantation.
Knowledge of blood collection, testing, manufacturing and issuing processes.
Experience of working with information technology using Microsoft Office packages (Word, Excel and PowerPoint), or equivalent systems.
Experience of using IT systems to produce reports and correspondence which are timely, professional and accurate.

Qualifications and Training

Evidence of continuous professional development.

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.

About Us

At NHS Blood and Transplant, we're incredibly proud of the many talented people who come together every day to make our organisation the very best it can be.

We have clearly defined values that are centred around offering exceptional care to our donors and their families.

We take care of each other too and we focus on building our expertise so we can change lives, provide quality support and offer fulfilling careers.

It's an opportunity to contribute to a unique team as part of a service that saves lives 365 days a year.

We offer brilliant benefits including 27 days of holiday (plus bank holidays), a comprehensive induction and training programme, and competitive pension scheme.

Three small words, one big difference -
Caring, Expert and
Quality.

Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever

This vacancy will close at 23:59 on Wednesday 7th February.