Job summary
Location:Addenbrooke's Hospital,Cambridge,CB2 0QQ
Salary: AfC Band 8a - £50,952
The Microbiology laboratory at Cambridge is the East of England Region for UKHSA currently providing clinical services to Addenbrooke's, Royal Papworth, and the E&N Herts Hospitals, the surrounding district and other NHS Laboratories, and public health services to the East of England region.
Main duties of the job
As the Laboratory Quality Manager, you will be a key member of the Clinical Microbiology and Public Health Laboratory (CMPHL) team at Cambridge charged with the design, implementation and maintenance of the Laboratory's Quality Management System (QMS). You will be responsible for managing the system, ensuring that the Laboratory becomes progressively more effective in quality terms and meets both regulatory and accreditation requirements.
The laboratory is assessed against UKAS ISO 15189 standards. It has active research, epidemiological and teaching interests. Set on the outskirts of the university city of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital is one of the top hospitals in the UK and a thriving NHS Foundation Trust. Addenbrooke's is closely associated with leading educational providers including the University of Cambridge and is a major centre for biomedical research and education.
The department undertakes a wide range of routine and specialist microbiological and molecular investigations. It makes extensive use of automation including Qiagen platforms, Microarray, BacTec, Sedimax, MGIT, Vitek, Centaur XP, Panther/Fusion, Liaison XL and Vidas analysers and BD Kiestra.
About us
We pride ourselves as being an employer of choice, where Everyone Matters promoting equality of opportunity to actively encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce.
UKHSA ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders. To create, nurture and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities. We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:
- To liaise with external accreditation bodies to ensure external assessments/inspections are planned and managed and oversee the effective completion of corrective action as required by the findings and reports of the inspectors
- To manage, maintain and develop an effective laboratory Quality Management System (QMS) and supporting documentation in compliance with current clinical laboratory standards.
- To ensure laboratory Policies and Procedures reflect current practice and are reviewed as stated within the policies of the QMS.
- To operate an effective system for document control.
- To investigate result and service complaints and incidents and ensure that effective immediate and follow up actions are taken and fully documented.
- To plan, initiate and supervise a program of internal audits against defined quality performance measures, ensuring that effective immediate and follow up actions are taken.
- To liaise with users on matters of laboratory quality
- To plan and organise regular and effective departmental Quality Meetings and the Annual Management Review.
- To provide reports and collate information regularly for Quality, departmental meetings and the Annual Management Review.
- To develop and maintain effective communication on all quality issues both within the department and with the users of the service.
- To ensure staff compliance with HCPC, GMC, and other relevant standards.
- To ensure all relevant documentation within the QMS is fully document controlled.
- To ensure and co-ordinate the review, of relevant Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), policies and procedures
The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not intended to be exhaustive. The Job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary. Please see the job description for the full list of duties and responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:
- To liaise with external accreditation bodies to ensure external assessments/inspections are planned and managed and oversee the effective completion of corrective action as required by the findings and reports of the inspectors
- To manage, maintain and develop an effective laboratory Quality Management System (QMS) and supporting documentation in compliance with current clinical laboratory standards.
- To ensure laboratory Policies and Procedures reflect current practice and are reviewed as stated within the policies of the QMS.
- To operate an effective system for document control.
- To investigate result and service complaints and incidents and ensure that effective immediate and follow up actions are taken and fully documented.
- To plan, initiate and supervise a program of internal audits against defined quality performance measures, ensuring that effective immediate and follow up actions are taken.
- To liaise with users on matters of laboratory quality
- To plan and organise regular and effective departmental Quality Meetings and the Annual Management Review.
- To provide reports and collate information regularly for Quality, departmental meetings and the Annual Management Review.
- To develop and maintain effective communication on all quality issues both within the department and with the users of the service.
- To ensure staff compliance with HCPC, GMC, and other relevant standards.
- To ensure all relevant documentation within the QMS is fully document controlled.
- To ensure and co-ordinate the review, of relevant Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), policies and procedures
The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not intended to be exhaustive. The Job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary. Please see the job description for the full list of duties and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- MSc or equivalent
- State registration with HCPC
Desirable
- A recognized quality management qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant post graduate laboratory experience (> 5 years)
- A high level of theoretical and practical microbiological knowledge
- Sound knowledge of common IT programmes and good keyboard skills
- Understands quality assurance procedures
- Able to initiate changes in procedures or policies to induce service development
- Able to lead and manage staff effectively
- Able to train staff
- Able to communicate well with peers and senior staff and provide judgement on a range of complex problems
- Used to working in a busy environment
- Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change
Desirable
- Experience of working in a number of different laboratories
- Presentation skills
- Knowledge of specialist tests at an expert level
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- MSc or equivalent
- State registration with HCPC
Desirable
- A recognized quality management qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant post graduate laboratory experience (> 5 years)
- A high level of theoretical and practical microbiological knowledge
- Sound knowledge of common IT programmes and good keyboard skills
- Understands quality assurance procedures
- Able to initiate changes in procedures or policies to induce service development
- Able to lead and manage staff effectively
- Able to train staff
- Able to communicate well with peers and senior staff and provide judgement on a range of complex problems
- Used to working in a busy environment
- Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change
Desirable
- Experience of working in a number of different laboratories
- Presentation skills
- Knowledge of specialist tests at an expert level
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
