Quality Project Specialist

Job summary

NHSBT has the vision of saving and improving patients' lives.

This exciting role will work primarily on projects supporting Clinical Services but could also include other areas of the organisation. This role will support this vision by providing you with the challenge and opportunity to play a key role in projects across organs, tissues, cells and blood services.

You may also have a role to play in other projects to improve our ability to provide a safe and secure supply of blood components for patients. The Quality and Regulatory challenges that face NHSBT are very demanding. The organisation has an ambition of zero Major non-conformances at external regulatory inspection and compliance is considered everybody's responsibility. Do you want to help in achieving this ambition?

You will be an important member of a small team with opportunities to work within the wider National Quality team and to network with other departments in the organisation.

Main duties of the job

In this role you will support the Quality Assurance Team through project cycles. Your responsibilities will include:

• Providing day-to-day Quality Management System (QMS) support to key individuals within Clinical Services and operational functions.
• Providing advice and guidance on the QMS including Change Control, Validation, Risk management, Quality Incident management, Root Cause Analysis, Document control and supplier management.
• Assisting the wider Quality Assurance Team in the implementation and management of national initiatives and to support the Lead Quality Specialists (LQS) in their directorate and national activities.
• Providing quality consultancy and support to projects throughout the NHSBT ensuring that the outcome of such projects complies with Licensing and Accreditation requirements.
• Providing support for key project planning and delivery activities within the Clinical Services.

About us

At NHS Blood and Transplant, were 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. Its 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.

We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with and positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever