Job summary
Hybrid Working
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 and recalls.
- Developing relationships with external organisations including external Regulators and ensuring that any external requirements are incorporated safely into the Quality system.
- 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, you'll 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.
Job 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.
What we offer:
- A starting salary of £46,148 - £52,809 per annum in accordance with AfC.
- Three full time opportunity to join as a Band 7, and progress with NHSBT.
- 1x fulltime permanent contract in Birmingham
- 1x fulltime 24 months contract in Barnsley.
- 1x fulltime 12 months contract in Filton, Bristol.
- Opportunity to work with a national organisation and be based in Birmingham, Bristol or Barnsley.
- NHSBT promotes flexible working opportunities and this role offers hybrid working.
- 27 days annual leave (pro rata for part-time) plus Bank Holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years service and to 33 days after 10 years.
- NHS pension scheme. The NHS Pension Scheme is a defined benefit scheme (not dependent on investment returns) Further details and outline of benefits can be found at: www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/pensions
- Weve fostered a culture of continuous learning where colleagues are well-led, engaged, and encouraged to grow. We support you in reaching your full potential, both in your current role and future career. Our Thrive program embodies our commitment to learning and development, offering a wide range of activities to support your personal and professional growth. Its open to everyone at NHSBT, ensuring you have the resources to succeed and shine in your role.
This vacancy will close at 23:59 on Sunday 13th Oct 2024
Interviews are anticipated to be held week of 4th Nov 2024 subject to confirmation
For informal enquiries please contact Fred Goddard, Regional Quality Assurance Manager fred.goddard@nhsbt.nhs.uk
Job 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.
What we offer:
- A starting salary of £46,148 - £52,809 per annum in accordance with AfC.
- Three full time opportunity to join as a Band 7, and progress with NHSBT.
- 1x fulltime permanent contract in Birmingham
- 1x fulltime 24 months contract in Barnsley.
- 1x fulltime 12 months contract in Filton, Bristol.
- Opportunity to work with a national organisation and be based in Birmingham, Bristol or Barnsley.
- NHSBT promotes flexible working opportunities and this role offers hybrid working.
- 27 days annual leave (pro rata for part-time) plus Bank Holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years service and to 33 days after 10 years.
- NHS pension scheme. The NHS Pension Scheme is a defined benefit scheme (not dependent on investment returns) Further details and outline of benefits can be found at: www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/pensions
- Weve fostered a culture of continuous learning where colleagues are well-led, engaged, and encouraged to grow. We support you in reaching your full potential, both in your current role and future career. Our Thrive program embodies our commitment to learning and development, offering a wide range of activities to support your personal and professional growth. Its open to everyone at NHSBT, ensuring you have the resources to succeed and shine in your role.
This vacancy will close at 23:59 on Sunday 13th Oct 2024
Interviews are anticipated to be held week of 4th Nov 2024 subject to confirmation
For informal enquiries please contact Fred Goddard, Regional Quality Assurance Manager fred.goddard@nhsbt.nhs.uk
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 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).
Experience
Essential
- 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.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 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).
Experience
Essential
- 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.
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.
