Pathology Quality Lead | Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Biomedical Scientist to join the Pathology quality team on a 12 month fixed term contract to cover maternity leave.

The post holder will be the specialist lead in quality management for Pathology and will be responsible for supporting the strategic planning, design, development, implementation, day-to-day management and maintenance of the Pathology Quality Management system across the Trust.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Please note: for Secondment roles before an application is submitted, please ensure you have received the appropriate approval from your current manager and have completed documentation required beforehand (see secondment policy) , as this may delay the process if an offer was to be made.

The post holder is a senior member and integral part of the Pathology management team, will work with the Pathology Quality manager, clinical leaders, managers and wider staff to develop and embed the culture of quality as an implicit ongoing priority which is delivered routinely within the daily working lives of all staff.
The post holder will support coordination of the quality management system within Pathology to achieve and maintain a quality system which meets regulatory, licensing and accreditation requirements.
The post holder will have the skills and abilities to promote quality within all areas of Pathology and will be vital to clinical governance and risk management within Pathology services.
The post holder will support the management of the Pathology Q-Pulse document control system.

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

Accountable to the Pathology quality manager
Supports training and education manager in delivery of training and competence framework in the QMS
Delivers quality related training programmes
Actively manages continual improvement within the department
Day to day management of level 2 healthcare science apprentice (Quality)