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Band 7 Quality Supervisor BT and POCT
The closing date is 22 January 2026
Exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Senior Biomedical Scientist (Quality & Training Supervisor) in Blood Transfusion and POCT, supporting Queen's Hospital Romford and King George Hospital Goodmayes.
The role provides quality and training oversight across both sites, contributing to a department delivering 26M diagnostic tests annually. This is a critical clinical position ensuring accreditation and regulatory compliance.
Experienced in Blood Sciences, especially quality management and training. Blood Transfusion experience preferred, but all Blood Science specialties considered. Flexibility to work across two busy hospitals required.
Key Requirements
* IBMS accredited MSc/FIBMS in Biomedical Sciences, Blood Transfusion, or equivalent HCPC registration.
* Proven experience with quality systems.
* Laboratory training experience.
* Ability to work independently and supervise staff.
* Evidence of CPD and strong IT skills.
* Effective presentation and communication skills.
You show leadership, organisational and interpersonal skills, a patient-focused approach, and strong knowledge of quality, governance, risk management, and continuous improvement. Experience of supervising a lab section is desirable. The Trust is exploring new systems to meet growing 24/7 testing demand.
Main duties of the job
To oversee compliance with all regulatory standards and requirements within Blood Sciences ensuring quality standards are maintained. Under the direction of the Pathology Head of Quality Governance and Education they will be responsible for organising and participating in maintenance of quality programs ensuring that work is carried out to agreed standards and quality in a timely and efficient manner that meets the demands of the user and accredited bodies. Duties may include the supervision of other Blood Sciences personnel and taking a lead role in training, quality management and health and safety.
About us
We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with.
We are benefiting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.
We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.
We’re proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We’re also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.
We run a Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The majority of our 8,400 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
* Registration with HCPC.
* Master’s degree or equivalent Specialist Diploma in any Blood Sciences discipline. Hospital Transfusion Practice or equivalent qualification.
* MSc Biomedical or any Blood Sciences discipline.
* Current IBMS membership.
* BBTS membership.
Experience / Knowledge
* Good knowledge and or experience of blood sciences.
* Previous supervisory experience.
* Previous training experience.
Skills / Abilities
* Able to use IT for word processing, data analysis and presentations.
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 should be made online. For queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or adjustments for disabled applicants please contact Sarah Wood Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 4118. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.
£53,751 to £60,651 a year per annum inclusive
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