Working Full time : 37.5 hours per week To act as Quality Manager for the Pathology Directorate accountable to Pathology Services Manager. To act as training co-ordinator for the Pathology Directorate. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing and maintaining the quality management system (QMS) across the pathology department. The individual will need to ensure that the department maintains compliance with UKAS ISO15189, MHRA and HTA accreditation standards. Duties will include managing internal and external audits, leading quality improvement initiatives and ensuring documentation, risk management and incident reporting processes are maintained and robust. There will also be a requirement to focus on developing, implementing and evaluating training programmes for laboratory staff, ensuring competencies are maintained, coordinating CPD events/options and supporting staff through structured training plans. The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations: The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds. Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility. Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population. The Trust employs over 5916 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 411,000. This includes 361,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Joseph Banwell Job title: Pathology Service Manager Email address: joe.banwell@nhs.net Telephone number: 01244 365659