Job overview
The Royal Marsden NHS FT Pathology Services are committed to the highest level of quality in patient care and support for research. Our Clinical genomics laboratories have successfully completed initial ISO 15189 assessments and some reassessments. We wish to recruit a Quality Officer to work with the Clinical Genomics Operational team and the Pathology Quality management team to work in an exciting project to merge Molecular Diagnostics and Cytogenetics into one unified QMS and to develop further what has already been achieved and to lead the teams to future successes.
The post holders will be responsible for working with staff across both units. You will need to be keen with good attention to detail, have a good working knowledge of ISO 15189:2012 and be able to carry out audits, root cause and trend analysis with a view to producing reports.
Main duties of the job
The key responsibility is to carry out compliance management for the Clinical Genomics laboratories department in conjunction with the Pathology Quality Manager and laboratory staff in Clinical Genomics. This role will be instrumental in implementing the necessary changes for the merge of Molecular Diagnostics and cytogenetics laboratories UKAS scopes and to, as a single UKAS Schedule of Accreditation, become increasingly more effective in the quality and regulatory compliance of its services to ISO 15189.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information please refer to the job description and personal specification
Ensuring departments are completing compliance tasks according to plan.
Contribute to the Pathology quality annual management review.
Manage the progress of outstanding actions, and records and coordinates new resulting actions as well as CAPA initiatives.
Carry out the schedule for the auditing and surveillance of the quality management system for Clinical Genomics as directed by the Pathology Quality Manager.
Monitors effectiveness of the quality management system in the department and reports back to the discipline leads and Pathology Quality Manager.
Attend Quality and Risk Management Meetings, providing a comprehensive Quality Report for each discipline.
Person specification
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
1. Ability to teach / educate
2. Ability to produce documents of publishable standard
3. Ability to use in-house IT systems
4. Competent in use of main Microsoft software applications
5. Able to investigate and follow up non-conformances in any discipline
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
6. Career plan & educational aspirations
7. Ability to interact with high grade staff and present negative findings
8. Confident in dealing with staff
9. Decision maker, can deal with unexpected situations
Specific Experience
Essential criteria
10. BMS or BSc degree, HPC registration if BMS
11. Evidence of continuing post registration study
12. Higher degree or equivalent
13. Qualification in quality management
14. Ability to formulate, perform and evaluate staff training
15. Knowledge of risk management and clinical governance issues
16. Ability to plan for Trust targets
17. Good understanding of the principles and practice of QMS
18. Good understanding of ISO 15189 standard and associated documentation
19. Ability to deal with nonconformities and plan follow up actions
Desirable criteria
20. Chartered Scientist status if BMS
Management experience
Essential criteria
21. Ability to work across units
22. Willingness to represent Pathology at external meetings
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