Pathology Quality Coordinator | University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 12 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £22,816 - £24,336 pro rata/pa |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 12 May 2024 |
| Location: | Chesterfield, S44 5BL |
| Company: | University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6222034/320-CDCS-2864-B |
Summary
An opportunity has arisen for a 12-month Fixed Term/Secondment into the Quality Co-ordinator role at the Chesterfield site of Derbyshire Pathology. We will consider part-time hours for this secondment role.
As Quality Coordinator at the Chesterfield site, you will play a key role in supporting the maintenance of the Quality Management System (QMS) across all disciplines such as Blood Sciences, Microbiology and Blood Transfusion. You will be a central point for discipline leads to link into the Quality Team and will support the Quality Manager who is based at the Royal Derby Hospital site to ensure a robust quality system.
You will provide quality administrative support across all disciplines, examples of some of the tasks you will be carrying out on a day-to-day basis are:
Use of the quality system Qpulse to review compliance with departmental targets and the extraction of reports to support service leads with prioritisation of workloads
Obtain data and complete Key Performance Indicators to assist departmental monitoring
Attend quality meetings to provide administrative support, taking notes and producing minutes
Perform quality checks on documentation to ensure compliant with requirements
Administration of other quality systems as and when required, for example the incident and risk management system Datix
Maintain filing systems, ensuring sensitive and confidential information is stored appropriately
Deal with enquiries and communicate messages, both in person, over the telephone and over MS Teams
Closing date of applications: 25 April 2024
Interview Date: 09 May 2024
If you are applying for an Internal Secondment, please ensure you have spoken to your line manager and have their support prior to your application. Please speak to the Recruitment Team if you have any questions.
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts about our Trust:
• We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
• We are the 4thbusiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
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This advert closes on Thursday 25 Apr 2024