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Quality Assurance Lead (Reproductive Science) | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 28 February 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £37,338 - £44,962 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 March 2025 |
| Location: | Manchester, M13 9WL |
| Company: | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6987835/349-SMH-6987835 |
Summary
The post holder will work across Andrology and Embryology to support the Quality Managers and Leadership predominantly with quality-related activities. These activities cover ISO 15189:2022, ISO17043:2023 and the HFEA Code of Practice. The role will also involve a clinical component, within the Andrology Laboratory/Embryology Clean Rooms/Laboratories and quality activities will be divided between both areas of the reproductive medicine laboratories. These hours will approximately be split into 0.4 WTE Andrology Quality, 0.4 Embryology Quality and 0.2 Clinical Andrology. These hours are dependent on the activity pressures within the service and are subject to change. The Quality Assurance Lead will escalate issues to the Laboratory senior team as appropriate.
The role involves support, maintenance and activity of the quality management systems across laboratories alongside clinical andrology activity.
The role involves the following standards:
1. ISO/IEC 15189:2022 Medical Laboratories - Requirements for Quality and Competence
2. ISO/IEC 17043:2023 Conformity assessment - General Requirements for the competence of proficiency testing providers
3. HFEA Code of Practice
The role is managed and overseen day-to-day by the Andrology Team in conjunction with the Senior Embryologists (Quality).
Please refer to the Job Description for the complete range of duties.
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
This advert closes on Sunday 16 Mar 2025
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