Senior Biomedical Scientist Cellular Pathology Quality Lead
The closing date is 16 November 2025
Job summary
We are seeking an experienced HCPC-registered Senior Biomedical Scientist to join our Histopathology team as Quality Lead (Band 7). This pivotal role involves managing the department's Quality Management System (QMS), ensuring compliance with UKAS ISO 15189 standards, leading audits, and driving continuous improvement.
The successful candidate will provide technical and regulatory expertise, support the Histopathology Manager, and train staff in quality principles. Applicants must have significant post-registration experience and becurrently practising in a histopathology laboratory, with hands-on skills in specimen preparation, embedding, microtomy, and staining techniques. If you are passionate about quality and excellence in diagnostics, we want to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
- Managing the Quality Management System (QMS) for the Histopathology department to ensure compliance with UKAS ISO 15189 standards and Trust policies.
- Acting as the departmental lead for internal and external audits, inspections, and assessments.
- Developing, implementing, and reviewing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and maintaining document control.
- Overseeing non-conformance management, including root cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions (CAPA).
- Coordinating the internal audit schedule and participation in External Quality Assessment (EQA) schemes.
- Monitoring and reporting quality indicators, turnaround times, and performance data.
- Providing specialist technical advice and supporting complex histopathology procedures when required.
- Leading staff training on quality principles, UKAS requirements, and quality tools.
- Deputising for the Histopathology Manager and contributing to strategic planning and operational management.
- Supporting research, validation, and audit projects to drive service improvements.
About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South WarwickshireUniversity NHS FT, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute NHS Hospitals Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.
More than 3,000 people work for the Trust they tell us its a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time.
Details
Date posted
31 October 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£47,810 to £54,710 a year pa pro rata
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
229-CS-7574164
Job locations
Histopathology Department
Hereford County Hospital
Union Walk Hereford
HR1 2ER
Employer details
Employer name
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address
Histopathology Department
Hereford County Hospital
Union Walk Hereford
HR1 2ER
Employer's website
https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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