Quality Manager/Deputy Hub Manager

Job summary

The London Bowel Cancer Screening Programme Hub (BCSP) is seeking an enthusiastic and dynamic Healthcare Scientist to lead the department's quality and deputise for the Hub Manager.

The department is UKAS and SQAS accredited and provides Bowel Cancer Screening for the whole of London using automated Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) analysis.

The ideal applicant should beregistered with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a Biomedical Scientist or Clinical Scientist and have a IBMS specialist portfolio or MSc or equivalent experience.

The successful candidate will have experience of people management, service management and quality management system activities. They will also have extensive experience of working in a Clinical Biochemistry or Blood Sciences laboratory.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be a member of the Senior Management Team and assist in the delivery of a quality driven, cost effective, patient focused service, consistent with the objectives of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP) and London North West University Healthcare Trust and provide that service in a manner appropriate with the profession.

The main role is to lead the continual improvement of the quality management system and to deputise for the Programme Hub Manager of the BCSP Hub, providing leadership and specialist scientific guidance.

You will work closely with the Programme Hub Manager and the Office Manager to ensure that the overall screening operation runs smoothly.

Youwill lead and/or support senior staff in the design, implementation and maintenance of the quality management and laboratory systems.

Youwill support and lead the department to implement and maintain United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) ISO15189 accreditation and other appropriate standards e.g. Screening Quality Assurance Service (SQAS).

You will be a registered Healthcare Scientist and will therefore be required to maintain their knowledge, training, professional skills, behaviour and health in line with (HCPC).

You will have line management responsibility for a team of staff.

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.