Healthcare Scientist Practitioner

External Quality Assessment (EQA) Services is part of UKHSA Quality and Regulatory Assurance division and provides external quality assessment (EQA) schemes (also known as proficiency testing (PT) schemes) for food, water and clinical microbiology laboratories throughout the United Kingdom, and worldwide. Results reported by microbiology laboratories often play a significant role in health protection and managing public health incidents; tools such as EQA/PT is essential for laboratories to be able to demonstrate that their results are accurate, reliable and reproducible. UKNational External Quality Assessment (UK NEQAS) for Microbiology is a team within the External Quality Assessment (EQA) Services department that specialises in providing EQA schemes to clinical microbiology laboratories worldwide. The Healthcare Scientist Practitioner will work within the laboratory team.,

• Assist in the preparation of external quality assessment specimens for UK NEQAS for Microbiology. This is carried out by applying knowledge of clinical microbiology in the design, quality control and stability testing of these specimens using routine methods commonly applied in clinical diagnostic microbiology.
• Take part in the data transfer and validation of participants' results and data entry of in-house test results onto computer databases.
• Work as a member of a team liaising closely with colleagues from the same team, and with other teams working on common activities.
• Participate in quality assurance audits and maintain up to date records in QPulse on a daily basis.
• Work to Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) in compliance with ISO 17043 accreditation.
  
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