Pathology Quality Support Officer

You will work as part of the BSPS quality team and will ensure the provision of a high-quality professional service and compliance to accreditation standards at all times. The departments are fully accredited with UKAS and comply with relevant ISO standards., A key duty is to facilitate and co-ordinate the Quality Management System in liaison with the Quality Officers and the Lead Quality Manager. This is for the benefit of the users of the service and its staff. This will enable BSPS to become more effective in the delivery of high quality services whilst meeting both regulatory and accreditation requirements.

The Quality Support Officer will have key skills and abilities to promote and oversee quality and quality improvement within pathology by keeping abreast and up to date with quality management issues and software systems that will enable continuous improvement.

Applications are invited from individuals with experience of governance, Quality Management Systems and / or Service Improvement and who can demonstrate their delivery of quality and continual improvement in services of the same or similar type.

Being flexible, self-motivated and innovative will be fundamental to your role. The ability to communicate well with senior staff and laboratory teams is essential.

BSPS is an NHSI approved established pathology network and is the fifth largest network in the UK.

BSPS provides pathology services to five NHS Trusts through a Managed Network; Ashford and St Peter's Hospital NHS Foundation Trusts, Frimley Health Foundation Trust, Royal Surrey Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust and Surrey and Sussex NHS Foundation Trust.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a quality focused, dynamic and forward-thinking individual to join our team in taking forward and developing the Governance and Quality Management Systems within BSPS. The role extends throughout Pathology across all sites., Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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