Quality and Service Improvement Lead Mid and West Wales Microbiology

In collaboration with the Regional Clinical Lead and the Regional Manager, the Regional Quality Lead will be responsible for the management of all aspects of Quality within the region including policy development and implementation for, to include devising and delivering specialist quality training across the service.
The Quality Lead will also ensure that all other laboratories within the Mid and West Wales region strive to maintain quality standards in line with ISO 15189 requirements, and will support areas where necessary.
The Quality Lead will work autonomously within the all the laboratories in the region, as the Quality expert. The Quality Lead will also need to work with the other Quality officers within each lab to ensure progress of all quality aspects are maintained in each area.

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Public Health Wales is the National Public Health Institute in Wales. Our vision is 'Working to achieve a healthier future for Wales' where we play a pivotal role in driving improvements in population health and well-being, reducing health inequalities, improving healthcare outcomes, protecting the public and supporting the development of health in all policies across Wales.
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Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English. To support our all Wales service, we particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers., We are looking for a dynamic and energetic individual with relevant experience to lead on Quality Management for Microbiology, Mid and West, Public Health Wales. The office holder will support the Mid and West Wales Executive Management team to ensure that all laboratories and departments meet and exceed the standards required to obtain ISO 15189:2022 accreditation. Mid and West Wales Microbiology provides a wide range of diagnostic services for hospitals, clinics and GPs across the Mid and West Wales. The lab provides diagnostic bacteriology, benefitting from investment in a wide range of analyzers and a wide range of molecular platforms.
The Microbiology service in Mid and West Wales has a central laboratory (hub) at Singleton hospital and has acute service laboratories at Glangwili and Bronglais hospitals.
We are looking for someone who can demonstrate previous experience relevant to the role, who works well under pressure to meet deadlines. An excellent communicator, accustomed to maintaining confidentiality, you will be able to focus on details and will have good IT and data analysis skills.
The successful candidate will work with quality staff in all laboratories and the wider network to take forward key service and workforce objectives., The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.
The salary scale shown is for a full-time member of staff, with the amount being adjusted pro rata for those working less than 37.5 hours per week.
In general, anyone joining our Trust who has not previously worked in the NHS will, by default, start on the first point of the advertised pay band. Pay progression will then be determined by annual Performance and Development Reviews in accordance with the NHS Wales Pay Progression Policy. An application for Incremental Credit may be considered, but can only be awarded based on evidenced, reckonable service and/or equivalent, relevant experience.