Band 8a Principal EQA Scientist and Scheme ManagerUniversity Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation TrustAn exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Principal EQA Scientist and Scheme Manager to work within a friendly, professional and busy team dedicated to providing External Quality Assessment (EQA) programmes to Hospital Laboratories. This is a unique position.
Birmingham Quality (UK NEQAS) provides External Quality Assessment (EQA) Services for Clinical Chemistry laboratories within the UK and worldwide; and our Clinical Chemistry specimens are prepared in-house.
As a Principal EQA Scientist, you will provide expert advice to Consultant, Heads of participant laboratories on the impact of their EQA performance on their clinical service to clinicians and patients, analogous to the 'Duty Biochemist' role.
The role is 5 days a week Monday -- Friday, 08:30 and 17:00, and the position is permanent.
Main duties of the jobSupport the Director and Deputy Director in the scientific management of the Department undertaking health technology assessment in the UK and internationally to internationally accepted accreditation standards.Integrate knowledge from the clinical and technical area of laboratory medicine.Undertake scientific aspects of generic EQA scheme design, implementation, development, audit and continuous quality improvement.Provide a scientific advisory service to participant laboratories, diagnostic manufacturers, Government and regulatory bodies and other organisations.Formulate complex EQA Scheme designs that meet clinical specifications and quality system requirements, and which probe the characteristics of participating laboratory methodology.Undertake performance surveillance and take action on participants with poor performance.Monitor customer complaints and internal audit of operations and ensure that corrective and preventative action is undertaken to resolve problems and non-conformities.About usWe are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can.Offering our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work.
Job responsibilitiesThe ability to appraise critically and to integrate a wide range of information (from the areas of laboratory analysis, clinical application of laboratory medicine, EQA principles and practice), and to interpret and apply this in internal actions and external advice.
The ability to write complex reports relating to EQA schemes for understanding by a mixture of people in participant laboratories.
Person SpecificationQualificationsFirst or second-class honours degree in chemistry, biochemistry or allied subject.Master's degree (or assessed equivalent level of knowledge) in laboratory medicine or relevant related area.Training in EQA or laboratory medicine to a level equivalent to Diploma (Membership Part 1) of the Royal College of Pathologists.To have and to maintain a Continuing Professional Development portfolio (administered by the Royal College of Pathologists) relevant and appropriate to the post.State Registration with the Health & Care Professions Council as appropriate for a senior healthcare scientist in EQA.To have demonstrable knowledge and experience in research - as evidenced by publications in appropriate media.ExperienceIn-service experience in EQA scheme design, data analysis and interpretation.Substantial experience as a scientist in an appropriate role in laboratory medicine and/or EQA, including experience at a senior level of responsibility.Experience of laboratory medicine analysis and interpretation.Postgraduate or post-qualification training Detailed knowledge of EQA scheme design, data analysis, data presentation and data interpretation.A detailed understanding of the scientific and analytical basis of the services provided by the department.An understanding of the use of laboratory medicine investigations in screening, diagnosis, treatment, outcome and prevention of disease, including their applications and limitations.An understanding of the diagnostics industry and its regulatory environment, including the In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Directive and Regulations.Knowledge of healthcare service delivery systems and requirements including accreditation.A detailed understanding of the specialist techniques employed in EQA.A detailed understanding of IT system requirements to provide effective EQA services, and of designing, specifying and applying them in practice across a range of EQA situations.Advanced knowledge and understanding of Quality Management Systems, and their relation to accreditation of EQA and laboratory medicine service.Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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