Job overview

Candidates will be based at New Cross Hospital, WV10 0QP. They will need to be able to travel to other sites within the pathology network:
Russells Hall Hospital DY1 2HQ, Manor Hospital WS2 9PS, Midland Metroplitan University Hospital B66 2QT, Sandwell Health Campus B71 4HJ and City Health Campus B18 7QH.
The post holder will undertake audits across Black Country Pathology Services to help maintain services accreditation by UKAS to ISO15189 and compliance with MHRA and HTA. You will be helping to monitor the quality management system. The post holder will provide clerical support in connection with clinical incidents and other general office duties. 
The post holder will be required to demonstrate accuracy and have excellent communication skills.

Main duties of the job

The post holder is required to assist the Quality team to monitor compliance to the Quality Management System (QMS) within the Black
Country Pathology Service to ISO15189 standards required for accreditation, MHRA, HTA and other regulations/ standards.
Assist and support members of the quality team and BCPS management teams to provide a seamless quality of service; this will include duties associated with risk management and maintenance of the quality management system.
Major element would be undertaking quality assurance audits as required across the BCPS network, covering services are The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, The
Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust and Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust.
Communicate with external governance departments of BCPS Owner Trusts on behalf of BCPS to communicate information.
Work within standard operating procedures and Trust policies. 
Concentration and attention to detail required for auditing, data transcription, editing and extraction.
The post holder will be expected to respond positively to the changing demands of the service. They will offer a helpful and professional service to all visitors and telephone callers.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve.  We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.