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Job summary

Main area
pathology
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5pm)
Job ref
337-NP-9131DG
Employer
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Northwick Park & St Mark's Hospitals
Town
Harrow
Salary
per annum Inclusive of High Cost Area Supplement pro rata
Closing
29/10/2025 23:59

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London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust logo

Quality Manager/Deputy Hub Manager

Band 7

Careers at #LNWH

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

  • Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
  • St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
  • Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
  • Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.  

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH

Find out more about Our HEART values

Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits

Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy

We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.

Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.

  • H onesty
  • E quity
  • A ccountability
  • R espect
  • T eamwork

These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.

LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern.  If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Job overview

The London Bowel Cancer Screening Programme Hub (BCSP) is seeking an enthusiastic and dynamic Healthcare Scientist to lead the department’s quality and deputise for the Hub Manager.

The department is UKAS and SQAS accredited and provides Bowel Cancer Screening for the whole of London using automated Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) analysis.

The ideal applicant should be registered with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a Biomedical Scientist or Clinical Scientist and have a IBMS specialist portfolio or MSc or equivalent experience.

The successful candidate will have experience of people management, service management and quality management system activities.  They will also have extensive experience of working in a Clinical Biochemistry or Blood Sciences laboratory.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be a member of the Senior Management Team and assist in the delivery of a quality driven, cost effective, patient focused service, consistent with the objectives of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP) and London North West University Healthcare Trust and provide that service in a manner appropriate with the  profession.

The main role is to lead the continual improvement of the quality management system and to deputise for the Programme Hub Manager of the BCSP Hub, providing leadership and specialist scientific guidance.

You will work closely with the Programme Hub Manager and the Office Manager to ensure that the overall screening operation runs smoothly.

You will lead and/or support senior staff in the design, implementation and   maintenance of the quality management and laboratory systems.

You will support and lead the department to implement and  maintain United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) ISO15189 accreditation and other appropriate standards e.g. Screening Quality Assurance Service (SQAS).

You will be a registered Healthcare Scientist and will therefore be required to maintain their knowledge, training, professional skills, behaviour and health in line with (HCPC).

You will have line management responsibility for a team of staff.

Working for our organisation

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

  • Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
  • St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
  • Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
  • Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.  

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.

Person specification

Education/ qualifications

Essential criteria
  • MSc (Hons) in Biomedical Sciences or Equivalent
  • State Registration - Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
  • Qualification in Quality or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
  • Management training/advanced technical expertise

Knowledge and experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of participation in inspections for laboratory accreditations (UKAS ISO 15189)
  • Experience of planning and carrying out audits
  • Training of Scientists and/or screeners
Desirable criteria
  • Supervising/managing a team
  • Proven knowledge of Quality Management systems, e.g. Q-pulse

Skills, abilities and attributes

Essential criteria
  • Excellent communication skills, being able to communicate with patients and staff at all levels of the organisation with tact and diplomacy
  • Excellent motivational skills
  • Excellent organisational and time management skills
  • Considerable IT and keyboard skills with a comprehensive working knowledge of Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS)
Desirable criteria
  • Developed analytical skills in general and specialised areas

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Shazu Ahmed
Job title
Programme Hub Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07775794425
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