NMCPS Quality Manager

at  University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, highly motivated individual to join the North Midlands and Cheshire Pathology Service (NMCPS) as part of the Quality Management Team.
The North Midlands and Cheshire Pathology Services (NMCPS) formed in December 2020 following collaboration between The University Hospital of North Midlands (UHNM), Mid Cheshire Hospital Foundation Trust (MCHT) and East Cheshire NHS Trust(ECT). UHNM are the host provider of the network.
The Histopathology and Microbiology services have been consolidated onto the Royal Stoke site and the implementation of a new Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) across all sites was completed during 2024.
NMCPS provides a comprehensive diagnostic and treatment monitoring service for Staffordshire, Cheshire and beyond. We employ approximately 750 well-trained, experienced and dedicated members of staff across the Pathology Network.
We have facilities at both the Royal Stoke University Hospital (RSUH) in Stoke-on-Trent, County Hospital (CH) in Stafford, Leighton Hospital in Crewe and Macclesfield Hospital. The modern PFI hospital complex at the Royal Stoke site offers an excellent purpose built laboratory with Pathology services bringing it closer to other clinical services.
A 12 month fixed-term / secondment opportunity has arisen for a full time, Band 8a, Pathology Quality Manager to work with the current Quality Manager across the NMCPS network. The post is based at Royal Stoke University Hospital however the post holder will be required to work across the NMCPS sites.
We are looking for an innovative and enthusiastic Quality Manager who has an excellent understanding of quality management issues throughout Pathology. The successful candidate must have good interpersonal and IT skills as well as being self-motivated.
You will be responsible for ensuring that the division’s quality management system is implemented and maintained. The departments’ current quality management system is Q-Pulse and the successful candidate will play an active role in its functionality as well as the implementation of an upgrade to the current system. Candidates must be fully conversant with the accreditation standards and regulatory requirements and work with all grades of staff to ensure that the department is fully compliant at all times.
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we’re highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

• Ensuring a single quality management system (QMS) is in use over all network sites
• Reviewing and updating the quality management system to ensure continual improvement and on-going compliance
• Managing any upgrades to the current electronic quality management system
• Being the divisional key contact for all external assurance bodies
• Supporting all discipline quality leads to ensure shared learning and continual quality improvement
• Monitoring the recording, investigation and management of incidents, non-conformities and risk across the network
• Overseeing the audit calendar and monitoring the completion of audits
• Overseeing the Validation, Verification and Change Control processes used within the network
• Visiting all the sites to attend local governance meetings and to assist and train staff in the use of the QMS
• Reviewing current and future Quality Indicators and producing reports as appropriate
• Organising and reporting Management Reviews and User surveys
• Co-Chairing pan-pathology quality meetings
• Attending divisional, network and Trust meetings as required to represent the Pathology Quality team.
  The candidate must be a HCPC registered Biomedical Scientist