Blood Sciences and Immunology Quality Lead
Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Cambridge, CB2 0QQView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£49,387 to £56,515
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
1 November 2026
8 days leftJob description
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an enthusiastic and highly skilled Blood Sciences and Immunology Quality Lead to join o...
- Practice as the Quality Lead for Blood Sciences and Immunology, promoting Quality within all areas of the Department.
- Demonstrate expertise in quality and risk management.
- Be the key member of the department, who promotes, implements, audits and maintains the quality management system.
- Apply modern methods of quality management and process control to ensure an effective service in terms of clinical governance and risk management.
- Ensure the continued compliance to ISO 15189 as accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS).
- Lead team to ensure the continuous improvement and development of laboratory services.
- Maintain and promote professional image of CUH Trust.
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 1st November 2026
Interviews are due to be held on 13th November 2026
All appointments with a start date on or after 1 October 2026 will be subject to a 12-week probationary period. This provides a structured and supportive period to help you settle into your role, with regular reviews and feedback.
As there is a 12-week probationary period, successful candidates are expected to have the Right to Work for a period of at least 6 months from the proposed start date. Immigration and Right to Work status will be discussed with successful candidates at conditional offer. CUH will not offer sponsorship to candidates that have applied for a fee waiver.
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full-time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full-time permanent contract unless you have:- applied for a Graduate visa- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only caf, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people - patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing 'outstanding' care to our patients and rated 'Good' overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH's values - Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent - are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people's age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
Qualifications
Essential
- Honours degree in relevant discipline
- Registration with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as Clinical or Biomedical Scientist.
- MSc, IBMS Higher Specialist Diploma or FIBMS in Biochemistry, Haematology or Immunology or equivalent experience.
Desirable
- Evidence of Continuing professional development (CPD).
- Holds or working towards a qualification that supports quality management responsibilities associated with post.
Experience
Essential
- Practical experience of Quality Management Systems
- Use of Microsoft Office products.
- Laboratory information management systems.
- Developing policy and procedure.
- Audit.
- Experience of performing and evaluating risk assessments.
- Root cause analysis
- Experience of Pathology IT systems.
- Proven success in communicating highly complex information and results to staff and other healthcare professionals.
Desirable
- Awareness of current & developing NHS & healthcare issues.
- Previous relevant experience of working in the NHS.
- Experience of managing people.
- Proven success in communicating highly complex information and results to staff and other healthcare professionals.
- Highly specialist experience across a range of procedures and practices underpinned by theory and practice from working in a diagnostic laboratory.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of routine and specialised analytical methods, quality assurance and problem solving.
- Knowledge of quality management and accreditation systems.
- Quality management systems (I-passport/IQM).
- ISO 15189 accreditation standards for medical laboratories.
- Risk management.
- Clinical governance.
Desirable
- Highly specialist knowledge and practical applications in the laboratory.
- Knowledge of managerial Policies and Procedures, within CUH and how they relate to laboratory staff and service of the department.
- European Computer Driving Licence or equivalent
- Health and safety.
Skills
Essential
- Interpretation and analytical skills.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Proven influencing and negotiating skills at all levels.
- Demonstrable interpersonal skills - can work as part of a team or independently.
- Able to prioritise own workload and that of others to meet needs of the service.
- High degree of manual dexterity to perform complex laboratory techniques.
- Demonstrable mentoring skills.
Desirable
- Ability to concentrate for prolonged periods of time.
- Well-developed analytical (technical) skills with ability to perform complex laboratory techniques.
Additional Requirements
Essential: - oThe ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
Desirable: - oAbility to be flexible and respond to the needs of the service.; - oAbility to work with minimal supervision.
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First seen
23 October 2026
Last checked
24 October 2026
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