Overview

Assistant Quality Assurance Manager - ATMPs at NHS Blood and Transplant.

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Job Summary

Whether your background is in pharmaceutical manufacturing or any other medical quality management or auditing field; few organisations offer the impact of NHS Blood and Transplant. You’ll work with teams the length and breadth of the country to implement ever-improving best practices. In doing so, you’ll help ensure our blood, tissue and organ donations safely save millions of lives. You’ll champion quality management and compliance systems, keeping licenses up to date, helping teams follow guidelines, recording and reporting on evidence, and managing audits. The role involves meeting teams, government agencies and regulators, developing tailored solutions and responding to incidents; there’ll be some time behind a desk, but this is a people-centric role.

A background in pharmaceutical or medical quality management is advantageous; ideally, a relevant post-graduate qualification (or equivalent). It’s important you’re a consummate professional who can build strong relationships, ask the right questions and maintain objectivity.

This role will support the 3 northern ATMP sites (Barnsley, Liverpool and Birmingham) with regular travel to each site depending on activity levels. The successful candidate is expected to be on site 3 days a week.

Responsibilities

• Support the Quality Assurance Manager - ATMP in the maintenance and development of the Quality Assurance function at the NHSBT Liverpool site.
• Maintain compliance with licensing and accreditation standards; improve service delivery by partnering with stakeholders.
• Engage with colleagues across departments on quality system elements including quality incidents, audit non-conformities, change control & validation, and regulatory inspections.
• Produce reports and lead quality review meetings with department managers; facilitate investigations of adverse events to determine root causes and preventive actions.
• Participate in Operational Improvement events using LEAN principles and projects to improve services.
• Support Quality Assurance for the Advanced Therapy Unit (ATU) and Clinical Biotechnology Centre (CBC) in ATMP/IMPs production.
• Deputise for the Quality Assurance Manager and assist Lead Quality Specialists and National QA Managers when required.

You will be required to travel throughout the UK and spend some time away from base, which may involve irregular hours and overnight stays with prior notice.

About You

Experience and Knowledge

• Understanding of UK legislation and guidelines, e.g. GMP, Good Practice Guidelines for Blood Transfusion, ISO15189, GDPR and FOI; and other statutory guidelines.
• Extensive experience in a regulated environment e.g. Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, NHSBT or equivalent.
• Competent user of IT (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel) and familiarity with Microsoft Office packages (Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams, PowerPoint).

Qualifications And Training

• Masters level qualification or equivalent relevant professional qualifications; demonstrable knowledge and experience at Masters level.
• Basic Management Qualification or short courses in line management or relevant experience in managing others.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development (CPD).

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About Us

It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, you’ll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary—donate blood and other biological materials to save someone in need.

Our three core values are Caring, Expert and Quality. By being caring, expert, and quality-focused we aim to deliver the best outcomes for patients and colleagues, and we strive to create an inclusive workplace that reflects the communities we serve.

We encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

What We Offer

• Flexible working opportunities.
• 27 days annual leave (pro rata for part-time) plus Bank Holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years’ service and to 33 days after 10 years.
• NHS pension scheme. The NHS Pension Scheme is a defined benefit scheme. Details at www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/pensions.
• Continuous learning and development through our Thrive program, supporting personal and professional growth for all staff.

This vacancy will close at 23:59 on Sunday 14th September 2025.

Interviews are anticipated to be held week commencing 22nd September.

For informal enquiries please contact: Nick Weston, Quality Assurance Manager at Nick.Weston@nhsbt.nhs.uk.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Quality Assurance
• Industries: Hospitals and Health Care

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