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This full-time, 12-month fixed-term role offers a competitive salary and the opportunity for professional growth within a national organisation. NHSBT promotes flexible working arrangements and provides substantial benefits, including annual leave and a pension scheme, as well as a commitment to continuous learning and development.
This is an opportunity to build rapport with your direct customers and suppliers to help save and improve lives. Its great when you know you have been the pivotal conduit in consolidating views and applying effective and efficient controls delivering an IT development that is safe, compliant with regulation and reflects best practice. Great job satisfaction!
This role provides experience in the world of IT systems assurance in addition to the novel application of nursing/medical/scientific knowledge. NHSBT core IT systems are very extensive. This is a great opportunity to build knowledge of what it takes to control IT system changes, in a complex environment, in a manner that keeps patients and donors safe and meets the requirements of the various regulations applicable across the organisation. In this role you would take part in that challenge.
You certainly get opportunities for problem solving and innovative thinking. You can attain a great level of self-esteem - being relied upon for your knowledge, your decision making and delivery.
In this role you will be part of a team of Assistant Quality Managers, working with other teams to ensure safe, efficient, and effective delivery of NHSBT IT systems software and hardware through testing and participation in software development, as required to support implementation of national IT systems throughout NHSBT. Your responsibilities will include:
- Supporting a range of users at locations across the country to understand their needs, oversee software testing (including at supplier locations).
- Implementing systems that ensure we maintain our services to hospitals and make donation a great experience. This includes listening, watching, sensitively challenging and growing an understanding of the systems interfaces/integration and ensuring changes are safe and compliant.
- Supporting lean methodology, used across NHSBT; in our bid to strive for continuous improvement and to support governance. You will support methods to keep pace with changing IT methodology, technology and performance expectations.
- Providing specialist knowledge of the governance and regulation of NHSBT IT Systems and active support for the development of IT systems.
- Providing communication and understanding of IT Systems software changes at a local level.
- Promoting best practice in software testing.
About us
Please view the attached recruitment profile which is a summary of the detailed Job Description and Person Specification for the full personal attributes we require for the role. You will need to demonstrate these throughout the recruitment process.
What we offer:
- A starting salary of £46,148 - £52,809 per annum in accordance with AfC.
- 1x full time 12 months Fixed Term / Secondment opportunity to join as a Band 7, and progress with NHSBT.
- Opportunity to work with a national organisation and be based in any of our main centres such as Barnsley, Birmingham, Bristol or Manchester or London.
- NHSBT promotes flexible working opportunities, and this role offers hybrid working.
- 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 (not dependent on investment returns) Further details and outline of benefits can be found at: www.jobsincare.com/job/jbnsbYC2
- Weve fostered a culture of continuous learning where colleagues are well-led, engaged, and encouraged to grow. We support you in reaching your full potential, both in your current role and future career. Our Thrive program embodies our commitment to learning and development, offering a wide range of activities to support your personal and professional growth. Its open to everyone at NHSBT, ensuring you have the resources to succeed and shine in your role.
This vacancy will close at 23:59 on Sunday 5th January 2025
Interviews are anticipated to be held week of 13th January 2025 subject to confirmation.
For informal enquiries please contact Bill Pinfold, Quality Assurance Manager
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