Quality Lead - Tissue Bank

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Department : OPCZ Tissue Bank

Type of Employment : Permanent Hourly FT ( 100% ) x 1

Management / Non Union Position

Posting Closing Date : 17-Apr-25

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing, and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres, and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators, and creative thinkers today.

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About the Opportunity

Reporting to the Manager of the Regional Tissue Bank (RTB), the Tissue Bank Quality Lead provides quality leadership for the RTB Program and the services it provides, spanning donor identification, screening, retrieval/recovery, storage, processing, and distribution of donated human tissue across Canada. As delegated to the role by the RTB Manager, the Quality Lead provides direct oversight for the RTB quality management system in relation to RTB’s regulatory obligations. This role promotes fundamental improvements to quality management practices thereby enhancing overall quality performance. This position strives to uphold Nova Scotia Health’s Strategic Plan and operational goals. The position will work with the multidisciplinary team to guide and implement process changes in support of quality and continuous quality improvement.

About You

We would love to hear from you if you have the following :

• Graduate degree in appropriate field such as Quality Management, Science, Biomedical Engineering preferred and/or equivalent in education and experience
• Certificate in quality or quality management preferred
• Certified Tissue Bank Specialist, AATB preferred, or willingness to obtain
• Minimum of 5 years working in a quality management system environment preferred
• Understands quality, quality systems, and innovations in quality
• Demonstrated ability to apply and coach others in the application of continuous quality improvement
• Demonstrates a high degree of independent decision making, creativity, self-direction, motivation, change management, and team building and leadership skills
• Excellent project management skills and ability to teach/transfer skills to all team members
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Effective presentation skills and group leadership skills
• Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred

Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.

Hours

• Permanent full-time position; 75 hours bi-weekly

Compensation and Benefits

40.95 - $51.19 Hourly

Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan.

Once You've Applied

Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity, and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. We encourage all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.