Senior Quality Assurance Officer - College of Medicine and Health - 58182 - Grade 7

Position Details

College of Medicine and Health

Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £36,130 to £45,413 with potential progression once in post to £48,149

Grade: 7

Part Time (22.5 hours per week)

Permanent

Closing date: 1st April 2025

UK and International travel may be required for this role

Our offer to you

People are at the heart of what we are and do. The University of Birmingham is proud to have been a part of the City of Birmingham and the wider region for over 100 years, and we are equally proud to be recognised as a leading global university. We want to attract talented people from across the city and beyond, support them to succeed, and celebrate their success.

We are committed to helping the people who work here to develop through our sector-leading Birmingham Professional programme which provides all professional services staff with development opportunities and the encouragement to reach their full potential. Supporting our people to achieve a healthy work/life balance is important both to our employees and to the success of the University, and we offer a variety of flexible working arrangements. In addition, you will receive a generous package of benefits including 40 days paid holiday a year, one paid day a year for volunteering, occupational sick pay, and a pension scheme.

The University is situated in leafy Edgbaston and there are excellent transport links to our beautiful campus, including main bus routes and a train station on site. On campus we have a state-of-the-art sports centre with pool, shops, places to eat and drink, our own art gallery, museum and botanical gardens.

Background

With its broad portfolio of clinical trials and clinical studies, the UOB is one of the leading centres for clinical research in the UK. The CRCT is responsible for ensuring researchers within the University are provided with tools, training and compliance checks that will help the researchers, and the University at large, to meet the applicable standards and regulations.

Role Summary

As a Senior QA Officer, you will provide specialist advice and support to ensure predefined standards, policies, procedures, frameworks, and legislation are upheld. You will also deliver to the development and maintenance of relevant quality management systems (QMSs), compliance review programmes (e.g. audits, monitoring, quality checks) and training programmes.

Main Duties

• Support the delivery of clinical research in accordance with standards and regulations, to protect research participants and data integrity.
• Provide specialist advice relating to regulatory compliance queries.
• Reviewing key study/trial documents and providing feedback.
• Developing and proposing solutions for any issues identified.
• Preparing and delivering training (e.g., for staff inductions, workshops, lectures, tutorials).
• Assessing and escalating issues and risks as appropriate.
• Recommending and contributing to improvements in governance/compliance processes.
• Managing a defined area of quality/compliance.
• Sharing of best practices.

Required Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications, Experience

• Qualified to Degree level (or equivalent) in a relevant biomedical or associated subject plus significant experience working in clinical research.
• Proven knowledge of the legal and regulatory framework that governs clinical research.
• Shown experience in developing and/or maintaining quality management systems.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, relationship building and influencing skills.
• Ability to work on own initiative and problem solve.
• Excellent organisational and multi-tasking skills.
• Demonstrate a critical and intelligent attention to detail and high standards of accuracy.
• Highly proficient IT skills, including the MS Office.
• Knowledge of the protected characteristics of the Equality Act 2010.

Internal and External relationships

• Develop excellent working relationships within and outside of own area.
• Influence decision makers and win support for proposals.

Further particulars can be found here

Informal enquiries to Jamie Douglas-Pugh, email: J.K.Douglas-Pugh@bham.ac.uk

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