Total 41 Quality Assurance / Control job vacancies in Colchester, Not recorded, CO7 6RJ

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

This is an exciting opportunity to become part of our team. We are looking for an individual with an interest of working within an Infection Prevention and Control role to come and join us.

This role will provide you with experience in both acute and community Infection Prevention and Control nursing. The primary base will be at the Colchester Hospital site. You must hold a current UK driving license, as travelling across North East Essex and East Suffolk will be required.

This will be a rotational post covering different specialities beginning with the new Essex and Suffolk Elective Orthopaedic Centre. Other specialities will include Medicine, Women and Children’s services, Oncology/Haematology, Surgery, Care of the Elderly and Community services.

Collaborative working with the local health economy relating to Infection Prevention Control is a key to the successes the Trust has developed in recent years. We are looking for someone who will continue to commit to this.

You must be professional in your approach and be able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

You will support in the provision of clinical expertise and professional advice and leadership as a specialist resource in Infection Prevention and Control. This includes teaching, supporting development, research, surveillance and audit across all staff groups within the Trust.

The Infection Prevention and Control Nurse serves as leader, mentor, and role model for the infection prevention and control program.

Maintains a knowledge base of current infection prevention and control information.

Supports the Infection Prevention and Control team in providing professional education for all staff as required maintaining an effective infection control program.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

Find out about living and working here -www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.


This advert closes on Tuesday 30 Jul 2024

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are a dynamic Multi Academy Trust committed to providing high-quality education across our partnership areas. Our Trust comprises a diverse range of schools, each dedicated to fostering an environment where students can thrive academically and personally.

We are seeking a Trust Governance and Compliance Manager to join our central team. Working in conjunction with the Trust Senior Leadership, this pivotal role ensures robust governance and compliance across the Trust, aligning with high professional standards and supporting effective administration. The successful candidate will take a strategic approach to governance, manage compliance activities, and provide leadership to the Clerks of local governing bodies.

• Be able to demonstrate knowledge and familiarity with governance structures within public sector organisations.
• Hold a Degree level or equivalent experience and post qualification experience relevant to the post.
• Have a strong understanding and experience of leading corporate governance with a dynamic, multifunctional organisation, collaborating successfully with other functions to deliver on the organisation's strategic objectives.
• Have experience of successful strategy planning and implementation. Which includes improving processes and policies across an organisation.
• Be able to demonstrate previous experience of advising senior management and Boards within a highly regulated environment.
• Have a commitment to the values and vision of the organisation.

What the school offers its staff

For your career

• An opportunity to lead across a number of academies
• A strong commitment and support for your personal leadership journey
• A strong and supportive Trust Board determined to do the best for our communities
• The opportunity to join the Trust’s Leadership Team to make a difference as we drive system improvement in a changing world
• Comprehensive central support, advice and guidance, to enable you to lead progress in curriculum and pedagogy.

To be part of something bigger

• A collaborative Trust, which inspires innovation and the motivation for leaders to influence and shape the strategy of the wider Trust and the educational landscape
• Partnership with the University of Chichester, with over 180 years of experience in the training of teachers, for research, specialist support, training and academic study
• Opportunities to work with senior leaders and academy staff across the Trust, who are committed to a shared set of values.

To make a difference

• To be part of a team that makes a real difference to the life chances of our children and young people
• Contributing to the creation of a culture and environment in which staff feel valued, are inspired and work in buildings which promote and enhance child progress and learning.

Other staff benefits

• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Extensive employee assistance provision including 24/7 telephone helpline and counselling
• Lifestyle health and wellbeing programme
• Access to an extensive personal development programme
• Access to the University’s vast Library resources
• Access to the National College resources
• Generous leave entitlement
• Employee Discounts platform, saving £££’s on a range of goods and services
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Eyecare Voucher Scheme
• Relocation allowance, if eligible

Security of knowing you are joining an organisation whose sponsor has been promoting education for more than 180 years and was awarded by Ofsted, Outstanding for teacher training.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

A Vacancy at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.


East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust Pathology Services are looking for a Quality Manager with strong leadership and communication skills to join our team in driving forward continuous improvement.

You will report to the Head of Quality, Compliance & Regulatory Affairs and as a senior member of the quality and governance team be responsible for engaging and embedding a quality culture with design implementation and maintenance of the Quality function of the service.

You will work in collaboration with the laboratory teams, Service Leads, Operations Managers , Head of Operations Quality Managers and Head of Quality to ensure that pathology becomes progressively more efficient in delivering a high quality service across both sites.

The Quality team will promote continuous improvement in service quality within all areas of the laboratory assuring regulatory and accreditation requirements to ISO 15189, MHRA, HSE, and others as required.

You will be expected to work closely with all staff to ensure an efficient and effective corporate approach in dealing with all Quality and Training matters. You will be a HCPC Registered Biomedical Scientist with extensive experience in implementing and maintaining accreditation and continuous improvement.

This role requires you to travel across Colchester and Ipswich Hospitals with an element of working from home. This role is full time, however we would consider part time.

Please note: Previous applicants need not apply

Overseeing and assuring regulatory body approval - UKAS, MHRA, CQC, HSE and any others as required

Assuring appropriate risk assessments and risk managements are in place.

Assuring the Health & Safety functions within the service.

Ensuring compliance with trust quality, risk and governance policies

Performing and overseeing incident investigation to include root cause analysis principles and implementation of the recommendations and learning actions.

Ensuring efficient operation and management of the quality management system.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

Find out about living and working here -www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.


This advert closes on Sunday 21 Jul 2024

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

The Sepsis Compliance Assistant role within the Emergency Department is an exciting opportunity for someone with previous care experience.

You will be working alongside Doctors and nurses within the emergency department to ensure the Septic patient is treated within the
sepsis hour window.

The role will also include auditing our compliance to sepsis targets and documentation audits. You need to be a good team player with excellent communication skills that can work well in a time pressured environment.

· Assist with raising awareness of Sepsis, the importance of early recognition and intervention in the Emergency Department.

· Assist and use of the sepsis management tool, embedding Sepsis Six through the department.

· Carry out Sepsis audit as required.

· Real time auditing of Sepsis Tool completion, flagging of patients on portal and documentation of escalation.





We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

Find out about living and working here -www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

Please see job description for full details.


This advert closes on Monday 8 Jul 2024

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

A Vacancy at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.


Have you got the enthusiasm and confidence to take up the challenge of this exciting post in the Pharmacy Quality Assurance Department?

We are looking for a Band 3 QA/QC Assistant Technical Officer. This is a permanent full-time position based at Colchester Hospital however cross site working to Ipswich Hospital is essential as and when required.

You will support the Pharmacy Quality Assurance team in ensuring that the regulatory requirements and standards set by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) are met for the Manufacturing Specials, Clinical Trials and Wholesale dealing licenses held by the Trust.

About our Pharmacy Service

The main duties will include providing support and maintaining Quality Assurance functions within main pharmacy in line with procedures and current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) requirements.

Assisting the QC/QA Officer with the running of the QA/QC Laboratory, such that an efficient system of workflow through the department is maintained, and safe working practices in the laboratory are adhered to.

Carrying out Microbiological Environmental Monitoring when required in line with schedule and non-routine monitoring when required for investigations/validation.

Assisting in the Microbiological/chemical/physical testing of samples i.e. water, raw materials, finished products, stability samples or new deliveries of media in accordance with approved specifications.

Assisting in the Microbiological testing of samples provided by internal or external customers in accordance with supplied specifications or limits.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes


We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff


We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options


Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services


Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients


We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients


If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you


Find out about living and working here -www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A


For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.


This advert closes on Thursday 4 Jul 2024

We are looking for a qualified and registered pharmacy technician with a passion for stock control and medicines optimisation.

As a Pharmacy Technician stock controller you will be fully supported to complete a multitude of stock control tasks, including but not limited to, daily stock checks, audit of high cost and high risk items and involvement in stock management groups as well as liaising with high cost Technicians, medication safety Pharmacists and members of the wider multi-disciplinary teams.

You will provide a high quality service to our patients you will have opportunity to work within the dispensaries as well as clinically at ward level. All relevant training will be given and you will be supported in other professional personal development training.

You must be able to follow written procedures, work under supervision and complete tasks accurately to set deadlines.

You will be based in the dispensary at Colchester Hospital but may be required to provide cover on occasion at Ipswich Hospital.

We welcome calls to find out more information. Tours of the department available upon request.
• Take responsibility for the “pharmaceutical care” of patients within particular clinical areas and wards during periods of duty in those areas.
• Take responsibility for stock control within the dispensaries, focusing on high cost / high risk drugs, being a super user for automated dispensing, evaluating and adjusting re-order levels and re-order quantities to ensure efficient stock holding and reducing wastage / expiry.
• To minimise wastage through expired stock held across the Trust.
• Contribute to the financial control of medicines by ensuring that all medicines are utilised within the realms of the Trust formulary, agreed local guidance via the Medicines Optimisation Committee and national processes (NICE, nationally commissioned medicines etc.)
• Minimising medicines-associated risk and ensuring medication safety in accordance with local and national guidance.

Please follow this link to find out more about pharmacy:About our Pharmacy Service

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

Find out about living and working here -www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.


This advert closes on Thursday 4 Jul 2024

A Vacancy at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.


Are you looking for a pharmaceutical quality assurance role with pharmaceutical industry standards in an NHS trust? Is so, we have the role for you.

We are looking for a confident and enthusiastic QA/QC Officer to join our Pharmacy Quality Assurance Department at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation. You will be based at Colchester Hospital, however you will be required to work across at Ipswich Hospital.

You will have GMP experience within a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility. You will be a team player, joining an established department with a multi-disciplinary team. Our team have various professional scientific backgrounds, including different specialities therefore we have a wealth of experience to support your learning and development.

The main duties will include providing support to the Senior QA/QC Specialist, release of manufactured products under the MHRA MS licence, performing Quality Control analysis on raw materials and manufactured products, and maintaining Quality Assurance functions within Pharmacy Technical Services in line with Standard Operating Procedures and current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) requirements.

You will be expected to support the Pharmacy Quality Assurance team in ensuring that the regulatory requirements and standards set by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) are met for the Manufacturing Specials, Clinical Trials and Wholesale dealing licenses held by the Trust.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

Find out about living and working here -www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.


This advert closes on Thursday 4 Jul 2024