Quality Support Officer in Edinburgh

Location – Jack Copland Centre, Edinburgh

​​As a major division within the NHS National Services Scotland, the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) plays a vital role not only in the health of the people of Scotland but also on an international scale  through our leading position in new product development, biomedical research and donor services.  Our goal is to maintain the highest standards to patient care whilst remaining Internationally competitive.

The role of the SNBTS Quality and Regulatory Compliance Directorate is to develop and deliver a Quality Management System throughout SNBTS, which satisfies regulatory requirements whilst ensuring a high quality, efficient transfusion process from donor to patient. Members of the SNBTS Quality Team require to be forward thinking and imaginative with the drive and self-motivation to relish a challenge. 

A vacancy has arisen within the Quality and Regulatory Compliance Directorate, in the Quality Systems Team for the post of Quality Support Officer. The post is based in the Jack Copland Centre, Edinburgh.

Applicants for this Post should be educated to at least Advanced Higher Level, have a high level of competence in office administration including excellent communication skills, personal organisation and advanced keyboard skills.  A good working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Teams) is also required and confidence working in a high-throughput office environment. An understanding of the NHS Scotland and/or experience working in a healthcare environment would be advantageous. Full training and on-going support will be given for this key role.

Currently there is no routine requirement for “out of hours” or shift working for this post.

Our benefits package includes pension scheme, comprehensive range of work life balance policies and occupational health services.

For an informal discussion on the post, please contact Jacqueline Scott, National Quality Support Officer (T. 0131 314 5648 ; jacqueline.Scott4@nhs.scot)  or Cathy Rooney, Quality Systems Manager (T.  0131 314 5632 / 07929 327 937 ; catherine.rooney2@nhs.scot ).  
Further information on NSS is available from: www.nhsnss.org
Closing date for completed applications is the 15th August 2022 
Please note that the majority of correspondence is sent by e-mail only, so please check your e-mail regularly (including junk folders).

We welcome applications from all candidates, however in line with Scottish Government requirement we will be giving priority consideration to NSS Test and Protect core staff who meet the essential criteria for the role.

NHS National Services Scotland is an equal opportunities employer and as committed participant in the disability confident scheme, guarantees to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies