Scientific Programme Manager

European Society of Human Genetics; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Manchester seeks a Scientific Programme Manager to oversee genomic-based External Quality Assessment (EQA) services. The role involves delivering high-quality services, developing new ones, and supporting educational activities while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. Ideal candidates will have relevant qualifications and practical laboratory experience. This position offers training, a generous pension scheme, and some remote working options.

Benefits

Generous contributory pension scheme

Training and development opportunities

Some remote working

Qualifications

• Appropriate qualifications as a healthcare scientist or technologist.
• Self-motivated and enthusiastic with practical laboratory experience.
• Ability to work to tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Delivering high quality accredited genomics based EQA services.
• Developing and implementing new EQA services.
• Supporting educational activities and best practice guidelines.
• Ensuring efficient logistical management of services.

Skills

Communication skills

Project management

Laboratory experience

Flexibility

Job description

Overview

Are you passionate about improving the quality of healthcare? Do you have experience of working as a healthcare scientist or technologist? Then consider a move to Manchester and join the EMQN CIC team.

EMQN CIC is an internationally respected, UKAS-accredited provider of External Quality Assessment (EQA) services, with >3000 member laboratories in 85 countries. EQA is an essential requirement for any laboratory seeking to attain laboratory accreditation and is a vital component of good clinical governance. EMQN CIC monitors global laboratory performance in diagnostic molecular genetics, molecular pathology, and technical laboratory testing processes. As a community interest company, EMQN CIC is also able to reinvest in our network to provide new EQA schemes, educational activities and to support the development of best practice guidance for our members.

Based on the Manchester Science Park, EMQN CIC has both office and laboratory facilities and retains close links with the Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine (MCGM), one of the leading centres for genomics in Europe.

Responsibilities

• Delivering a portfolio of our existing high quality ISO17043 accredited genomics based External Quality Assessment (EQA) services.
• Developing and implementing new EQA services.
• Supporting and contributing to the delivery of other educational activities, including webinars and best practice guidelines.
• Ensuring the efficient and effective logistical management of aspects of these services.
• Contributing to other activities (for example, quality management), as deemed necessary to ensure that EMQN CIC complies with all relevant legal and regulatory standards.

Requirements

• As a Scientific Programme Manager, you will be expected to be appropriately qualified, self-motivated, and enthusiastic healthcare scientist or technologist with flexibility, good communication, robust project management skills, practical laboratory experience and the ability to work to tight deadlines.
• A small amount of travel to support delivery of assessment meetings will be required.
• In return, the organization offers development and training for all staff and some remote working, a generous contributory pension scheme and benefits/salary package.
• Informal chat and/or copy of the full job description can be obtained from Victoria Williams ([e-mail]).
• Start of job: 11.04.2023. Job Requirements: See attached job description and person specification.

Employer details

Employer EMQN CIC

Location Manchester, United Kingdom

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Victoria Williams ([e-mail])