CPU Quality Assurance Advisor
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 20/08/2026
- Closes
- 06/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves undertaking quality assurance activities within the Central Packing Unit (CPU) to ensure compliance with packing standards and procedures. The post holder will monitor performance, conduct audits, identify non-compliance, and provide feedback to staff for continuous improvement. Responsibilities include accurately recording, analysing, and reporting quality assurance findings to support service improvement and maintain the integrity and reliability of operational equipment. The role contributes to ensuring staff have access to correctly packed equipment, ready for use.
Essential criteria
- GCSE English and Mathematics (Grade C/4 or above) or equivalent qualification.
- Educated to Level 4 qualification standard (e.g. HNC, Certificate of Higher Education, Foundation Degree) or equivalent experience in quality assurance, governance, compliance, logistics, healthcare operations or a related field or demonstrable experience
- Experience of undertaking audits, inspections, quality assurance reviews or compliance monitoring within a healthcare, logistics, manufacturing, warehousing, quality assurance or regulated environment
- Experience of investigating incidents, complaints, non-conformances or quality concerns, including gathering evidence, analysing findings and producing written reports
- Experience of maintaining accurate records, analysing performance information and producing reports for management or governance purposes.
- Experience of working within standard operating procedures, quality standards and documented processes, ensuring compliance with organisational requirements
- Experience of providing feedback to individuals and teams, including supporting improvements in performance, quality or compliance
- Experience of working collaboratively with a range of stakeholders to resolve operational issues and implement improvement actions.
- Knowledge and Skills
- Excellent attention to detail with the ability to identify discrepancies, errors and areas of non-compliance.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret information, identify trends and make evidence-based recommendations.
- Ability to undertake difficult conversations sensitively and professionally when discussing performance, quality concerns or non-compliance. Competent in the use of Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, Outlook and Teams.
- Excellent verbal communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to explain findings, challenge practice constructively and influence improvement without direct managerial authority.
- Excellent written communication skills with the ability to prepare clear, concise and professional reports, audit findings and investigation documentation.
- Qualifications, Accreditations, Education
- GCSE English and Mathematics (Grade C/4 or above) or equivalent qualification.
- Educated to Level 4 qualification standard (e.g. HNC, Certificate of Higher Education, Foundation Degree) or equivalent experience in quality assurance, governance, compliance, logistics, healthcare operations or a related field or demonstrable experience
- Experience of undertaking audits, inspections, quality assurance reviews or compliance monitoring within a healthcare, logistics, manufacturing, warehousing, quality assurance or regulated environment
- Experience of investigating incidents, complaints, non-conformances or quality concerns, including gathering evidence, analysing findings and producing written reports
- Experience of maintaining accurate records, analysing performance information and producing reports for management or governance purposes.
- Experience of working within standard operating procedures, quality standards and documented processes, ensuring compliance with organisational requirements
- Experience of providing feedback to individuals and teams, including supporting improvements in performance, quality or compliance
- Experience of working collaboratively with a range of stakeholders to resolve operational issues and implement improvement actions.
- Knowledge and Skills
- Excellent attention to detail with the ability to identify discrepancies, errors and areas of non-compliance.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret information, identify trends and make evidence-based recommendations.
- Ability to undertake difficult conversations sensitively and professionally when discussing performance, quality concerns or non-compliance. Competent in the use of Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, Outlook and Teams.
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Useful to know
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Job summary
To undertake quality assurance activities within the Central Packing Unit (CPU), ensuring compliance with established packing standards, procedures and quality requirements. The post holder will monitor performance, conduct audits and inspections, identify areas of non-compliance, and provide appropriate feedback to staff to support continuous improvement.
The role is responsible for accurately recording, analysing and reporting quality assurance findings to inform service improvement initiatives and, where necessary, to support formal capability, performance management or disciplinary processes. Through the provision of effective quality assurance and oversight, this role contributes to maintaining the integrity, availability and reliability of operational equipment, ensuring that staff have access to the right equipment, in the right place, at the right time, with a high degree of assurance and confidence in its readiness for use.
Main duties of the job
A key area of responsibility will be the assurance of product quality and patient safety. The post holder will monitor the accuracy and reliability of packing processes to ensure that equipment, consumables and operational pouches are available for staff use and meet required standards. Performa
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