Senior Quality Assurance Officer

<h3>Company Description</h3><p><u><strong>Eurofins Biomnis</strong></u> is the leading independent provider of medical laboratory testing services in Ireland. Through our ISO 15189 accredited laboratories in <strong>Sandyford, Dublin</strong> we employ more than 350 skilled staff and we offer over 3,500 clinical tests to provide medical professionals with actionable information vital to diagnosing, treating, monitoring and preventing human disease. In 2021, we performed over 4 million tests for health care providers throughout the country.  </p><p>We are part of <strong>Eurofins Scientific Group</strong>.</p><p>We now require a:</p><p><strong><u>Senior Quality Assurance Officer </u></strong></p><p>We are currently seeking to recruit a Senior Quality Assurance Officer  to join our team in our Quality Department at Eurofins Biomnis in Sandyford, Dublin 18. The organisation offers attractive and competitive compensation and benefits packages to all our employees.</p><p>Reporting to the Quality Assurance Manager in our Quality Department, the main responsibilities for the successful candidate will be in maintaining our Quality Management System to assist Eurofins in maintaining a high standard in medical testing.</p><p>This is an excellent opportunity for a professional with good organizational skills, a strong communicator and ability to work in a team to help continue the development of our company. </p><p><strong>Eurofins Scientific</strong> is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins works with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate. Eurofins believes it is a global leader in food, environmental, pharmaceutical and cosmetics products testing and in agroscience CRO services. It is also one of the global independent market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, CDMO, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies.</p><p>In over just 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 47,000 staff across a network of more than 900 independent companies in over 50 countries and operating more than 800 laboratories. Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products, as well as providing innovative clinical diagnostic testing services, as one of the leading global emerging players in specialised clinical diagnostics testing.</p><p>In 2022, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR €6.7 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.</p><h3>Job Description</h3><p><strong><u>Main Responsibilities</u></strong></p><ul><li>To assist Eurofins in maintaining a high standard in medical testing.</li><li>Provide support to clients and colleagues to ensure a first-class service.</li><li>To maintain and enhance their professional knowledge and skills as required.</li><li>Work with colleagues to contribute towards the continuous improvement of the department.</li><li>Demonstrate behaviour consistent with the mission and values of Eurofins</li><li>Assist in the organisation of workload, prioritising tasks to ensure the effective running of the department.</li><li>Observe the strictest confidence when dealing with all aspects of patient and Company information</li></ul><p><u><strong>Specific Tasks</strong></u></p><ul><li>Use of the Laboratory Information Management Systems in place in the laboratory.</li><li>Ensuring, in conjunction with the Quality team, that the laboratory and Logistics division operates within the company’s quality management systems to meet the requirements of ISO15189 accreditation and ISO9001 certification, the Eurofins Group policies and any relevant regulatory requirements.</li><li>Maintain ISO9001 certification and associated QMS.</li><li>Support the existing Quality team and maintain the company’s quality management system (QMS).</li><li>Assist in the creation, review and approval of internal quality documents as per company’s procedures for document control. Support to the existing Quality team with client requests.</li><li>Conduct internal audits and participate in external audits (e.g. assessment bodies, clients).</li><li>Conduct external audits (as directed by the Quality Manager).</li><li>Preparation and submission of documentation to the external bodies in advance of external audits e.g. INAB, NSAI. Preparation and submission of documentation as clearance to non conformities raised within the agreed timeframe.</li><li>Oversee the management of the quality system records