Job Summary

UT Health San Antonio is broadening its reach in clinical care with the opening of the new UT Health San Antonio Multispecialty & Research Hospital. This eight-story 144-bed facility will offer uninterrupted patient care in one location within San Antonio, TX, the 7th largest city in the U.S. 

We are excited to share an opportunity for a Quality Manager, Stem Cell Transplant & Cellular Therapy Programs.

The SCTCT Quality Manager is responsible for the development, maintenance, and ongoing activities of the clinical, collections, and laboratory quality programs of the UT Health San Antonio (UTHSA) Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy (SCTCT) Program.

The Quality Manager ensures:

Compliance with all aspects of the SCTCT Program Quality Plan: the requirements, policies, procedures and practices as they relate to accreditation standards and regulated products administered for both standard of care and clinical research purposes. This includes quality management of the adult clinical programs, apheresis collections facility, and the clinical hematopoietic cell processing laboratory, in conjunction with the laboratory quality team.

The Program's Quality Management Plan facilitates high quality clinical care for adult recipients and donors, through audits, assessments and reporting of process and outcome measures, quality improvement activities, and investigations including corrective actions and root cause analysis.

All products released for the clinical hematopoietic cell processing laboratory comply with the Foundation for the Accreditations of Cellular Therapy (FACT) standards and applicable FDA regulations including good tissue practices and good manufacturing practices.

Job Duties:

• Responsible for the implementation and maintenance of the Quality Plan in the clinical setting, within the clinical transplant setting, apheresis, and cell processing environment, to support the collections, manufacturing, testing and release of clinical and investigational cell therapy products.
• Prepares quarterly quality reports and present updates to all the staff within the SCTCT Program.
• Oversees the management of data submission to the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR).
• Closely monitors patient safety and experience metrics and develops process improvement strategies to ensure the delivery of high-quality care.
• Ensures that clearly defined quality objectives and functional responsibilities are in place according to SOPs and policies.
• Responsible for the document control system and program records management, including maintenance of SOPs and policies.
• Ensures document change control and periodic review are facilitated and implemented in a timely manner. Responsible for creating and maintaining patient outcomes reporting.
• Implements and maintains the required training programs and education materials to incorporate evidence-based practice into the program development
• Delivers training to SCTCT administrative, clinical, and technical staff as needed.
• Develops and maintains patient education materials for the SCTCT program.
• Audits production, facility and validation data, documents, logbooks and other records for completeness, correctness, and external compliance audits.
• Performs periodic reviews and audits of clinical program activities to ensure continued compliance with all written SOPs and policies.
• Ensure the SCTCT Program is in a constant state of survey-readiness.
• Ensure deviations are documented and investigated, and corrective and preventive actions are initiated, completed, and effective.
• Provides assistance to clinical investigators with the FDA and IRB application submissions and query responses.
• Participates in regulatory and accreditation agency inspections.
• Develops education materials to incorporate evidence-based practice into program development and delivers training to SCTCT Program staff.
• Develops and maintains patient education materials for the SCTCT Program.
• Collaborates with peers at other national cellular therapy programs to remain up to date on new policies and practices to improve patient outcomes.

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree in related field preferred.

Experience

At least four (4) years of related experience.

Three (3) years of experience in a clinical or quality role within a regulated medical environment.

Three (3) years of experience in a clinical or quality role with a stem cell transplant in an academic medical setting preferred.

Licenses and Certifications

RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure And/Or Compact State Licensure preferred

ASCP - Medical Technologist preferred