Lead Quality Assurance (QA) Practitioner

Lead Quality Assurance (QA) Practitioner Band 8a

Main area Pharmacy Grade Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 043-PST

Site Imperial Park Building 5 Town Newport Salary £54,550 - £61,412 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 03/04/:59

Job overview

Lead on Quality Risk Management (QRM) activity relating to aseptics, radiopharmacy, production and Wholesale Distributor Authorisation (WDA) licence within a single locality, ensuring that the unit meets Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and Good Distribution Practice (GDP) requirements, Health and Safety at Work, Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) and Ionising Radiations (Medical Exposure) Regulations (IR(ME)R), The Human Medicines Regulations and any other relevant statutory requirements.

Provide specialised Quality Assurance (QA) expertise and participate in regular audits to drive delivery of a safe, patient-focused, clinical technical service within an effective quality management framework, and ensure maintenance of the manufacturing licenses, approval and relevant accreditations.

Undertake investigations in response to Pharmaceutical Quality System (PQS) incidents e.g. errors, near miss and out of specification results, and lead on the documentation and escalation to Quality Assurance Manager.

Deliver specialist Quality Assurance (QA) training to staff with Pharmacy Services, NWSSP and external organisations across Wales.

Main duties of the job

Responsible for use of Quality Risk Management (QRM) principles within the integrated quality system across multi-disciplinary teams, Pharmacy Production, Technical and WDA licence services functions, for a single locality, as required by the MS (Specials) and MIA(IMP) licences, and according to NHS guidance. This involves assessment, control, review and communication of risk related to manufacturing of pharmaceutical products, making a judgement on the probability of harm and severity of harm to patients.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation

At NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership we expect everyone to embrace our values of Listening and Learning, Working Together, Taking Responsibility and Innovating.

Our organisation encourages an agile working approach and we pride ourselves on being a learning organisation motivated by continuous improvement.

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that values equality, diversity and inclusion, focussing on the wellbeing and belonging of our people.

Excellent customer service is something we strive for, for both our internal and external customers.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click "Apply now" to view in Trac.

Person specification Qualifications

• Pharmaceutical Technology and Quality Assurance

Experience

• Experience in MHRA Licenced Facility
• Experience Leading in Aseptic Services

We are committed to flexible working and equal opportunities.

If you are short listed for interview you will be contacted by email using the email address with which you registered. Please ensure that you check your email account regularly.

Prior consideration for this vacancy will be given to staff awaiting redeployment. We therefore reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any stage.

When applying for this post it is essential that you read the Job Description and Person Specification (where available) and demonstrate how your skills, knowledge and experience meet the requirements of the person specification. Only candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted.

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.