Chief Pharmacy Technician - Quality Assurance

The Methodist Church in Britain; Birmingham, Hawkesley; Presencial; GBP 36.000 - 48.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Flexible working

Descripción de la vacante

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust seeks a senior technician to lead quality assurance for aseptic services. You will own the pharmaceutical quality system, run audits and validation, and act as approved product approver for release of aseptic medicines.

The role covers service improvement and staff training with weekend/bank holiday work as needed. Key requirements include recent aseptic operative experience, professional registration, and a track record in QA, audits, and risk management

Formación

• Experience in aseptic services within hospital settings.
• Registration with appropriate professional body and CPD.
• Knowledge of quality systems and risk management.

Responsabilidades

• Lead QA across aseptic services and ensure medicines release to standards.
• Act as approved product approver for aseptically prepared products.
• Maintain pharmaceutical quality systems and lead audits.
• Oversee environmental monitoring and validation activities.
• Support investigations into incidents and deviations.
• Produce governance reports and assurance documentation.

Conocimientos

Aseptic preparation

Quality assurance

Audit & validation

Regulatory compliance

Documentation & reporting

Educación

BTEC/NVQ in Pharmaceutical Science

MSc in Pharmaceutical Technology & QA

CPD evidence

Herramientas

Microsoft Office 365

Descripción del empleo

This senior technician post sits in the Cancer and Aseptic Services team at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and leads quality assurance for aseptic services. The postholder owns the pharmaceutical quality system, runs audit and validation programmes and acts as approved product approver for releasing aseptic medicines. The post also covers service improvement and staff training, with weekend and bank holiday working as service needs require. What decides fit: recent aseptic operative experience and professional registration.

What the job involves

• Lead quality assurance across the Trust's aseptic services, ensuring medicines are prepared and released to regulatory and national standards
• Act as approved product approver, responsible for release of aseptically prepared products from the aseptic unit
• Manage and maintain the pharmaceutical quality system, and lead internal and external audit programmes
• Oversee environmental monitoring and lead validation, including validation master planning, equipment qualification, calibration and planned maintenance
• Lead support for investigations into incidents, complaints, deviations and non-conformances, applying risk management
• Carry out supplier qualification, supplier audits and product assessments, including processes for unlicensed medicines
• Provide expert quality assurance advice to pharmacy, Trust colleagues and external stakeholders, and represent the service at meetings
• Produce reports and assurance documentation for pharmacy, governance and Trust committees
• Deputise for senior technical staff and support operational leadership, including weekend and bank holiday working as required
• Lead competency-based training and education programmes for pharmacy staff
• Contribute to service improvement, business and workforce planning, budgetary control and cost improvement
• Develop KPIs, policies, standard operating procedures and governance frameworks

Qualifications

• Pharmaceutical service knowledge from formal training, such as NVQ Level 3 or BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science, or equivalent
• MSc in Pharmaceutical Technology and Quality Assurance, or willingness to work towards it
• Equivalent relevant experience in a technical, scientific or quality-focused pharmaceutical environment

Registration & licences

• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council, Science Council or other appropriate professional body
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Experience

• Recent experience as an aseptic operative delivering aseptic pharmacy services, including within hospital pharmacy
• Experience supervising, supporting and training less experienced staff
• Experience of aseptic services, quality management systems and pharmacy policies, and understanding of current NHS aseptic issues
• Experience ordering medicines and consumables where accuracy is critical
• Evidence of leading service improvement, innovation or organisational change, delivering cost improvement, and NHS project work
• Experience managing routine and non-routine workloads under pressure, applying risk management, and strong written and verbal communication

Skills & knowledge

• Sound knowledge of aseptic preparation and dispensing, cleanroom technology and pharmaceutical quality assurance
• Knowledge of health and safety legislation, COSHH and manual handling for aseptic services
• Extensive Microsoft Office 365 skills, including Word, Excel, Teams and Outlook
• Knowledge of HR policies and procedures
• Strong analytical, organisational and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail and the ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines

What’s offered

• Flexible working, as a Timewise-accredited flex positive employer