Corporate Quality Assurance Officer

Alliance Medical; Keele; Remote; GBP 36,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Alliance Medical is seeking a Corporate Quality Assurance Officer to join the Radiopharmacy Quality Team. You will support the QA Manager in overseeing GMP compliance and the effectiveness of the Quality Management Systems for manufacturing, testing and release of radiopharmaceutical products.

Experience in GMP is essential; radiopharmaceutical exposure is desirable, as is validation and auditing experience.

Qualifications

• Minimum qualification: degree in a relevant scientific area (pharmacy, chemistry, or biology) or equivalent.
• Experience in QA within GMP environment and radiopharmaceuticals is advantageous.
• Strong problem solving and report writing skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Support the QA Manager to oversee GMP compliance and effectiveness of the Quality Management Systems for manufacturing, testing and release of products.
• Contribute to radiopharmaceutical QA activities and validation/audit processes where required.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure high standards of quality and regulatory compliance.

Skills

GMP knowledge

Quality Assurance

Problem solving

Report writing

Team collaboration

Independent work

Time management

Regulatory knowledge

MS Office proficiency

Education

Degree in pharmacy/chemistry/biology or equivalent

Job description

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Corporate Quality Assurance Officer to join our Radiopharmacy Quality Team.

If you have experience in Corporate Quality Assurance within a GMP environment; good organisation skills; proactive with a can-do attitude; detail-focused and time-oriented; an excellent grasp of problem solving and report writing skills; good at both working on tasks in a team and independently; then this may be the opportunity, you are looking for.

The Corporate Quality Assurance Officer will be an active member of the Quality Assurance Team, responsible for supporting the QA Manager in overseeing GMP compliance and the effectiveness of the Quality Management Systems supporting the manufacturing, testing and release of the product.

Experience in Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) is essential. Prior experience within a radiopharmaceutical setting is desirable. Validation experience and auditing experience are desirable but not essential.

Minimum Qualification

• Degree or higher in relevant scientific area (pharmacy, chemistry, or Biology) or equivalent experience in a pharmaceutical setting.

Previous Experience

• A strong background in Quality Assurance, preferably with experience in Quality Assurance to produce Sterile injectable products and/or radiopharmaceuticals but is not essential.
• Ideally has a practical experience in activities of quantitative and qualitative analyses of active substances and of the necessary testing and checking to ensure the quality of medicinal products or associated relevant experience.
• Experience of other roles such as Production/QC or QA in a radiopharmaceutical setting would be advantageous but not essential.

Skills / attributes

• Experienced in Microsoft Windows products (Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
• First class written and communication skills. Good listening skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills; personable. Excellent organisation skills.
• Good timekeeping.
• Good attention to detail.
• Self-motivated
• . Able to work on own; proactive including both defining and executing tasks. Leads by example
• . Good regulatory knowledge (GMP as applicable to sterile manufacture and radiopharmaceuticals)

Alliance Medical are Europe's leading independent provider of imaging services.

We combine service excellence and innovative imaging technologies to improve patient care and support NHS and independentorganisationswith their ongoing imaging requirements. Our approach has delivered consistent company growth for more than 30 years.

We live by our company values to ensure the highest level of patient care:

Our Values

Leaders, managers, and supervisors have a particular responsibility to be role models in terms of how they demonstrate these values themselves and how they engage their teams to work in this way.

Collaboration:

We work together and in partnership for all our patients. We respect expertise and combine it to achieve more.

Excellence:

We never compromise. We strive to deliver the very best in everything we do to ensure the highest quality of care. We treat our patients and each other with compassion, dignity and respect.

Learning:

Knowledge and understanding comes from learning. At Alliance Medical we are committed to ensuring that each and every one of us keeps on learning and that we continuously look for improved ways of working.

Efficiency:

Efficiency in healthcare means more patients get better care. We constantly seek new ways to use the scarce resource of healthcare more intelligently so that more people can live longer, fuller lives.

Openness:

We act with transparency and honesty in everything we do, where staff are encouraged to speak up to ensure a safe and secure environment for our patients.