Principal Pharmacist, Quality Control and Assurance

Health Jobs UK; Newport; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is seeking a Principal Pharmacist for Quality Control and Assurance. The successful candidate will lead the QA/QC services, ensuring compliance and quality in pharmaceutical products. This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on patient care through quality assurance practices.

Benefits

Flexible working

Comprehensive benefits package

Extensive training and development opportunities

Occupational health support

Wellbeing Centre of Excellence

Qualifications

• Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Significant experience in senior managerial and/or clinical roles.
• Experience of facilitating and managing change.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for quality assurance of all pharmaceutical products.
• Manage the QA/QC service and appropriate technical staff.
• Act as the named Pharmacist on the Manufacturing License.

Skills

Communication

Management

Quality Assurance

Risk Assessment

Education

Pharmacy degree

Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council

Job description

Principal Pharmacist, Quality Control and Assurance

We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.

Please let us know if you have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application and selection process. We will be pleased to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed. Please either contact the recruiting manager named in the job advert or alternatively contact the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board recruitment team on 01497 745805 option 3.

If you are successful at interview for this post, you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.

Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.

This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a skilled, knowledgeable Pharmacist to join the ABUHB team!

We are looking for an experienced pharmacist with proven delivery of the technical service agenda to join our team as the lead QA/QC Pharmacist across the organisation.

You will be responsible for the QA/QC service, manage the appropriate technical staff and act as the named Pharmacist on the Manufacturing License (Specials) issued by the MHRA.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of our patients through ensuring the quality assurance of all pharmaceutical products manufactured and prepared within the HB, driving improvements in technical services and ensuring the HB has safe processes in place and is compliant will all relevant safety guidance.

The postholder will be supported by our excellent Technical Services Aseptic/QC team comprising of Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacy Assistants.

We encourage applications from candidates who wish to work full-time or part-time, as will work with the successful postholder to determine priorities and job plan. Please get in touch to discuss further.

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

Main duties of the job

To be responsible for the quality assurance of all pharmaceutical products manufactured and prepared within ABUHB

To be responsible for product evaluation and risk assessment of all unlicensed medicines procured and issued within the HB.

To be responsible for the QC/QA service, manage the appropriate technical staff and act as the named Pharmacist on the Manufacturing Licence (Specials) issued by the MHRA.

Working for our organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see full list of duties in attached job description and person specification. if any further detail is required, please contact for further advice.

Person specification

Qualifications and experience
Essential criteria

• Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council
• Significant experience in a number of senior managerial and/or clinical roles
• Significant experience of facilitating and managing change
• Pharmacy degree

Planning and organisation
Essential criteria

• Prioritisation skills with ability to manage multiple projects

Communication and relationship skills
Essential criteria

• Experience of communicating highly complex information or medicine related information to prescribers, clinicians
• Highly developed persuasive skills

To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa , unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK . If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.

Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements

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.

Welsh language skills are desirable

Documents to download

• JD & PS ( PDF , 600.5 KB )
• Functional Requirements Form ( PDF , 720.5 KB )
• Values & Behaviour Framework ( PDF , 700.7 KB )
• NWSSP Recruitment Services Privacy Notice ( PDF , 696.3 KB )
• Flexible Working Options ( PDF , 328.2 KB )
• Agile Hybrid Working Framework ( PDF , 8.6 MB )
• Home Working Policy and Guidance ( PDF , 380.6 KB )
• Guidance Notes for Applicants April 2024 ( PDF , 278.7 KB )

We prioritise your well-being with a comprehensive range of benefits designed to support you both personally and professionally.

We prioritise your well-being with a comprehensive range of benefits designed to support you both personally and professionally.

We prioritise your well-being with a comprehensive range of benefits designed to support you both personally and professionally.

We prioritise your well-being with a comprehensive range of benefits designed to support you both personally and professionally.

We prioritise your well-being with a comprehensive range of benefits designed to support you both personally and professionally.

We prioritise your well-being with a comprehensive range of benefits designed to support you both personally and professionally.