Production Manager Technical Services

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Stoke-on-Trent seeks an experienced Production Manager in Technical Services to lead a pharmacy manufacturing unit. Responsibilities include managing compliance, overseeing audits, and developing services. Ideal candidates will have a Master's in Pharmacy and extensive hospital pharmacy experience. The role offers a fixed term position until November 2026, with opportunities for personal development.

Qualifications

• Experience managing a pharmacy manufacturing unit or a related industry.
• Demonstrates knowledge of current Good Manufacturing Practice.
• Evidence of involvement in pharmacy practice-based research.

Responsibilities

• Develop the service through audits and business cases.
• Manage the production unit providing technical support.
• Assist in quality management system operations and inspections.

Skills

Extensive hospital pharmacy experience post registration

Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practice

Experience in writing business cases

Leadership skills

Experience with clinical trials

Education

Masters degree in Pharmacy (MPharm)

Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council

Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma or equivalent

Good Clinical Practice (GCP) certification

Job description

Production Manager - Technical Services

Closing date: 10 October 2025

Production Manager - Technical Services Band 8b

Fixed term until November 2026

We are looking to recruit an experienced and highly motivated individual to join our well established team in Pharmacy Technical Services to cover the secondment of one of the Production Managers.

The MHRA licenced 'Specials' pharmacy manufacturing unit is based at the Royal Stoke University Hospital and is a modern purpose built unit within the hospital. The service encompasses aseptic, chemotherapy and pre-pack (over labelling and repackaging products) supplying both the Trust and external organisations. As a department we constantly strive to re-engineer our services to improve our delivery of patient focused pharmaceutical care and customer satisfaction.

Main duties of the job

Working with the Production Manager you will proactively contribute to further develop the service through audit and the development of business cases in response to local and national demand in line with the NHS Infusions and Specials Medicines Board. Supported by our Quality Team you will assist in the operation of, maintenance of and development of the quality management system and help to prepare for and participate in any inspections and audits undertaken by the MHRA or other regulatory authority.

The post holder will manage, along with the production manager and lead technicians, the production unit providing technical support and guidance. Once trained you will act as a releasing officer, across all production areas, ensuring compliance with the terms of the MHRA licence at all times.

This is a great time to be a part of the Pharmacy Technical Services Team at UHNM

About us

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by our staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Job responsibilities

For more information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager Nicky Stringer

Nicky Stringer, Deputy Clinical Director of Pharmacy

Person Specification

Essential Qualifications

• Masters degree in Pharmacy (MPharm) or equivalent
• Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council
• Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma / MSc or equivalent qualification
• Releasing Officer in a MHRA Licensed Unit or eligible to undertake this training
• Good Clinical Practice (GCP) certification
• Formal management and / or leadership qualification
• Member of the RPS
• Member of British Oncology Pharmacy Association

Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience

• Extensive hospital pharmacy experience post registration
• Recent, extensive experience of working at a senior level within a pharmacy manufacturing unit or a related industry.
• Demonstrates a knowledge of current Good Manufacturing Practice for medicinal products, particularly in regard to aseptic facilities and operations
• Experience of managing and developing a service
• Experience of writing business cases
• Knowledge, experience and understanding the clinical trials process
• Evidence of involvement in pharmacy practice-based research and / or audit

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust