Quality Assurance/Quality Control Officer (QA/QC Officer)

NHS; Colchester; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health service provider is seeking a QA/QC Officer to support the Pharmacy Quality Assurance Department. This full-time role includes responsibilities like product release and quality control analysis in compliance with GMP standards. The ideal candidate will have a degree in Pharmaceutical Science and experience in a pharmaceutical setting. Join a dynamic team committed to patient care and regulatory excellence.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave

NHS discounts

Staff Health and Wellbeing program

Qualifications

• Experience in GMP within a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility.
• Handling of high-risk medicines.
• Degree in relevant scientific field.

Responsibilities

• Support QA/QC Specialist and release manufactured products.
• Perform Quality Control analysis on materials and products.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory standards.

Skills

GMP experience

Team player

Multi-disciplinary working

Knowledge of cGMP

Computer Literacy (Microsoft Office-365)

Education

Degree in Pharmaceutical Science

Job description

Job summary

Are you looking for a pharmaceutical quality assurance role with pharmaceutical industry standards in an NHS trust? Is so, we have the role for you.

We are looking for a confident and enthusiastic QA/QC Officer to join our Pharmacy Quality Assurance Department at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation. You will be based at Colchester Hospital, however you will be required to work across at Ipswich Hospital.

You will have GMP experience within a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility. You will be a team player, joining an established department with a multi-disciplinary team. Our team have various professional scientific backgrounds, including different specialities therefore we have a wealth of experience to support your learning and development.

Main duties of the job

The main duties will include providing support to the Senior QA/QC Specialist, release of manufactured products under the MHRA MS licence, performing Quality Control analysis on raw materials and manufactured products, and maintaining Quality Assurance functions within Pharmacy Technical Services in line with Standard Operating Procedures and current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) requirements.

You will be expected to support the Pharmacy Quality Assurance team in ensuring that the regulatory requirements and standards set by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) are met for the Manufacturing Specials, Clinical Trials and Wholesale dealing licenses held by the Trust.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Details Date posted

25 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR525-25

Job locations

Colchester Hospital

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL

Job description Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Job description Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification Experience Essential

• Previous experience of pharmaceutical GMP in NHS manufacturing unit or pharmaceutical industry as required by MHRA guidance for specials manufactures for batch release
• Demonstrated experience of multi- disciplinary working
• Handling of high risk medicines

Desirable

• Previous experience of working within Quality Assurance service
• Previous experience of Aseptic/sterile manufacturing

Qualifications Essential

• Degree in Pharmaceutical Science, Pharmacy, Biotechnology or equivalent science degree/certificate

Desirable

• Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society, or Royal Society of Chemistry or Royal Society of Biology

Knowledge Essential

• Computer Literacy (Microsoft Office-365)
• Knowledge of cGMP/GLP and Quality Control principles
• Knowledge of laboratory and production facilities SOPs and ability to write new SOPs
• Understand the principles of ALCOA plus

Desirable

• Knowledge of legislation relating to the manufacture and distribution of human medicines
• Good clinical knowledge

Person Specification Experience Essential

• Previous experience of pharmaceutical GMP in NHS manufacturing unit or pharmaceutical industry as required by MHRA guidance for specials manufactures for batch release
• Demonstrated experience of multi- disciplinary working
• Handling of high risk medicines

Desirable

• Previous experience of working within Quality Assurance service
• Previous experience of Aseptic/sterile manufacturing

Qualifications Essential

• Degree in Pharmaceutical Science, Pharmacy, Biotechnology or equivalent science degree/certificate

Desirable

• Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society, or Royal Society of Chemistry or Royal Society of Biology

Knowledge Essential

• Computer Literacy (Microsoft Office-365)
• Knowledge of cGMP/GLP and Quality Control principles
• Knowledge of laboratory and production facilities SOPs and ability to write new SOPs
• Understand the principles of ALCOA plus

Desirable

• Knowledge of legislation relating to the manufacture and distribution of human medicines
• Good clinical knowledge

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.

Employer details Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester Hospital

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester Hospital

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)