UCLH Pharmacy QA service

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust in Westminster is looking for an experienced Pharmacy QA professional to join their team. This role involves supporting the delivery of pharmacy aseptic, distribution, and clinical trial services. The right candidate will have significant experience in quality assurance and GMP and must demonstrate excellent teamwork, communication, and negotiation skills. If you are dynamic and passionate about pharmacy services, we encourage you to apply.

Qualifications

• Experience in GMP and Pharmacy Quality Assurance services within the NHS.
• Familiar with GCP and GDP requirements.
• Experience with MHRA or other external audits.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the Quality Management System.
• Track and monitor quality indicators.
• Approve new or updated product lines.
• Deputise for the Pharmacy QA Lead.

Skills

Quality Assurance knowledge

GMP experience

Team working skills

Communication skills

Negotiation skills

Tools

Digital quality systems

Trust e-prescribing system

Job description

Overview

The UCLH Pharmacy QA service supports the aseptic production service, which holds a MHRA MS licence and includes aseptic units for chemotherapy and CIVAS/PN. The repack production service holds a MHRA MS licence and provides overlabelled repacks, kits and boxes to UCLH and a large range of external NHS Trusts. The Brewery Road Wholesale Distributor holds a MHRA WDA(H) licence and provides services to UCLH and a number of other external NHS Trusts and private services. In addition the service provides support to a wide range of other pharmacy services, including the pharmacy clinical trial unit, unlicensed medicine approvals, management of pharmacy recalls, provision of temperature monitoring systems, undertaking other Trust projects and advice on a range of medicine or patient safety issues.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, dynamic and enthusiastic Pharmacy QA professional to join the Pharmacy QA team at UCLH, to support the delivery of the pharmacy aseptic, repack, distribution and clinical trial services, as well as the wider pharmacy services at UCLH. You will be an experienced and dynamic Pharmacy QA Pharmacist with demonstrable knowledge of both Quality Assurance and GMP, and the desire and ability to deliver high quality pharmacy services to patients at UCLH.

Responsibilities

• Support the maintenance of the Quality Management System.
• Track and monitor quality indicators.
• Approve new or updated product lines used within the aseptic and repack units.
• Deputise for the Pharmacy QA Lead.

Qualifications

• GMP and Pharmacy Quality Assurance service experience within the NHS.
• Working knowledge of GCP and GDP requirements.
• Experience of dealing with the MHRA and/or other external auditing agencies.
• Excellent team working, communication and negotiation skills.
• Ability to deliver and work as an integral part of the pharmacy QA team.
• Well‑developed team and lone‑working skills.
• Good command in digital quality system and trust e‑prescribing system.
• Enthusiastic, flexible and professional approach.