Senior Pharmacist (QA/QC), Deputy Head of Quality Services | East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
Full-time
Manager
Stevenage, SG1 4AB, England
11 months ago
We are recruiting for a Senior Pharmacist (QA/QC), Deputy Head of Quality Services who shares our vision to be trusted to provide.....
We are recruiting for a Senior Pharmacist (QA/QC), Deputy Head of Quality Services who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
The Quality Control Department at the Lister Hospital is a specialist unit providing pharmaceutical and scientific services to NHS Trusts, private healthcare providers and commercial organisations.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, reliable and conscientious individual who has keen eye for detail and a strong work ethic.
Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
You will have good knowledge of current regulatory expectations applicable to facilities working under pharmaceutical GMP and significant experience of working in pharmaceutical facilities undertaking sterile or non-sterile manufacture of medicinal products for human use as well as understanding of a wide range of chemical and microbiological analytical techniques.
You will support the Head of Quality Services in leadership and development of professional and technical aspects of QA/QC services to both internal and external customers and be responsible for the operational management of the service.
You will undertake all duties related to pharmaceutical Quality Assurance and Quality Control including customer and supplier QA visits and audits, management of Quality Exceptions and testing of medical gases.
This is a very hands-on position and you will be required to travel to customer sites and undertake work out of hours and at weekends when required.
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
This advert closes on Tuesday 12 Dec 2023
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