Senior Quality Assurance Officer

Job summary

our friendly and dynamic team to provide high quality of training and quality assurance within the aseptic services.

You will be part of an expanding team of highly professional and dedicated staff whose aim is to provide an excellent, patient focus service.

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust strives to innovate and improve care to patients. The Trust has recently approved the business case for a new pharmacy aseptic, clinical trials and radiopharmacy facility. The new facility is expected to be in operation early 2025.

The prime function of the unit is the preparation of cytotoxic, monoclonal antibodies and clinical trials in a safe and efficient manner according to Good Manufacturing Practice and National Standards.

Our aim is to provide our valued staff with excellent training including Quality Assurance to become skilled, highly competent, and confident in their job roles. We encourage innovative working which includes the development and future proofing of our facilities to meet the growing needs of the service. We promote learning and development within our organisation.

We welcome applicants from hospital and industry preferably with aseptic experience, but not essential as full training will be given

Main duties of the job

Be an experienced qualified pharmacy professional or scientist, with a proven post qualification QA and ASU experience.

Undertake routine QA processes including but not limited to management of the Product Specification Review and SACT catalogue under the direction of the QA Lead.

Assist in the development and implementation procedures within the area of work under the direction of the QA Lead.

Provide Training and Education for Pharmacy Technicians, Assistant Technical Officers, trainee pharmacists, pharmacy students and Support staff.

To manage, plan and rollout a GMP and QA training programme with band 5 training technicians for the ASU under the direction of QA Lead, Senior Pharmacist-Production Lead and Chief Technician Aseptic Services and Clinical Trials.

To oversee the assessment of pharmacy staff undertaking other Pharmacy Competence programmes under the direction of QA Lead and Chief Technician Aseptic Services and Clinical Trials.

Address human resource issues by initial performance management of staff referring when necessary to QA Lead /Chief Technician Aseptic Services and Clinical Trials for further guidance.

To perform staff appraisals under the direction of the QA Lead

To prepare risk assessments within the Aseptic Suite for grading and action by the QA Lead/ Chief Technician Aseptic Services and Clinical Trials as appropriate.

Cross site working within the Pharmacy departments of RWT & Walsall Healthcare Trust as required.

About us

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.