Job summary
The post-holder is the senior pharmacist responsible for the day to running of the manufacturing unit at the Barnet Hospital site. This involves working closely with the Lead operational pharmacists and Chief Technicians in all areas of manufacturing across the trust sites.
Main duties of the job
To be responsible for strategic and commercial development with year-on-year growth of Production Services within the Trust in line with locally and nationally agreed NHS priorities.
To be responsible for the research and development programme within Production Services ensuring that projects are identified, delivered, and documented within an agreed time frame.
To be responsible for maintaining the production aspects of the Regional/IQAAPs standards held by the Pharmacy Manufacturing Unit at Barnet Hospital. He / she is to ensure that all products made within the production unit are manufactured in accordance with the Principles of Good Manufacturing Practice, COSHH and Health and Safety directives.
The post-holder will be contributing to the management and development, act as a role model for the band 6, 7 and 8A pharmacists and all technical and assistant staff working within the production department.
In the absence of the Head of Pharmacy Manufacturing will deputise for the management and support the Royal Free Hospital production unit as required.
To lead, deliver, develop, and evaluate a comprehensive Aseptic Production Service to the Trust in accordance with the objectives set by the Head of Pharmacy Manufacturing and the Group Chief Pharmacist.
About us
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top
For more information please follow linkhttps://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more detail around main responsibilities and specification requirements.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more detail around main responsibilities and specification requirements.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oM Pharm (or B Pharm or BSc (Hons) for those qualified before 2002)
- oCompetency assessed and examined professional registration of GPhC.
- oMandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice.
- oSpecialist higher qualification in technical services to at least certificate standard (e.g., PTQA) or equivalent experience.
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- oSignificant senior operational management experience, in the NHS or equivalent industry role
- oStaff management & leadership of an operational management capacity within unlicensed or licensed manufacturing/aseptic unit or equivalent
- oLeading and managing change within a complex highly regulated environment of GCP, GDP, GMP and QA/QC
- oStrategic planning and project management
- oAnalysing large and complex budgets
- oExperience of the running of clinical trials
- oReleasingOfficer duties for manufactured medicinal products.
- oExperience in the training of staff of all levels of ability
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- oAbility to deliver to deadlines and within resources.
- oAdvanced communication skills
- oDemonstrate influencing and negotiation skills.
- oPartnership & collaborative working with internal and external stakeholders
- oAbility to achieve effective team working across departments.
- oUnderstanding of clinical governance and risk
- oNumerate, IT literate, analytical and able to use business intelligence effectively.
- oDemonstrated expert technical knowledge across a variety of manufacturing and aseptic services.
- oDemonstrated knowledge of all aspects of GCP, GDP, GMP and QA and a proven ability to apply this knowledge to maintain, develop and validate a production quality system.
- oDemonstrated ability to promote and evaluate best practice within production services.
- oKnowledge of Pharmaceutical Validation and Re-validation programs
- oKnowledge of formulation and stability
- oDemonstrated ability to identify and manage risks.
- oAbility to solve difficult and ambiguous problems by advanced reasoning and sound technical judgement.
- oKnowledge of engineering factors associated with Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Cleanrooms
Aptitudes, personal characteristics
Essential
- oAbility to work under pressure and flexibly in a dynamic environment.
- oAttention to detail.
- oSelf-aware & reflective
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oM Pharm (or B Pharm or BSc (Hons) for those qualified before 2002)
- oCompetency assessed and examined professional registration of GPhC.
- oMandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice.
- oSpecialist higher qualification in technical services to at least certificate standard (e.g., PTQA) or equivalent experience.
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- oSignificant senior operational management experience, in the NHS or equivalent industry role
- oStaff management & leadership of an operational management capacity within unlicensed or licensed manufacturing/aseptic unit or equivalent
- oLeading and managing change within a complex highly regulated environment of GCP, GDP, GMP and QA/QC
- oStrategic planning and project management
- oAnalysing large and complex budgets
- oExperience of the running of clinical trials
- oReleasingOfficer duties for manufactured medicinal products.
- oExperience in the training of staff of all levels of ability
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- oAbility to deliver to deadlines and within resources.
- oAdvanced communication skills
- oDemonstrate influencing and negotiation skills.
- oPartnership & collaborative working with internal and external stakeholders
- oAbility to achieve effective team working across departments.
- oUnderstanding of clinical governance and risk
- oNumerate, IT literate, analytical and able to use business intelligence effectively.
- oDemonstrated expert technical knowledge across a variety of manufacturing and aseptic services.
- oDemonstrated knowledge of all aspects of GCP, GDP, GMP and QA and a proven ability to apply this knowledge to maintain, develop and validate a production quality system.
- oDemonstrated ability to promote and evaluate best practice within production services.
- oKnowledge of Pharmaceutical Validation and Re-validation programs
- oKnowledge of formulation and stability
- oDemonstrated ability to identify and manage risks.
- oAbility to solve difficult and ambiguous problems by advanced reasoning and sound technical judgement.
- oKnowledge of engineering factors associated with Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Cleanrooms
Aptitudes, personal characteristics
Essential
- oAbility to work under pressure and flexibly in a dynamic environment.
- oAttention to detail.
- oSelf-aware & reflective
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
