Quality Assurance/Quality Control Officer (Microbiology)

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 28 April 2025

Job summary

We are looking for a confident and enthusiastic QA/QC Officer (Microbiology) to join our Pharmacy Quality Assurance Department. You will be based at Colchester Hospital, however you will be required to work across at Ipswich Hospital.

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

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.

For this role you will need previous experience of Microbiology pharmaceutical GMP in NHS manufacturing unit or pharmaceutical industry as required by MHRA guidance for specials manufactures for batch release.

Main duties of the job

Providing support to the Senior QA/QC Specialist, providing GMP support for allpreparative and manufacturing activities and giving oversight to the QA/QCAssistant technical officers.
Undertaking operational activities and technical projects within the microbiologyquality control laboratory, inclusive of routine and non-routine testing.
Support the Environmental Monitoring & Sterility Assurance programs acrosstechnical services.

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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Date posted

14 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR84-25

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 Microbiology 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 within Quality Assurance.

Desirable

Experience in a licensed pharmaceutical microbiological testing laboratory within Quality assurance
Previous experience of Aseptic/sterile manufacturing

Qualifications

Essential

Degree in Microbiology, Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent science degree/certificate

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of pharmaceutical microbiology laboratory testing requirements.
Knowledge of cGMP/GLP and Quality Control principles
Knowledge of laboratory and production facilities, ability to write update and review standard operating procedures.
Understand the principles of ALCOA plus

Desirable

Knowledge of legislation relating to the manufacture and distribution of human medicines
Demonstrated knowledge of COSHH and Health and Safety at work.
Quality Management systems

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Previous experience of Microbiology 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 within Quality Assurance.

Desirable

Experience in a licensed pharmaceutical microbiological testing laboratory within Quality assurance
Previous experience of Aseptic/sterile manufacturing

Qualifications

Essential

Degree in Microbiology, Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent science degree/certificate

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of pharmaceutical microbiology laboratory testing requirements.
Knowledge of cGMP/GLP and Quality Control principles
Knowledge of laboratory and production facilities, ability to write update and review standard operating procedures.
Understand the principles of ALCOA plus

Desirable

Knowledge of legislation relating to the manufacture and distribution of human medicines
Demonstrated knowledge of COSHH and Health and Safety at work.
Quality Management systems

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.