[ref. b49334616] Senior Pharmacy QA Officer | Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
We are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity for the role of a Senior QA Officer for pharmacy at Chesterfield Royal Hospital.
We are looking for a highly motivated candidate with an attention to detail, excellent organisational skills and the ability to work to tight timescales. Also needs to be a great team player and have exceptionally strong interpersonal and communication skills.
The successful candidate will work closely with the QA Manager to develop QA Services, providing and maintaining a safe efficient pharmaceutical service to wards and departments across the Trust.
If you have a passion to provide an excellent, patient focused pharmacy service within a busy but friendly department, we encourage you to apply.
Support the QA Manager in building, developing and monitoring the quality systems applicable to the pharmacy service with a particular focus on those relating to Manufacturing and Wholesale Dealing.
To review and approve quality documentation and systems including change management, GMP / GDP deviations, recalls, complaints, product defects.
As a releasing officer, be responsible for the approval or rejection of raw materials, intermediates, hospital manufactured, commercial products and packaging materials and to keep appropriate records, including maintaining electronic records for aseptic services.
Ensure adherence to the PQS through appropriate training and motivation of Pharmacy and QA staff.
Ensure continuing adherence to the requirements of PQS, GMP and GDP through regular internal inspections and report compliance via the Pharmacy Governance.
The pharmacy department at Chesterfield Royal Hospital is modern, pro-active, forward-thinking and well respected both locally and nationally. We are very committed to the development of pharmacist prescribing and have one of the highest numbers of active pharmacist prescribers in the country.We have won individual and team awards for innovation and clinical excellence in the Trust’s staff recognition awards and have won awards at the Pharmacy Congress for our service developments. We have also been shortlisted for Health Service Journal awards.
Chesterfield Royal is North Derbyshire's only acute district general hospital, with 24-hour Emergency Department services. We're responsible for providing care and treatment to more than 400,000 people who live in our communities. We are modern, well-resourced and in commuting distance of Sheffield, Derby, Nottingham and close to the Peak District.The Care Quality Commission has rated the Trust as ‘Good’. Our vision is to be an outstanding provider of sustainable healthcare services, delivering the best possible care to our patients and being a great place to work for our people.
To support the QA Manager in building, developing and monitoring the quality systems applicable to the pharmacy service with a particular focus on those relating to Manufacturing, Wholesale Dealing and other registerable activity.
To liaise with the Quality Manager, Responsible Person and License Holder to ensure that all wholesale dealing activity is compliant with the MHRA Wholesale Dealers License including management and development of the associated Quality System.
To review and approve quality documentation and systems including change management, GMP / GDP deviations, recalls, complaints, product defects etc.
To undertake and support the preparation of SOPs.
To support the Quality Manager and Principal Pharmacy Technician (Procurement, Distribution & Electronic Stock Management) in training other members of the team and implementing training programmes where required.
To participate in internal quality audits (Production Unit and Stores and distribution) and external audits as required.
To approve master worksheets, which relate to or might impinge upon licensable activities.
As a releasing officer, be responsible for the approval or rejection of raw materials, intermediates, hospital manufactured, commercial products and packaging materials and to keep appropriate records, including maintaining electronic records.
To help develop and support the process for unlicensed medicines.
To support and where indicated lead investigations into deviations in quality processes.
To contribute to external inspection requirements relating to GMP and GDP e.g. MHRA, CQC , GPhC.
Ensure appropriate escalation of all risks and outstanding corrective and preventative actions.
Maintain relevant records, ensuring accurate data input into all computerised systems.
To support the operation of an electronic document management system across the department.
Collect, interpret and present quality management data and statistics for use in monitoring the quality management system.
To support the development and application of the QMS to all areas of the pharmacy including the dispensary, and clinical pharmacy services working in association with Senior Pharmacy technicians and pharmacists.
This job description acts as a guide to the responsibilities of the post holder and will be reviewed in consultation with the post holder and amended to meet changing professional and service needs.
This advert closes on Friday 7 Mar 2025