Quality Assurance Specialist

1 month ago


Oldham, United Kingdom Northern Care Alliance NHS Group Full time

**Job overview**:
As a Quality Assurance Specialist you will play a vital role in the day to day management of the quality systems. You will work closely with the other members of the quality team within aseptic services to ensure the quality management system is appropriately maintained and developed.

You will be based at The Royal Oldham Hospital, but will work closely within the quality assurance team, providing a service to both The Royal Oldham Hospital and Salford Royal Hospitals.

**Main duties of the job**:
The main duties of the role include:

- To liaise senior staff to ensure adherence to current legislation and standards
- To organise and participate in audit
- To arrange and manage the validation program
- Organise and deliver staff training
- Write and develop policies and procedures
- Perform trending of data and produce written reports
- Perform investigations identifying root causes and corrective and preventative actions
- To communicate with all members of the Aseptic Teams, and regulators
- To organise and participate in meetings
- To undertake relevant tasks in the preparation of aseptic products, specific to their qualifications
- To act as a releasing officer for products prepared under the MS Licence.

**Working for our organisation**:
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
**Person specification**:
**Registration**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Registered member of one of the following professional bodies: GPhC or RPSGB, HCPC, Royal Society of Chemistry or Royal Society of Biology

**Qualifications**:
**Essential criteria**:
**Knowledge and experience**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Demonstrable experience of technical services pharmacy including quality assurance role
- Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practice and the regulations surrounding Pharmaceutical Manufacture.
- Knowledge of Pharmaceutical Quality System
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Eligible to act as a releasing officer under MS Licence

**Desirable criteria**:

- Demonstrable experience of working within Radiopharmacy
- We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) serves a diverse population, and each Care Organisation works hard to ensure all services are accessible and fair.

We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ a workforce representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome.

**Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process.**

**Employer certification / accreditation badges**:
**Applicant requirements**:

- You must have appropriate UK professional registration.



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