Job overview

Principal Pharmacy Technician - Quality Assurance

To manage, lead and develop the Quality Assurance (QA) Service. Provide advice and information to healthcare professionals in specialist areas. Manage, train and develop staff allocated. Train other healthcare staff. Manage contracts and agreements for QA Services

Main duties of the job

To manage, lead and develop the QA Service. This will include the following:

Manage and develop Quality Assurance Services to ensure compliance adherence to the requirements of the MHRA Specials Manufacturing and Wholesaler Dealer Licences.

Provide professional and technical advice to ensure the NGH achieves the required QA standards (National, Regional, Professional etc) with respect to medicines.

Manage environmental monitoring under service specifications as necessary.

Fulfil the responsibilities of the ‘Releasing Officer’ for licensed manufacturing which will include the release of components used in manufacture and release of final product.

Facilitate the award and retention of MHRA licences.

Liaise with the MHRA Inspector to facilitate the GMP inspection.

 Co-ordinate the production and implementation of an action plan following an MHRA inspection.

Attend the Quality Issues Network (QUIN) meetings and maintain links with the

Regional Quality Assurance Specialists to ensure in-house practices are in line with current national practice and legislation and as a means of maintaining personal knowledge.

 Develop and manage systems to ensure that the purchase, assessment and supply of unlicensed medicines comply with current legislation.

To line manage staff, including recruitment, appointment and induction, performance and sickness management.

Please see job description for further information

Working for our organisation

Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.

Our Excellence Values

Compassion

Accountability

Respect

Integrity

Courage

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone’s full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.

We are a Defence positive trust, supporting our reservists, veterans, spouses and partners.

The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals.

We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.

We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.