Pharmacy Quality Assurance Lead

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust • Full-time • United Kingdom, England, London • £78.16k - £88.88k / year • 2w ago

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and enthusiastic pharmacist to join the UCLH Senior Pharmacy Leadership Team and lead the Pharmacy QA team at UCLH, to provide expert support for the delivery of the pharmacy aseptic, repack, distribution and clinical trial services, as well as the wider pharmacy services at UCLH.

You will be an experienced and dynamic pharmacist with demonstrable knowledge and prior leadership in both the areas of Pharmacy Quality Assurance and GMP, and the desire and ability to deliver high quality pharmacy services to patients at UCLH. You will have: extensive GMP and Pharmacy Quality Assurance service experience within the NHS; excellent working knowledge of GCP and GDP requirements; GPHC registration as a pharmacist; and significant experience of dealing with the MHRA and/or other external auditing agencies. Excellent team working, communication and negotiation skills; the ability to lead the pharmacy QA team; well-developed team and lone-working skills; and an enthusiastic, flexible and professional approach are all essential.

The principal responsibilities of the post holder are to support the maintenance of the Quality Management System, to track and monitor Quality Indicators, approve new or updated product lines used within the aseptic and repack units, along with supporting the Head of Pharmacy in delivering the strategic vision for the Pharmacy Department in the safe and effective delivery of pharmaceuticals to all our patients.

The UCLH Pharmacy QA service supports the aseptic production service, which holds a MHRA MS licence and includes aseptic units for chemotherapy and CIVAS/PN, the repack production service, which holds a MHRA MS and MIA(IMP) license, providing overlabelled repacks, kits and boxes to UCLH and a large range of external NHS Trusts, and the Brewery Road Wholesale Distributer, which holds a MHRA WDA(H) license and provides services to UCLH and a number of other external NHS Trusts and private services. In addition the service provides support to a wide range of other pharmacy services including support for the pharmacy clinical trial unit, unlicensed medicine approvals, management of pharmacy recalls, provision of temperature monitoring systems, and advice on a range of medicine or patient safety issues.

UCLH is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population from the local area and throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. The Trustmissionis to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education and world-class research across seven hospitals.

We offer our permanent staff an interest free ticket loan, a subsidised social club including gym and swimming facilities, a library for staff to use, free independent and confidential support for all staff and large retail discounts.

For further details and how to apply, please visit www.uclh.nhs.uk

For detailed information about this role, please refer to the attached Job Description (Supporting Documents).