• Job Description

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  Job summary

  Sherwood Forest Hospitals have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and motivated individual to gain invaluable experience leading our Quality Control (QC) services. If you have a strong background in Quality Management and are ready to make an impact, this is your chance to lead and ensure the highest standards of quality across our operations.

  As the QC Section Leader, you will be responsible for overseeing and maintaining the pharmaceutical quality management system, ensuring compliance with industry regulations, and leading a team dedicated to delivering high-quality products. You'll play a key role in investigating deviations, implementing quality improvements, and approving documentation. The role is offered on a 12-month basis due to maternity leave of the current postholder.

  The ideal candidate should possess experience in QC facilities, ideally linked to an MHRA Licensed Pharmacy Manufacturing Unit. You should hold a qualification in Pharmacy or a relevant science degree, along with full membership of the relevant professional body.

  This is a fantastic opportunity to step into a leadership role within the pharmacy, manage critical quality processes and contribute to the quality of our products and services. If you are a quality management professional with pharmaceutical experience and a passion for driving excellence, we'd love to hear from you!

  Main duties of the job

  To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

  About us

  Thank you for your interest in this role.

  Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal`s Trust of the Year in 2020.

  The Care Quality Commission rated King`s Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospital Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.

  For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the midlands and in 2020 we were third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.

  Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

  We would love you to join us.

  Date posted

  30 January 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 8a

  Salary

  £53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum

  Contract

  Fixed term

  Duration

  12 months

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  214-CSTO-6922083

  Job locations

  King's Mill Hospital

  Mansfield Road

  Sutton in Ashfield

  NG17 4JL

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

  Person Specification

  Knowledge Requirements

  Essential

  • Specialist expert knowledge of Quality Control technical practice and experience to an equivalent to Certificate or Diploma level by working in Quality Control/Assurance activities or from a qualification in Pharmacy Technology Quality Assurance or equivalent
  • Knowledge of GMP and legislation relating to MS Licence
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Excel - to be able to create data gathering processes and then to be able to interpret this information, using statistical techniques where appropriate
  • To be able to present information to others using programmes such as Microsoft Powerpoint

  Desirable

  • Production experience in a hospital setting with an existing ADU and PPU function

  Qualifications/Academic/Craft/Professional

  Essential

  • The post-holder will be required to have a vocational Master's Degree in Pharmacy or a suitable relevant science degree in chemistry, biology, microbiology or biochemistry
  • To be registered with the relevant professional body e.g. Royal Pharmaceutical Society or be a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry or Member of the Institute of Biology
  • Demonstrate sufficient competence and experience in Quality Control matters gained by significant experience in Quality Control/Assurance activities

  Desirable

  • Qualification e.g. diploma in Pharmacy Technology and Quality Assurance

  Further Training

  Essential

  • Good understanding of medical gases (both cylinder and piped management systems); appreciation of the Health Technical Memorandum for medical gases produced by the Department of Health

  Desirable

  • Trained to perform testing of medical gases

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience of working in a GMP environment
  • Experience of working in an NHS Production Unit or Pharmaceutical Industry
  • Significant recent typical experience of quality control/assurance
  • Strong interpersonal skills, Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to contribute to the strategic and quality assurance direction of the service

  Desirable

  • Experience of staff management
  • Training experience

  Contractual Requirements

  Essential

  • Some flexibility in working hours

  Person Specification

  Knowledge Requirements

  Essential

  • Specialist expert knowledge of Quality Control technical practice and experience to an equivalent to Certificate or Diploma level by working in Quality Control/Assurance activities or from a qualification in Pharmacy Technology Quality Assurance or equivalent
  • Knowledge of GMP and legislation relating to MS Licence
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Excel - to be able to create data gathering processes and then to be able to interpret this information, using statistical techniques where appropriate
  • To be able to present information to others using programmes such as Microsoft Powerpoint

  Desirable

  • Production experience in a hospital setting with an existing ADU and PPU function

  Qualifications/Academic/Craft/Professional

  Essential

  • The post-holder will be required to have a vocational Master's Degree in Pharmacy or a suitable relevant science degree in chemistry, biology, microbiology or biochemistry
  • To be registered with the relevant professional body e.g. Royal Pharmaceutical Society or be a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry or Member of the Institute of Biology
  • Demonstrate sufficient competence and experience in Quality Control matters gained by significant experience in Quality Control/Assurance activities

  Desirable

  • Qualification e.g. diploma in Pharmacy Technology and Quality Assurance

  Further Training

  Essential

  • Good understanding of medical gases (both cylinder and piped management systems); appreciation of the Health Technical Memorandum for medical gases produced by the Department of Health

  Desirable

  • Trained to perform testing of medical gases

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience of working in a GMP environment
  • Experience of working in an NHS Production Unit or Pharmaceutical Industry
  • Significant recent typical experience of quality control/assurance
  • Strong interpersonal skills, Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to contribute to the strategic and quality assurance direction of the service

  Desirable

  • Experience of staff management
  • Training experience

  Contractual Requirements

  Essential

  • Some flexibility in working hours

  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.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  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.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  King's Mill Hospital

  Mansfield Road

  Sutton in Ashfield

  NG17 4JL

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  King's Mill Hospital

  Mansfield Road

  Sutton in Ashfield

  NG17 4JL

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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