An exciting opportunity has arisen to support the existing Head of QA/QC in managing the PQS for a fixed term of 3-6 months, in our innovative NHS Pharmacy Production Unit, based at Wansbeck General Hospital in Ashington, Northumberland.
The Pharmacy Production Unit currently holds a Manufacturing License (MS) from the MHRA. This allows the unit to manufacture batches of aseptically prepared products for use both inside and outside the trust. Current output for this process is 57,000 items per annum with ongoing work to increase this to over 100,000 units per annum.
The Pharmacy Production Unit provides systemic anti-cancer therapies (SACT) across Trust oncology wards. Demand for SACT is in excess of 20,000 units per year.
The Pharmacy Production Unit also supplies licensed overlabelled products across all Trust sites to improve patient flow and improve discharge processes. Demand for this process is in excess of 200,000 units per annum.
The successful candidate will support the existing Head of QA/QC in management of the PQS, ensuring full compliance with MHRA guidance and maintenance of high standards in the provision of parenteral SACT, CIVAS and over labelled products, during a period of workforce challenges.
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.
The duties of the Head of QA/QC include authorisation of all systems of work and documentation in the aseptic dispensing unit and other licensed areas (e.g. overlabelling). ' To oversee the design, implementation and maintenance of the Pharmaceutical Quality System (PQS), meeting the requirements of cGMP and consequently the MHRA, and ensure adherence to the PQS through appropriate training and motivation of all Pharmacy Production and QA staff.