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Quality Assurance Officer - Key Pharmaceuticals

Overview of the role

The QA Officer will work closely with quality assurance and compliance colleagues to ensure that Good Manufacturing Practice and where applicable, Good Distribution Practice are met. The QA officer will have the opportunity to perform a vast range of activities including involvement in core pharmaceutical quality system (PQS) activities, process design, training, supplier management, artwork and labelling. 

Main Responsibility

  • Work towards becoming the organisation’s subject matter expert for product information, artwork and labelling. Gradual training and support will be provided
  • Be involved in the day-to-day activities of change control, deviation and CAPA
  • Prepare quality risk assessments and annual product quality reviews (APQRs)
  • Support in batch review for batch release activities
  • Perform finished product sampling of drug products (if based in Redditch)
  • Download data logger data for received stock (if based in Redditch)
  • Support in the preparation of quality technical agreements, working with third-parties
  • Support in the preparation of SOPs
  • Review batch protocol templates (BMR, BPR) and specifications and analytical methods prior to their approval, with the aim of approving them in future
  • Engage in routine interdisciplinary team meetings and Management Review Meetings

Problem Solving & Change:

  • Be able to take decisions on grey area scenarios for artwork / labelling based on various guidelines
  • Be able to horizon scan changes in the industry, trends and potential issues which may be faced in the pharmaceutical supply chain
  • Be able to manage changes in a streamlined and organised manner, reducing the impact to the supply chain and avoiding medicine shortages

Key Skills & Experience :

  • Science background preferred, but not mandatory. Experience in the pharmaceutical industry preferred, but not mandatory. At least 2 + years experience required in a pharmaceutical or healthcare setting
  • Pharmacy technician or experience in community pharmacy, primary healthcare or secondary healthcare preferred, but not mandatory
  • Quality and manufacturing background preferred, but not mandatory
  • Demonstratable ability to learn independently and quickly absorb knowledge during training
  • Problem solving and proactive prevention through escalation
  • IT literacy
  • Good communication and organisation skills
  • Willingness to bring new ideas to the table and drive continuous improvement as part of the company’s quality culture

The Ideal Candidate

Well are proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer. If you have any specific requirements, we'll do everything we can to support you. Whether it is to find a pharmacy that is accessible, or if it is a part time position you are looking for, we can help find the role that is right for you. If you need us to make any reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process, we will be happy to accommodate you.

Please be aware that due to the high number of applications we receive it may not be possible for us to provide an outcome to all applicants. If you are not contacted within 28 days of your submission unfortunately you will have been unsuccessful.

Package Description

  • Competitive salaries
  • Excellent training & development opportunities
  • Paid Holidays
  • Workplace pension scheme
  • Staff Discount
  • Travel Loans and more….. 

About the Company

For over 70 years, we’ve been looking after the health and wellbeing of communities across the UK. Well Pharmacy (part of Bestway Healthcare) is the second largest pharmacy chain in the UK with c.760 pharmacies and a team of around 7,000 colleagues based across our Community Pharmacies, Online Pharmacy, Healthcare Services Centre, Community Drivers, Bestway Medhub & Wardles team and our Support Centre team.

Our mission is to be here for the wellbeing of our patients and customers, to provide the best community pharmacy experience in the UK for everyone, for our patients, our customers, our people, and our NHS.

The pharmacy of the future will look very different from the one we know today. It will play a huge role in transforming primary healthcare and we will play a central role in bringing it to life.

We will use our clinical expertise and technological ambition to take advantage of the potential this future has to offer us. Making medicines, advice, services and care available in the places and spaces that people need and want it most.

We want to be a great business. To be recognised as delivering a community pharmacy experience that is the best there is. To do this we want our teams to feel proud about the positive impact they make, feel valued as part of a close-knit and expert community, and feel confident in their role in a business that is stable, innovative, and caring.

‘Together we make a difference’

 

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