Job summary
We are looking for a Deputy Quality Assurance Manager who will be responsible for overseeing the development, implementation, and maintenance of a robust Quality Management System across the Aseptic service, ensuring compliance with all relevant regulatory and accreditation standards to support safe and effective patient care.
A key aspect of the role will involve promoting quality assurance principles and embedding these into routine clinical practice. The post holder will work closely with multidisciplinary teams to ensure quality standards are consistently understood, applied, and sustained across all services.
The deputy quality assurance manager will also lead and deliver quality improvement initiatives, ensuring services evolve in line with regulatory requirements, audit outcomes, and best practice. This includes managing projects focused on compliance, service development, and patient experience.
Main duties of the job
- To support the QA Manager in building, developing and monitoring the quality systems applicable to the pharmacy service with a particular focus on those relating to Manufacturing and other registerable activity
- To review and approve quality documentation and systems including change management, GMP deviations, recalls, complaints, product defects etc.
- To undertake and support the preparation of SOPs.
- To ensure satisfactory maintenance and monitoring of the aseptic manufacturing unit and equipment.
- To participate in internal quality audits (Production Unit and Stores and distribution) and external audits as required.
- To approve master worksheets, which relate to or might impinge upon licensable activities.
- Be responsible for the approval or rejection of raw materials, intermediates, hospital manufactured, commercial products and packaging materials and to keep appropriate records, including maintaining electronic records.
- To evaluate Pharmacy manufacturing batch records, alongside Quality Control reports, prior to release or rejection of a batch
- To support and where indicated lead investigations into deviations in quality processes.
- To contribute to external inspection requirements relating to GMP and GDP eg MHRA , CQC , GPhC.
- Ensure appropriate escalation of all risks and outstanding corrective and preventative actions. Maintain relevant records, ensuring accurate data input into all computerised systems.
About us
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Environmental sustainabilityClimate change and poor air quality is a health emergency that harms people's health and wellbeing and widens health inequalities. The Trust is also committed to reducing its impact on the environment by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2045. All our employees have a role to play, and we have an active green network that supports staff to act in ways that ensures that our services are efficient, sustainable and reduce our impact on the environment www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/our-strategy/green-plan.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Education/ qualifications
Essential
- Science Degree
Experience
Essential
- 3 years working in QA position in a GMP environment
Desirable
- 5 years working in a QA role in a MHRA regulated area
- Solid understanding of aseptic manufacturing
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.
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Employer details
Employer name
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Address
Trust Wide
London
W6 8RF
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.imperial.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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