Senior Manufacturing Assistant Quality Control

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff. Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

Band 3: £24,625 - £25,674

Hours: Full time position 37.5 hours per week, can accommodate minimum 26 hours per week, Hours to be worked between 9-5 Monday - Friday.

Contract: Permanent

Are you looking for a new role within Pharmacy? If so, we would love to hear from you! Currently we are recruiting for a Senior Manufacturing Assistant at Band 3 level to support our lovely small team based in Drayton. We are looking for you to be an enthusiastic, highly motivated person to join our friendly and dynamic team to provide high quality of quality assurance work for aseptic services. You should be able to multitask and communicate with all staff efficiently with confidence. You will be part of the quality assurance team which has highly professional and dedicated staff whose aim is to provide an excellent, patient focus service.

• To assist in the day to day operational work in the Quality Assurance department of the Pharmacy Manufacturing Unit, working in accordance with Good Manufacturing Process (GMP) and departmental procedures to provide services for customers both inside and outside the Trust.
• You will be involved with enforcement of quality management systems within the section including completion of documentation, maintenance of quality indicators and compliance.
• You will liaise with senior production to ensure all monitoring is completed according to schedule.
• Monitor the quality of raw materials, components and finished products to ensure compliance with the specifications.

Our aim is to provide our valued staff with excellent training in Quality Assurance to become skilled, highly competent, and confident in their job roles. We encourage innovative working which includes the development and future proofing of our facilities to meet the growing needs of the service.

Essential:

• GCSE level C or above including maths, English and a science or equivalent qualifications or previous work experience that demonstrates comparable ability within a GMP/Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) environment.
• Demonstrated ability to work to set procedures and follow written instructions.
• Minimum 2 years working in an aseptic preparation / GMP / GLP environment in a Pharmacy Support worker post equivalent or above.
• Completion of in-house or equivalent training packages and proven competence.

Desirable:

• Completion of external training packages relating to GMP.
• Competence in Microsoft Excel / Word and report monitoring experience.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.