Quality Assurance Pharmacist (Night Shift) in London

Skin + Me is a mission driven start-up with seriously big skin goals. We’re looking for an experienced pharmacist to join our Pharmacy Team at Skin + Me. This is a full time role working from our production facility to cover the night shift on a 4 on 4 off pattern.

As the Night-Shift Pharmacist, you will act as the Responsible Pharmacist on duty overseeing the production and dispensing of personalised prescription creams at our registered pharmacy site. You will be primarily responsible for ensuring regulatory compliance of all operational activities whilst also delivering batch quality control and approving prescriptions from a clinical and legal standpoint. Additionally, you will take an active role in maintaining and developing the Pharmaceutical Quality Management System (PQMS) to ensure continuous compliance of the pharmacy.

This is a pivotal role within the Pharmacy Team with strong ties to the Prescribing, Operations, Engineering and Customer Service team. The successful candidate will work autonomously taking full ownership of their role, take on and complete assignments to a high standard, uphold regulatory standards and act as the responsible pharmacist to meet our pharmacy licence commitments.

What you’ll do:

• Maintain clinical governance and regulatory compliance of the pharmacy.
• Ensure all members of staff adhere to the Quality System.
• Ensure Policies for Information and Clinical Governance are adhered to by all members of staff.
• Maintain clinical risk assessments and ensure all legal requirements are met.
• Ensure best practices are followed to ensure the quality of product and facility.
• Be the responsible person for the operation.
• Having a hands on approach to all aspects of the operation within the facility including quality and batch control analysis.
• Work with the team to continuously improve the safety, efficiency and quality of the facility.
• Perform batch release processes by reviewing all batch data ensuring the highest quality standards are maintained for every batch.
• Design and maintain SOP’s for all pharmacy activities ensuring compliance with relevant bodies.
• Report any suspected falsified medicines if required to the MHRA, as required.
• Report any deviations, complaints & raw material issues that could lead to a recall.
• Ensure that all staff employed temporarily or permanently carrying out activities are trained appropriately.
• Own incident reporting and process improvement to uphold quality standards.
• Conduct risk assessments and audits to ensure continuous compliance with all legal and regulatory standards.

Who you are:

• Qualified pharmacist registered with the GPhC (this is a must have).
• Natural high achiever, motivated, enthusiastic and meticulous.
• Detailed knowledge of pharmacy regulatory standards, laws and ethics.
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical science or a committed desire to learn.
• Experience in a compounding pharmacy or the pharmaceutical industry.
• Experience with cosmetics or dermatology products.

Why should you choose Skin + Me?

• A daily challenge – in a thrilling, entrepreneurial start-up environment, no two days will ever be the same.
• Make a difference – work within a revolutionary company that is focused on improving millions of lives.
• Serious commitment to growth – personal development is important to us and we’ll make sure we support your growth, and give you broad experience across your role.

Benefits: 25 Days Holiday + all the usual.