Employer Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Employer type NHS
Site St Mary's Pharmaceutical Unit
Town Cardiff
Salary £46,840 - £53,602 per annum
Salary period Yearly
Closing 06/05/2025 23:59
Clinical Pharmaceutics Quality Practitioner
Band 7
WHO WE ARE:
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 16,000 staff and providing over 100 specialist services. Serving a population of around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst also working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone and to delivering excellent care and support.
Our mission is “Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together”. We have recently refreshed our strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, which sets out the Health Board’s Vision for improving the health and wellbeing of the populations we serve by 2035 through the delivery of our strategic objectives; Putting People First, Providing Outstanding Quality, Delivering in the Right Places, and Acting for the Future. We have challenging times ahead, but we are confident that by tackling these challenges together, we can support people to live healthier lives and reduce the unfair differences in the prevalence of illness and health outcomes we see in our communities today. We aspire to deliver outstanding care and treatment for people when they need it, where they need it; care that compares well with the best in the world, but to do so, we need to transform how we deliver services over the next decade and beyond.
We are a values-driven organisation and our goals will only be realised if our values are at the heart of everything we do. Created by colleagues, patients and their families and carers, our values are:
* We are kind and caring
* We are respectful
* We have trust and integrity
* We take personal responsibility
OUR REGION:
Wales has much to offer with miles of stunning coastline, UNESCO world heritage sites and beautiful countryside. Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, has something for everyone. It is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions. Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline, as well as charming towns including Penarth and Cowbridge. Those seeking more culture may find themselves drawn to the National Museum, St Fagan’s Museum of Welsh Life or the Millennium Centre, home of the Welsh National Opera. Whether city life or rural living, Cardiff and the Vale offers the best of both worlds.
Job overview
An exciting and challenging opportunity has arisen within the Clinical Diagnostics and Therapeutics Clinical Board to join the Quality and Regulatory team.
The post will be based in Pharmacy working within the Quality Assurance team to maintain and develop the Pharmaceutical Quality System across the licensed pharmacy manufacturing sites and unlicensed aseptic preparation units at St Mary's Pharmaceutical Unit (SMPU) and Llandough Aseptic Unit.
We are looking for a highly skilled pharmacy professional or healthcare scientist with significant experience working in a regulated quality assurance or manufacturing GMP environment. A demonstrated knowledge of quality assurance processes that support aseptic, sterile and non-sterile pharmacy manufacturing is desirable; however, training in specialist areas will be provided.
The post will work alongside a team of pharmacy professionals to meet the quality and compliance demands of this diverse service. The role will provide technical support and advice, conduct audits, complete CAPAs, drive quality improvements, as well as supporting the GMP and QC activities and release of product to customers and patients. The post will flex to the needs of the service and provide QA support to other regulated services within the clinical board.
If you are interested in joining a friendly, hardworking, and motivated team with an opportunity to learn and utilise a wide range of skills and expertise, come and meet the team!
Main duties of the job
The post will have its focus directed to Quality Assurance of the aseptic preparation activities at SMPU and Llandough aseptic unit and the licensed classical manufacturing duties at SMPU.
The role will provide technical support and advice, conduct audits, complete CAPAs, drive quality improvements, as well as supporting the GMP and QC activities and release of product to customers and patients.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this role; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.
Our mission is “Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together”, and our vision is that every person’s chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Person specification
Qualifications
* MPharm or MSc pharmacy degree or equivalent.
* Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council or an appropriate body
* Experience in pharmacy in hospital or commercial sectors.
* Knowledge of relevant Quality Assurance documentation and guidance; Annex 1, PIC/S etc.
* NVQ Level 3 / BTEC in Pharmacy in Pharmacy Services
* Post-graduate MSc/Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or PTQA or relevant experience
* Membership of Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
* Management or Supervisory Qualification
* A1 NVQ Assessor Qualification
Experience
* Minimum 2 years broad Post-Registration experience of working in a hospital pharmacy with knowledge of technical service
* Ability to manipulate, interpret and work with all computer-based programs, applications and documents
* Proven record of change management implementation
* Specialist knowledge of areas of technical services including aseptic preparation, MHRA “Specials” manufacturing.
* Experience in developing, writing, and approving standard operating procedures
* Post qualification experience of working in a licensed pharmaceutical facility.
* Experience of participating in regulatory audits such as MHRA inspections as well as DGM (97)52 (now WHC) audits.
* Experience of patient orientated medicines systems.
* Expenditure reporting and provision of clinical board support.
* Supervisory or management experience and Cleanroom supervision
Skills
* A good working knowledge of the day-to-day operation of a technical service, its aims and objectives.
* Excellent decision-making and deductive reasoning skills
* Evidence of effective multidisciplinary team working and collaborative approach to technical services.
* Evidence based therapeutics (to support clinical and cost-effective practices)
* Evidence of legal, ethical and professional framework for accountability and responsibility in relation to prescribing.
* Good knowledge of pharmacology and therapeutics. Evidence-based therapeutic benefits/risks.
* Motivated, logical, adaptable, flexible
* Analytical skills and attention to detail.
* Ability to work as a team and under own initiative
* Positive attitude to change.
* Innovative and well organised.
* Aware of (and able to work within) own limitations.
* Manual dexterity to manipulate injections or prepare pharmaceutical products, and good hand-eye coordination.
* Strong organisational skills
* Good understanding & knowledge of operational pressures and demands of aseptic services, safe handling prescribing and use of cytotoxic drugs, cross-contamination, contamination control strategies, ATMPs and gene therapy, hydrogen peroxide and HPV technology.
* GMP, GDP and GxP legislation and guidance
* Demonstrated knowledge and awareness of aseptic unit procedures and systems.
* Ability to process complex information and develop reports/business cases to support findings
* Ability to remain calm when challenged.
* Knowledge of economics of healthcare.
* Confident and calm at all times.
* Compassionate and understanding with colleagues
* Ability to deal with varying demands of pharmaceutical facilities, prioritise and eliminate tasks.
* Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh.
Other
* A commitment to self-study and self-development.
* A commitment to Continuing Education and Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
* Takes ownership and responsibility
* Approachable and professional manner.
* Ability to remain calm in a busy environment.
* Satisfactory standard DBS check
* Ability to travel independently between sites
* Emotionally resilient
MANAGING YOUR APPLICATION:
We are committed to promoting inclusion, where all staff have a sense of belonging. We welcome applications from everyone and recognise the need for our workforce to represent the diversity of the population we serve. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect and where diversity is celebrated. We aim to create a working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential no matter their disability, sex, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief, pregnancy and maternity or marriage and civil partnership status. We are keen to break down barriers in the UHB, and encourage applications from under-represented groups.
Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh. Any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
The UHB reserves the right to close this vacancy after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment-related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.
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