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Head of Quality Control | Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Manylion swydd
Dyddiad hysbysebu: 05 Chwefror 2025
Cyflog: Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: £62,215 - £72,293 per annum
Oriau: Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau: 07 Mawrth 2025
Lleoliad: Seaton Delaval, NE25 0QJ
Cwmni: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Math o swydd: Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd: 6923516/319-6923516JN

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Head of Quality Control (QC) – Medicines Manufacturing Centre (MMC)

An exceptional opportunity has arisen to play a key leadership role in the Medicines Manufacturing Centre (MMC)—a state-of-the-art facility dedicated to producing sterile injectable medicinal products for the NHS. Based in Seaton Delaval, Northumberland, MMC will operate under MHRA Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) standards, ensuring a secure supply chain for Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) products within the NHS for the next 10 years.

As Head of QC, you will lead both chemistry and microbiology activities within dedicated laboratories, ensuring the highest standards of compliance, safety, and quality. You will be responsible for building and leading the Quality Control team, overseeing the qualification of state-of-the-art analytical equipment, and implementing best-in-class QC procedures.

Why This Role Matters

At MMC, patients and quality are at the heart of everything we do. Our mission is to support NHS nurses and wards by delivering Ready-to-Administer (RtA) medicines, freeing up valuable time for direct patient care. By ensuring a stable and efficient supply chain of critical medicines, you will play a pivotal role in improving patient outcomes—working behind the scenes to make a real difference.

What You’ll Be Doing

Shaping the future of NHS medicines manufacturing by influencing facility design and quality processes

Ensuring the highest quality standards in chemistry and microbiology testing for sterile injectable medicines

Recruiting and leading the QC team, fostering a culture of quality, safety, and innovation

Overseeing procurement and qualification of all QC equipment and systems

Developing and implementing a robust PQS (Pharmaceutical Quality System) to ensure compliance with GMP standards

Working at MMC

The MMC is in its final design stages, with facility construction planned through to September 2025. Initially, staff will be employed by Northumbria Healthcare Foundation NHS Trust, with employment transferring to the Medicines Manufacturing Centre Legal Liability Partnership (LLP) upon its formation under TUPE regulations.

This is a once-in-a-career opportunity to help build a pioneering medicine manufacturing facility from the ground up. If you are passionate about pharmaceutical quality, innovation, and making a real impact on patient care, we want to hear from you.

Apply today and be part of something transformational.
• To provide leadership on all Quality Control (QC) related aspects within the MMC. This includes both Chemistry and Microbiology
• Implement QC policies which complies with Good Manufacturing Practice
• To lead in the creation of URS, tendering documentation and validation documentation for all chemistry and microbiology equipment
• To support the management of contractors and to lead on the commissioning and qualification of facilities and manufacturing equipment
• To lead on the implementation of a strategy to ensure a robust and fit for purpose QC workforce
• To perform QC Specialist functions as required including representation at national and regional level
• Manages the laboratory staff during day to day operations and longer term planning

Produces protocols and approves reports for stability studies, investigational work and validations

Leads on the implementation of stability studies, ongoing stability testing program investigational work and validations


This advert closes on Wednesday 19 Feb 2025

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