QA Specialist - Specialist Pharmacy Service
| Posting date: | 11 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £55,690.00 to £62,682.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £55690.00 - £62682.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 September 2025 |
| Location: | Liverpool, L69 3GF |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9287-25-1455 |
Summary
Audit of unlicensed aseptic units in accordance with EL 97(52). Supporting Trusts in the design and validation and operation of clean rooms, facilities and equipment. Supporting Trusts in applying for and maintaining their MHRA Specials licences, including provision of specialist advice during MHRA inspections. Providing specialist advice to technical service managers with regard to sterility assurance, pharmaceutical microbiology, cleanroom technology, medicines formulation, stability and process validation Quality Risk Management of the Medicines Supply chain To provide a highly specialist service to underpin the procurement of licensed and unlicensed medicines to NHS Trusts w to optimise the quality, safety and efficacy of medicines and relatedproducts used by NHS Hospitals Supporting licensed and unlicensed medicines contracting through development of service/tender specifications and technical agreements, assessment of suppliers through audit and evaluation of quality risk management systems to ensure compliance with service specifications and regulatory requirements, assessing the pharmaceutical quality of medicines and medical devices and their potential for medication error. Evaluation of scientific and technical reports relating to medicines e.g. drug stability reports. Providing on-going contract support by reviewing quality indicators and liaising closely with suppliers to resolve quality issues. Facilitating the effective communication of drug alerts and recalls from the MHRA to Trusts. Reviewing and assessing reports of defective medicines from Trusts, liaising with suppliers where required and submitting summaries to the national reporting system. For full details, please refer to the attached job description