Quality Assurance Specialist

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Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust hosts the Specialist Pharmacy Service’s Quality Assurance services for the North East and Yorkshire. In this exciting post, there will be opportunities for both regional and national work. The successful candidate will train as an Assurance Auditor for Aseptic Preparation units, as well as being given the opportunity to work with colleagues to develop expert content for national guidance which appears on the widely used SPS website. 

This post represents a fantastic opportunity for learning and development and is suitable for candidates wishing to specialize in this area of pharmacy technical services. 

• Interview Date Wednesday, 25 September 2024
• 7 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy.  Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy

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The postholder will visit pharmacy aseptic units as an auditor for the Specialist Pharmacy Service (full training provided). Using your expert technical knowledge of good manufacturing practice and experience of aseptic services, you will assess the performance of aseptic preparation unit against nationally agreed standards. You will feedback your findings to senior pharmacy leaders and will document your finding within iQAAPs, the NHS’s electronic system – information from which provides national oversight of this important service to provide assurance re the quality of medicines that NHS patients receive. 

The Specialist Pharmacy Service has a QA team in every NHSE region. You will work collaboratively on the production of guidance in webpage format to facilitate consistent advice and implementation in sites across the country. 

As a member of the SPS regional team for North East and Yorkshire you will assist with a wide range of enquiry answering. 

The successful candidate will have excellent written and verbal communication skills and be passionate about furthering their career in technical services. 

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 2 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.