Senior Quality Control Analyst

Band 5-6 Progression post with inner London weighting

Permanent

Location: Based at Royal London Hospital but may be required to travel to all sites within Barts Health NHS Trust

Our group of hospitals provide a huge range of clinical services to people in east London and beyond. We operate from four major hospital sites (The Royal London, St Bartholomew's, Whipps Cross and Newham) and a number of community locations, including Mile End hospital. Around 2.5 million people living in east London look to our services to provide them with the healthcare they need.

We have an exciting opportunity to recruit a Senior Quality Control Analyst, Band 5-6 (progression post) at Pharmacy Technical Services within the Quality team based at Royal London Hospital Pharmacy and Pathology Building (but will be required to travel to all sites within Barts Health NHS Trust).

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work within the Quality Assurance team, providing technical leadership-specifically within chemistry testing of all samples supporting production and implementing process improvements through development within the team.

This is a novel post where the post holder will initially start at band 5 and progress on to band 6 once the objectives and competencies set have been achieved and signed off over a twenty-four-month period. Some of these will be specific to leadership and management.

Training and support will be provided by the department to achieve the competencies and progress on to the band 6 role.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job description

Job responsibilities

At Barts Health, we recognise and celebrate the value of our staff. Therefore, dedication to creating and maintaining an outstanding working environment for all staff is essential. In return, you will have access to excellent training and development opportunities.

To discuss this role further, please contact Fabricio Ghiraldi, Deputy Head of Quality: Fabricio.ghiraldi1@nhs.net

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• BSc in Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent scientific BSc

Desirable

• Postgraduate qualification in Chemistry or equivalent
• Project management certificate
• Train the trainer
• Six Sigma certification or equivalent

Experience

Essential

• Extensive experience in GMP pharmaceutical chemistry (aseptic facilities in industry or NHS manufacturing unit or GLP laboratory)
• Previous experience of supervising staff.
• Demonstrated experience in providing chemistry support to the Quality team.
• Previous experience in QMS such as deviations, investigation, CAPAs and change controls.

Desirable

• Experience in GMP pharmaceutical microbiology
• Previous experience of training staff in practical analytical skills

Knowledge

Essential

• Strong knowledge of cGMP/GLP, Chemistry Quality Control and all current legislations and regulations.
• Strong knowledge in chemistry product testing including wet chemistry.
• Knowledge of laboratory and production facilities SOPs and ability to revise and write new SOPs.
• Equipment and Method validation.

Desirable

• Expert knowledge of cGMP/GLP, Chemistry QC and all current legislations and regulations
• Temperature mapping
• Pharmaceutical microbiology

Skills

Essential

• Strong decision-making ability.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Able to manage a variety of tasks under pressure.
• Able to prioritise own workload.
• Able to communicate effectively using clear, written, and spoken English.
• Able to plan and organise daily work.
• Professional level at Microsoft Excel spread sheets.
• Intermediate IT skills including email and Microsoft word documents and PowerPoint.
• Works in a logical and systematic manner.
• Practical chemistry laboratory skills in operating a variety of analytical instruments.

Desirable

• Project management (ability to manage multiple projects at the same time
• Advanced IT skills
• Team leader skills
• Leadership skills

Other

Essential

• Demonstrated ability to introduce, validate and optimize Chemistry methods.
• Able to meet tight deadlines.
• Understand the principles of ALCOA++ plus.
• Enthusiastic, motivated, and hardworking.
• Patient safety focused.
• Good team player.
• Interested in expanding knowledge and self-development.
• Awareness of needs of confidentiality.
• Participate in weekend, bank holidays and out of hours work as directed by the line manager.
• Basic DBS check as non-patient facing role
• Flexible and calm under pressure.
• Good time keeping.

Employer details

Employer name

Barts Health NHS Trust

Address

Royal London Hospital

London

E14 5HJ

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

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