Quality Analyst

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

This post is to provide direct support to the Quality Assurance Officer in the management of the day-to-day aspects of the Quality unit. The Quality Assurance section of Pharmacy department is responsible to ensure pharmaceutical products manufactured in the Pharmacy Technical Services department are compliant with regulatory requirements and safe for sale and supply to other Trust and for patient administration.

Main duties of the job

1. Analysis, review, interpretation, and reporting/quality approval of test results of a wide range of raw materials, packaging components, consumables, intermediates, final products including review of analytical/microbiology testing, commissioning, qualification, and validation data.
2. To undertake and review environmental monitoring of the Pharmacy clean rooms at NPH and other sites as necessary. This includes maintaining accurate and legible records of all quality and manufacturing activities undertaken as per current good documentation principles and GxP DI requirements.
3. To assist in the establishment, maintenance and updating of comprehensive laboratory standard operating procedures, protocols, worksheets, documentation and maintenance of full records of testing/review of all raw materials, packaging components, intermediates, and finished products as necessary.
4. To assist with practical and theoretical training of permanent and rotational staff in the QC section.
5. To participate in inter-laboratory testing scheme if required (Pharm assure Proficiency Testing).
6. To carry out any other duties as assigned by the QA Officer and/or Head of Quality.

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond. Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK.
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease.
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice.
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Job responsibilities

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Achieved grade, Experience and qualifications

• Achieved Grade
• Years of experience and qualification
• Previous experience in similar role
• NHS or Pharmaceutical industry experience

Pharmaceutical Quality System (PQS)

• Pharmaceutical Quality System
• Previous industry/NHS experience in MS/ML Licence

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Salary: £31,081 to £33,665 a year per annum inclusive HCAS.