Quality Assurance Lead Pharmacist/Pharmaceutical Scientist

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.

The shift pattern for this post is Monday to Friday 6.15am to 2.15pm.

A vacancy has arisen for an enthusiastic pharmacist or pharmaceutical scientist to lead the pharmaceutical Quality Assurance (QA) service at the Radionuclide Dispensary within the former Western Infirmary site, to ensure compliance with pharmaceutical Good Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Practice standards and the site’s Quality Management System (QMS).

The department provides individual radiopharmaceutical patient doses to Nuclear Medicine Departments throughout Health Boards in the West of Scotland each weekday. The main product used is Technetium-99m, so doses are made and dispatched daily within a very tight time frame.

The department holds an MHRA Specials licence and is the largest NHS radiopharmacy in the UK. The post holder will be named on the MS licence as responsible for QA.

This is an exciting time to take up this post as a replacement facility is under construction. The post holder will be involved in developing the QMS and Validation Master Plan for the new facility, leading on some aspects of the project (e.g. documentation and validation) as well as maintaining the QMS of the current facility.

Applicants should be able to demonstrate significant experience working in pharmacy services or radiopharmacy and have experience of working in Quality Assurance. Experience of working in an MHRA licenced facility and project management is desirable.

Pharmacist applicants: should hold a Masters degree in Pharmacy and be registered as a pharmacist on the GPhC Register

Clinical/Pharmaceutical Scientist applicants: should hold an honours degree in physical sciences or equivalent experience in radiopharmacy. Candidates should be HCPC registered as a Clinical Scientist or likely to achieve registration within 12 months of appointment.

Prospective applicants can discuss the post