Technical Services Quality Systems Officer NHS AfC: Band 7 Main area Aseptic Services Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Secondment: 12 months Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 196-LIS9651
Employer Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Guy's Hospital Town London Salary £54,320 - £60,981 p.a. inc HCA Salary period Yearly Closing 06/07/2025 23:59
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview We are pleased to announce a vacancy in search of a Technical services Quality Systems Officer to work within the aseptic units at Guy's and St Thomas' Aseptic Units for a 12 month secondment
This is a new and innovative role within aseptic units where you will undertake the completion of quality system documents and work closely with production and QA teams to ensure the quality system is maintained in a state of control. You will be involved in the investigation of deviations and errors, undertaking risk and impact assessments and developing actions to correct and prevent these events. You will be part of a team completing these documents and ensure target dates are met. In addition, you will have a key part to play in change management and the introduction of new products, ATMPs and clinical trials.
We are looking for a candidate who ideally has experience in aseptic services and pharmaceutical quality assurance, with a desire to progress in these areas. We are a commissioned centre for gene therapy and you will be part of the team involved in aseptic preparation of licensed and trial gene therapy.
Aseptic services at Guy's & St Thomas' is being transformed with significant aseptic estates development planned over the next five years and growing demand for clinical trials, cancer treatments, CIVAS and advanced therapies.
Don't miss out on being part of our dynamic journey forward!
Main duties of the job Provide quality and technical supervision to the GMP manufacturing and aseptic preparation units
Complete quality system documents independently and present these to unit managers for approval within the agreed time frames
Deliver training on quality system completion
Complete new product requests for standard and trial products
Support the identification, recording, trending and analysis of in process errors. To raise and complete radar reports as required
Complete change management documents, present changes at Change Review Board and ensure changes are reviewed and completed within agreed timelines
Review audit findings and develop actions plans. Report progress on audit actions against target completion date
Undertake release of unlicensed and prepared medicines according to regulatory and legal requirements
Deputise for QA specialist in their absence
Working for our organisation Guy's & St Thomas' Technical Services has one of the country's largest manufacturing facilities, split across a number of sites and involves around 140 staff working in licensed manufacturing and named patient dispensing areas. Services include aseptic preparation of CIVAS and chemotherapy, sterile and non-sterile manufacturing, clinical trials, quality control and quality assurance.
There is a wide range of expertise throughout the department and many opportunities to learn and develop from technical experts. We have cultivated a culture that prioritises quality and patient safety. This ethos is ingrained in our team's values and everyday practices, fostering an environment where every member is committed to upholding the highest standards of care.
The extensive multidisciplinary team (MDT), including consultants, registrars, clinical nurse specialists, specialist clinical and technical pharmacists, clinical research teams and administrative staff work together in a dynamic environment to deliver seamless care to our extensive patient cohort.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see job description/person specification for full details on the role and main responsibilities.
Person specification Experience Previous assessable experience of work in an area of pharmaceutical manufacturing unit at a supervisor level
Previous assessable experience in staff training and assessment
Previous experience of the investigation, risk and impact assessment of deviations and errors and development of corrective and preventative actions
Previous experience of change management
Experience of aseptic preparation of CIVAS, Chemotherapy, TPN
Previous experience of audit
Knowledge/Qualifications Undergraduate or postgraduate Masters degree in a Science related discipline OR Post graduate technical services qualification or equivalent demonstrated portfolio of experience and short courses
Skills Practical knowledge of GMP, QA and all current relevant regulations
Ability to organise own time and the time of others
Ability to undertake the day to day management, motivation and appraisal of staff
Guy’s and St Thomas’celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personalcircumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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