Healthcare Scientist Derby, England
Job description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Senior Healthcare Scientist within the Royal Derby Hospital's Pharmacy Quality Assurance Laboratory.
We believe that every member of the Pharmacy Quality Assurance team working for us plays a key role in providing quality patient care and well-being by striving for excellence in aseptic services using unique skills.
We’re looking for a experienced and committed individual who shares our values and wants to invest in continuously improving patient care.
If you have experience in Pharmacy Quality Assurance and are looking for a new challenging role then we would love to hear from you.
Hours of work will be Monday to Friday 9am to 5.30pm
You would be responsible for the performance of technical duties associated with all testing programmes relating to Pharmacy aseptic services, Wholesale Dealing and Trust Nuclear Medicine services.
Participating in the testing services provided to Pharmacy Aseptic Services and Wholesale Dealing activities, and to Trust Nuclear Medicine facilities that dispense radiopharmaceuticals for the diagnosis or treatment of patients.
- Ensures compliance with the principles of GMP and MHRA.
- Assists the Pharmacy QA manager and deputise for Deputy QA Manager
- Supervises QA staff
- Ensures review and sign of laboratory documentation.
- Coordinates laboratory workload in conjunction with the Deputy QA Manager
- Writes and approves procedures
- Perform final release of specials licensed batches.
- Leads on training of staff.
- Lead on species identification service.
- Participates in the pharmaceutical microbiological, air quality and equipment testing.
- Carries out sterility tests.
- Participates with other staffs in the maintenance of the laboratory, equipment and records.
- Temperature mapping and temperature distribution checks.
- Risk management issues within the section, such as Health and Safety, COSHH and Infection Control.
- Management of departmental documentation.
- Makes decisions involving the day to day running of the service and delivery of staff training.
Interview date: 14 September 2023
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
- Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
- On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
- A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
- We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
- We are the 4thbusiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
- An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
- Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
- Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
- We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
- We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
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