Qualified Person (QP) Ware, England
Job description
Posted Date: Sep 4 2023
The Quality function promotes quality and compliance through the product life-cycle in the manufacturing and production operations across GSK Sites. The team supervises all quality related systems, improvement procedures and documentation (including data and information) to ensure products released have been manufactured and packaged according to all Regulatory and cGMP requirements (including appropriate certification for the UK/EU markets).
Job Purpose:
A Qualified Person (QP) reviews and certifies finished products (batches) for release/onward progression (to market). QPs are responsible for ensuring that batches are manufactured in compliance with laws (for all the Member State where certification takes place) and in accordance with the requirements of marketing authorization (MA). All released products must conform to required quality standards (by reviewing appropriate documentation) and have been manufactured and packaged according to the regulatory dossier, Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and business requirements.
In delivering the role, the QP takes informed decisions on the suitability of products to be released. This includes completing SAP activities (to allow release of batches for further processing or shipment) and ensuring deviations from GMP (or company standards) in manufacturing/packing operations are fully recorded and investigated. This element of the role extends to appropriate steps/measures (CAPA) being assigned and any risk to product being fully assessed. You will also provide oversight of change-control, complaint, distribution, self-inspection and other key processes within site’s Quality Management Systems (QMS). Throughout your day-to-day work you will promote quality and compliance, including monitoring of improvement activities.
The role has a strong focus on raising collective performance and continuous quality improvement. As a member of the quality assurance team, you will promote team working and effective communication across GSK’s wider Quality functions (across multiple sites). You will also deputise for the Quality Managers in completion of QA approval of key site documents (eg; deviations, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), technical reports, etc).
About You:
You will be a Qualified Person (QP) – this is key to delivery in this role. Your QP qualification must be recognized in the UK.
As this role is multi-faceted and collaborates with a wide variety of on-site production and operations teams, you will also be self-motivated with strong experience of working in quality at a sophisticated manufacturing site. You will be resilient and calm, with strong communication skills.
About Ware Manufacturing Site:
Medicines at Ware are presented as either Respiratory devices or in Oral Solid Dose form. The site holds a unique position in our network as the only site responsible for launching the company’s pipeline of new medicines in these dose forms, many of which are life saving medicines.
CLOSING DATE for applications: Monday 25th of September 2023 (COB).
Basic Qualifications:
Qualified Person (QP) - stated on a current UK Manufacturer’s/Importer’s licence
Relevant experience
Benefits:
GSK offers a range of benefits to its employees, which include, but are not limited to:
Competitive base Salary
Annual bonus based on company performance
Opportunities to partake in on the job training courses
Opportunities to attend and partake in industry conferences
Opportunities for support for professional development/chartership
Access to healthcare and wellbeing programmes
Employee recognition programmes
If you would like to learn more about our company wide benefits and life at GSK we would suggest looking at our webpage Life at GSK | GSK.
Why Us?
GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organization where people can thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of 2030.
Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a workplace where everyone can feel a sense of belonging and thrive as set out in our Equal and Inclusive Treatment of Employees policy. We’re committed to being more proactive at all levels so that our workforce reflects the communities we work and hire in, and our GSK leadership reflects our GSK workforce.
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