Job description

Job responsibilities

You will:

• Lead all operational activities within the Pharmacy Manufacturing Unit, ensuring safe, effective and efficient production services.
• Act as the person responsible for production under the MHRA licence and maintain compliance with GMP and GDP requirements.
• Provide strategic and operational leadership for aseptic, chemotherapy, TPN and non-sterile manufacturing services.
• Lead service improvement, business planning and future development of manufacturing services across the Trust and wider healthcare system.
• Manage substantial staffing, drug procurement and operational budgets.
• Work closely with senior clinicians, Quality Assurance teams, regional partners and external customers to ensure continuity of supply and excellent patient outcomes.
• Support innovation, performance improvement and organisational change within a highly regulated environment.

Why join our Pharmacy team?

At Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are committed to delivering outstanding patient care and continually improving our services. You will join a forward-thinking pharmacy leadership team and have the opportunity to shape the future of pharmacy manufacturing services across the Trust and wider Integrated Care System.

We offer:

• A challenging and rewarding senior leadership role
• Opportunities to influence regional pharmaceutical manufacturing strategy
• Access to leadership development programmes
• A supportive and collaborative working environment
• A commitment to professional development and continuous learning

For full job details and person specification please refer to the Job Description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Pharmacist or pharmacy technician registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council, or Science Manufacturing Unit registered with the relevant Professional body.
• Up-to-date training in Good Manufacturing Practice, Good Distribution Practice and Good Clinical Practice.
• Specialist professional training in aseptic manufacturing (e.g. Diploma or MSc in Pharmaceutical Technology & Quality Assurance) or equivalent experience (minimum 10 years working in aseptic manufacturing).
• Specialist operational management training or equivalent experience.

Experience

Essential

• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a pharmacist or pharmacy technician.
• Significant experience of MHRA inspection process for licensed aseptic production unit.
• Operational Management pharmacy experience within a large aseptic production unit.
• Significant experience of successful working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Successful performance as a directorate/team leader at senior level in a previous post.
• Successful planning and implementing significant service developments and organisational change.
• Experience of successfully managing large groups of staff.
• Proven ability to work independently at an advanced level.
• Proven ability to deliver innovations within service delivery.
• Demonstrated evidence of being able to manage change and improve service quality within Production services.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Address

Queen Alexandra Hospital

Southwick Hill Road

Cosham

PO6 3LY

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.porthosp.nhs.uk/work-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)