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Job summary
The individual will be working to MHRA Good Distribution Practice (GDP as per the
Human Medicines Regulation 2012/1916.
Assures consistent quality of storage and distribution of medicines by developing and
enforcing Good Distribution Practice (GDP), including maintaining the Quality
Management System, providing and administering suitable documentation; monitoring
all Quality processes including but not limited to Deviations, Change Control, CAPA and
Complaints ad supporting the QA Manager in day-to-day GDP activities.
Main duties of the job
Triage and quality review quality documents such as deviations, complaints, CAPAs, Change Controls.
To ensure data integrity principles ALCOA+ are being following within warehouse operations,
To assist with the management and maintenance of the Quality Management System.
To support QA manager in training. i.e GDP training, Falsified medicines training, deviation training, MHRA licence training, Controlled Drug training etc.
To support the QA Manager in readiness for regulatory inspections (MHRA, Home Office etc),
Assist in root cause analysis when investigating complaints and deviations.
To ensure queries raised at goods in are dealt with and give disposition to Goods in team and responsible for maintaining the goods in tracker.
Responsible for maintaining the recall tracker and supporting the RP with coordinating recalls,
To ensure unlicensed medicines are quality reviewed.
Review, verify and assign disposition regarding product activities or documents connected to the warehouse as appropriate.
Deal with QA enquiries promptly with due diligence.
To be the first point of contact to the warehouse operations for quality related issues regarding medicinal product and/ or GDP activities,
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Details
- Date posted: 13 July 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 4
- Salary: £28,392 to £31,157 a year
- Contract: Fixed term
- Duration: 12 months
- Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
- Reference number: 304-1101206
- Job locations: 32-34 Melchett Rd, 32 - 34 Melchett Road, Kings Norton, West Midlands, B30 3HY, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience and knowledge/
- understanding in GDP&GMP(Good
- Manufacturing/Distribution Practice).
- * Experience working in a
- pharmaceutical environment,
- * An understanding of maintaining a
- Quality Management System.
Desirable
- Knowledge of GDP is desirable; however,
- training will be given.
Qualifications
Essential
- Life Science Graduate or equivalent.
- A Level science or equivalent.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Flexibility with working hours if
- required to support the service,
- * Enthusiastic, reliable and trustworthy
- and displays a mature attitude
- * Demonstrates ability to work to set
- procedures
- * Careful and accurate in work
- * Able to demonstrate discretion and
- diplomacy
- * Good team player and able to motive
- others
- * Demonstrates ability to work
- independently, if required.
- * Keen to develop own person skill and
- use these for the benefit of others
- * Able to communicate at an
- appropriate level complex information
- verbally, written and electronically as
- required
- * Able to adapt to change
- * Ability to travel across all Trust sites
- however the main base will be Kings
- Norton Melchett Road.
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This advert is for Band 4 Quality Assurance Associate - Logistics with University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust in Birmingham, Midlands, England. It is listed as a Band 4 Healthcare support worker role. The advertised salary is £28,392 to £31,157 a year. The contract type is Fixed-Term. The application deadline is 26 Jul 2026.
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