# Releasing Officer

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for NHS Tayside.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** NHS Tayside
- **Location:** Ninewells Hospital and Medical School
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Officer (discipline unspecified)
- **Grade:** Band 7
- **Salary:** £52,845 - £61,466
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-25T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-14T15:14:48.010Z
- **Source information URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=269882
- **Application URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/DecideInternalExternal/DecideInternalExternal?JobId=269882
- **Employer website:** https://www.nhstayside.scot.nhs.uk/

## Job Content

### Job details

- Job reference: 259470
- Salary: Band 7 (£52,845 - £61,466)
- Job closing date: 25/09/2026
- Job Type: Other Therapeutic
- Location: Ninewells Hospital
- Employment type: Permanent
- Hours Per Week: 25.2
- Job posted date: 11/09/2026
- Employer (NHS Board): NHS Tayside
- Department: Quality Assurance

### NHS Scotland Pharmaceutical ‘Specials’ Service (NHSS PSS)

We invite you to join us as a Releasing Officer within the Quality Assurance Department at NHSS PSS.

Prospective post holders must be graduates with a relevant degree and be eligible for nomination as a Releasing Officer on a Manufacturing ‘Specials’ Licence. Please see the Person Specification.

Duties include:

- Approving the release of batches of medicines for use in the treatment of patients throughout the UK
- Approving starting materials for use in manufacture
- Approving the environment for manufacture in PSS
- Approving production and QA documentation
- Providing advice on quality issues to staff and customers

We are a licensed NHS pharmaceutical manufacturing unit based at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee supplying hospitals throughout the UK and community pharmacies. NHSS PSS also holds a Manufacturer’s Authorisation (Investigational Medicinal Products). NHSS PSS is a values-based facility showing:

- Care & Compassion
- Dignity & Respect
- Openness, honesty and responsibility
- Quality & teamwork

This post is suitable for individuals who enjoy learning and working with accuracy and attention to detail, both alone and as part of a team. Hours of work are 25.2 per week, Monday to Friday. Working pattern is negotiable.

For further information, or to arrange a site visit, please contact:

Russell Costello, Deputy QA Manager, NHSS PSS

e-mail: russell.costello@nhs.scot

or

Liam Harvey, QA Manager, NHSS PSS

e-mail: liam.harvey@nhs.scot

### Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.

## Documents

- [Job Description (DOCX, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1197739&JobId=269882)
- [Person Specification (DOCX, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1197740&JobId=269882)
- [Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions September 2024 (DOC, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1197741&JobId=269882)
- [Candidate guidance on use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) (PDF, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1197742&JobId=269882)

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