# Senior Aseptic Specialist - Quality Assurance > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Velindre University NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-aseptic-specialist-quality-assurance/1b536899-1470-4109-b6db-ad7873ecc9cf - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-aseptic-specialist-quality-assurance/1b536899-1470-4109-b6db-ad7873ecc9cf.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Velindre University NHS Trust - **Location:** Velindre University NHS Trust Headquarters - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Pharmacy - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £40,559 - £48,841 per annum - **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed term/secondment for 12 months) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Including weekends and bank holidays) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-24T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-10T09:04:25.071Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cardiff/Cardiff/Velindre_Cancer_Centre/Pharmacy/Pharmacy-v8267231 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8267231?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://velindre.nhs.wales ## Job Content ### Job overview PLEASE NOTE THIS IS FIXED TERM FOR 12 MONTHS TO COVER MATERNITY LEAVE Fixed term period 1st November 2026 to 31st October 2027. An opportunity has arisen for an experienced, enthusiastic and highly motivated pharmacy person to join our Pharmacy Aseptic Services team as the Senior Quality Assurance Aseptic Specialist. It is an exciting time to join our team as we look to April 2027 when we move into the new Velindre Cancer Centre, and have a brand new aseptic unit to validate. You will need to have demonstratable experience in aseptic services and quality assurance. You will be required to demonstrate excellent communication and organisational skills and evidence of developing leadership qualities. This post is fixed term/secondment for 12 months. If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post. PLEASE NOTE Applicants will need to get permission from their line manager before submitting their interest, a release form to be included with your application form can be downloaded here. (This form is for the staff member and line manager to complete and return to you) ### Main duties of the job The Senior Quality Assurance Aseptic Specialist plays a vital role in ensuring the safe, compliant, and high‑quality production of medicines within our Pharmacy Aseptic Services. This is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact on patient care by safeguarding the quality standards that underpin every product we dispense. In this role, you will contribute directly to maintaining and improving our Pharmacy Quality Management System (QMS), supporting day‑to‑day quality operations, and driving continuous improvement across the service. Your expertise will help ensure our team operates in line with regulatory expectations, uphold Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), and deliver high‑quality, timely outputs for patients and clinical teams. You will be a key member of our multidisciplinary team, working closely with Pharmacists, Technicians, Nurses and Nuclear Medicine Scientists. Reporting to the Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance and System Manager, you will supervise and support technical staff, coordinate document control processes, lead investigations and audits, and contribute to quality reviews and departmental reporting. You will act as a champion for quality principles throughout the service and beyond. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. Welsh language skills are desirable ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Significant post qualification pharmacy technical experience with substantial experience of aseptic services - To have demonstrable experience of supervising/managing staff - Experience of training staff **Desirable** - Experience of training a large staff group - Experience of implementing change ### Skills and Attributes **Essential** - Aware of and work within own limitations - Able to work independently - Able to organise own time and that of others - Able to prioritise workload and that of others, ensuring that the work is completed within project timescales - Good interpersonal and communication skills - verbal and written - Advanced keyboard skills needed for accuracy to manipulate data and accurately input data - Good numeracy and literacy skills - Able to work accurately with attention to detail **Desirable** - Demonstrates initiative - Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading and writing in Welsh ### Qualifications and Knowledge **Essential** - National accreditation certificate for pre and in-process checking with aseptic processes - Registration with a relevant professional body - Demonstrable expertise and knowledge of technical aspects of aseptic services equivalent to pharmacy degree level. - An up-to-date knowledge of pharmacy practice - Computing skills, ability to use Microsoft office applications including Word, Excel, Outlook - To hold a NVQ Assessor’s qualification and have experience of training and mentoring staff **Desirable** - Accredited Product Approver ## Documents - [jdsas (pdf, 472.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10581866) - [occ health (pdf, 720.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10581865) - [senior aseptic specialist (pdf, 448.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10581867) - [guidance notes for applicants nov25 (pdf, 322.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2841) - [nwssp recruitment services privacy notice (pdf, 404.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1626) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.