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Job requirements
Essential
16 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Other
Capable team worker with ability to create and sustain good relationships
- Other
Able to deal with constant interruptions, multiple pressures and at times aggression
- Other
Methodical with attention to detail
- Skills
Leadership and motivational skills
- Skills
Problem solving and analytical skills
- Skills
Planning and organisational skills; ability to prioritise demands on service and plan workload of self and others
- Skills
Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills; ability to communicate with a range of people such as technicians, pharmacists, engineers, clinicians and customers
- Knowledge
Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practice and the regulations surrounding Pharmaceutical Manufacture.
- Knowledge
Knowledge of clean room design and functioning
- Knowledge
Highly developed Professional knowledge, underpinned by theory and experience
- Experience
Experience of product development
- Experience
Evidence of working within GMP/GDP guidelines
- Experience
COSHH Regulations and Health & Safety at Work Act
- Experience
Evidence of significant, relevant and on-going personal CPD
- Qualifications
M Pharm Degree or equivalent Or Honours degree in pharmaceutical sciences, chemistry or similar scientific subject if combined with further education and training such as the MSc Scientist Training Programme (STP) in Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Qualifications
Registered General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) Member or/& HCPC/ RPS
Desirable
9 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills
Change management
- Skills
Project Management skills
- Knowledge
Specialist knowledge of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Processes including equipment and facility design, construction, validation and testing
- Knowledge
Knowledge of:- • Aseptic preparation of medicines • Terminal Sterilisation processes • QA/QC services
- Knowledge
An understanding of medicines management procedures
- Knowledge
Knowledge of product licensing and medical devices registration
- Experience
Experience of Pharmaceutical Manufacture in either a hospital or industrial environment or previous experience of managing aseptic dispensing services
- Qualifications
Technical qualification such as Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Technology, Quality Control, Engineering, Manufacturing
- Qualifications
Post graduate certificate or diploma in a relevant pharmaceutical field
Job overview
Senior Pharmacist / Senior Pharmaceutical Scientist
Pharmacy Aseptic Services
Aseptic Production Unit
Band 7 (37.5 hours per week) + EDC
We are a major acute teaching Trust offering a wide range of clinical specialities, including tertiary referrals for HIV and Renal Medicine.
We have a highly regarded Aseptic Production Unit (APU) at the Trust with a Manufacturing site licensed in June 2023. You will work closely with our Aseptic Service Leads to help steer the quality facilitating programmes at the production unit. This post generates an opportunity for a Pharmacist / Scientist to join an expanding team delivering the pharmaceutical needs of patients at the Trust and across the NHS. The post holder will be expected to focus on the need for Aseptic Production Services with responsibilities for efficient and safe service provision.
Support for appropriate further clinical & technical development, is available.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will contribute to overseeing the operational quality aspects of the production processes, in a cost effective and efficient manner, assuring the quality of all unlicensed medicines manufactured and prepared at the Aseptic Production Unit (APU).
The post holder will ensure timely release of prepared and manufactured unlicensed medicines and will certify all unlicensed medicines as having been prepared or manufactured in compliance with current Rules and Guidance for Pharmaceutical Manufacturers.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will:
Participate in validating the production processes to ensure compliance with the required standards in aseptic preparation of medicines.
Contribute to product life cycle processes including Product Development and Product Quality Review.
Attend meetings (local & regional) when required to represent the APU.
Supervise less experienced pharmacists, scientists, technicians and students and provide training where necessary.
Will trouble shoot and undertake risk assessments in order to guide the team to ensure compliance with medicines legislation.
Deputise for the Lead Pharmacists (Technical Services) as required
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Senior Pharmacist / Senior Pharmaceutical Scientist with Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Liverpool, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Pharmacist role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £56,515 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 29 Oct 2026.
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