# Technical Services Quality Systems Technician

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** London
- **Region:** London
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Administrative and IT
- **Grade:** Band 5
- **Salary:** £38,488 - £46,852 p.a inc of HCAS
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (37.5 hours per week between operating hours 08:00 - 18:30 Monday to Friday. with scheduled Saturday and Bank Holiday working.)
- **Closing date:** 2026-06-17T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-06-01T00:02:29.088Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Guys_St_Thomas_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Chemotherapy_Services/Chemotherapy_Services-v8027447
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8027447?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated and detail‑oriented technician to join the Chemotherapy Preparation and Dispensing Unit within a large and evolving aseptic services department. You will play a vital role in supporting the quality assurance of medicines preparation activities, helping to ensure services are safe, compliant, and responsive to the needs of patients across our Trust.

Working as part of a collaborative and forward‑thinking team, you will contribute to the maintenance and development of robust quality systems, support audit and governance processes, and drive continuous improvement across aseptic services. This role offers the chance to develop specialist expertise in GMP, quality systems, and regulatory compliance within a dynamic and expanding technical services environment.

### Main duties of the job

To support the Technical Services Quality Systems team in maintaining and improving quality assurance processes for aseptic preparation, ensuring services remain safe, compliant, and efficient.

To contribute to the management of quality systems by assisting with documentation, including SOPs, change controls, deviations, risk assessments, and audit records in line with GMP and QAAPS standards.

To liaise with stakeholders to support quality activities, including equipment validation, environmental monitoring, and the safe release of unlicensed medicines within technical services.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To support the Technical Services Quality Systems team in the delivery and maintenance of robust quality assurance services across aseptic units, ensuring compliance with GMP, QAAPS and relevant regulatory standards.

To contribute to the management of the pharmaceutical quality system by preparing, reviewing, and maintaining key documentation, including standard operating procedures (SOPs), change controls, deviations, and risk assessments in line with internal quality standards.

To act as a releasing officer for unlicensed medicines, ensuring appropriate checks are completed.

To support audit and inspection readiness by assisting with internal audits, contributing to external inspections, and implementing actions to maintain compliance within aseptic services.

To assist with validation and qualification activities for equipment and facilities, including maintaining validation documentation.

To support the administration and oversight of temperature monitoring systems and storage conditions, including responding to alarms, coordinating maintenance, and ensuring compliance with storage requirements.

To contribute to training and development within technical services by supporting unit staff training in quality systems processes.

## Job Details

This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated and detail‑oriented technician to join the Chemotherapy Preparation and Dispensing Unit within a large and evolving aseptic services department. You will play a vital role in supporting the quality assurance of medicines preparation activities, helping to ensure services are safe, compliant, and responsive to the needs of patients across our Trust.

Working as part of a collaborative and forward‑thinking team, you will contribute to the maintenance and development of robust quality systems, support audit and governance processes, and drive continuous improvement across aseptic services. This role offers the chance to develop specialist expertise in GMP, quality systems, and regulatory compliance within a dynamic and expanding technical services environment.

## Job Description

To support the Technical Services Quality Systems team in maintaining and improving quality assurance processes for aseptic preparation, ensuring services remain safe, compliant, and efficient.

To contribute to the management of quality systems by assisting with documentation, including SOPs, change controls, deviations, risk assessments, and audit records in line with GMP and QAAPS standards.

To liaise with stakeholders to support quality activities, including equipment validation, environmental monitoring, and the safe release of unlicensed medicines within technical services.

## Responsibilities

To support the Technical Services Quality Systems team in the delivery and maintenance of robust quality assurance services across aseptic units, ensuring compliance with GMP, QAAPS and relevant regulatory standards.

To contribute to the management of the pharmaceutical quality system by preparing, reviewing, and maintaining key documentation, including standard operating procedures (SOPs), change controls, deviations, and risk assessments in line with internal quality standards.

To act as a releasing officer for unlicensed medicines, ensuring appropriate checks are completed.

To support audit and inspection readiness by assisting with internal audits, contributing to external inspections, and implementing actions to maintain compliance within aseptic services.

To assist with validation and qualification activities for equipment and facilities, including maintaining validation documentation.

To support the administration and oversight of temperature monitoring systems and storage conditions, including responding to alarms, coordinating maintenance, and ensuring compliance with storage requirements.

To contribute to training and development within technical services by supporting unit staff training in quality systems processes.

## Person Specification

### Previous experience

**Essential**

- Experience in a GMP/QA environment
- Experience in the use of computerised systems for environmental monitoring and documentation control.
- Experience in completing PQS documentation

**Desirable**

- Previous GMP quality experience
- Previous experience of performing critical in-process or final checks
- Previous experience of performing QA checks and/or release
- Experience of using Epic

### Qualifications/Education

**Essential**

- Relevant degree level qualification in quality, pharmaceutical sciences or other relevant subject plus specialist training or an equivalent level experience

**Desirable**

- Post Graduate Studies in Pharmaceutical Sciences or Quality Assurance or other relevant subject.

### Skills/Knowledge/Ability

**Essential**

- Ability to work to cGMP/GDP standards
- Demonstrate ability to organise own time
- Demonstrate the ability to identify and solve problems
- Demonstrate prioritisation and organisational skills
- Demonstrate high level of communication skills both verbal and written

**Desirable**

- Working with Q Pulse / CAM+ systems
- Demonstrate ability to identify training needs of self and others
- Ability to write reports and analyse data
- Confident & assertive when dealing with other professionals
- Advanced Microsoft Office System skills or equivalent

### Professional/Statutory Registration

**Desirable**

- Member of the relevant Professional body

## Documents

- [job description and person specification (pdf, 270.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10318166)
- [frf technical services quality systems technician (pdf, 376.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10316634)

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