Job Advert
Senior Technician - Quality Assurance (Band 5)
Salary Scale: £26,104 - £32,915 per annum
Tayside Pharmaceuticals / NHSS PSS is a licensed NHS pharmaceutical manufacturing unit based at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee supplying Scottish hospitals and other hospitals throughout the UK and community pharmacies. Tayside Pharmaceuticals / 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
A vacancy exists for a Senior Technician within the Quality Assurance Department. Post holders must be graduates with a relevant science degree or have an equivalent qualification or experience. Duties include:
- Analytical and microbiological testing of purchased raw materials and manufactured finished products
- Documentation and reporting of test results
- Review and checking of production documentation
- Calibration of laboratory instrumentation
- Environmental monitoring of production facilities
Experience and knowledge of GMP and GLP is required. Applicants are welcome from individuals who enjoy working with accuracy and attention to detail, both alone and as part of a team.
Your performance must comply with the national “Mandatory Induction Standards for Healthcare Support Workers 2009” and with the Code of Conduct for Healthcare Support Workers.
Hours of work are 27.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
For further information please contact either:
Martin Waddington, Laboratory Manager, Tayside Pharmaceuticals / NHSS PSS
(tel: 01382 740074 Ext: 33420; e-mail: MartinJ.Waddington@nhs.scot)
or
Peter Boag, Validation & Quality Systems Specialist, Tayside Pharmaceuticals / NHSS PSS
(tel: 01382 740600 Ext: 55720; e-mail: Peter.Boag@nhs.scot)
NHS Tayside is committed to equality and diversity and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community