Job summary
- Main area
- Quality Assurance
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 362-A-25-7107349
- Employer
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Stockport Pharmaceuticals, Stepping Hill Hospital,
- Town
- Stockport,
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Quality Assurance Technical Officer
Band 5
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
There are lots of good reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you’ll see in yourself. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce.
Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four ‘specialist’ hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a ‘specialist’ hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.
Our values ‘We Care, We Respect, We Listen’ are at the heart of everything we do, and come from our promise: ‘Making a difference every day.’ They drive the behaviour and actions for everyone in our organisation.
In your application for this post, please describe how your experience and skills align with 'Our values-based behaviours' ( see additional documentation) and provide examples.
Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment
As well as recognising previous NHS service, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. If you are currently employed by Greater Manchester Local Authority, Combined Authority, GMFRS, TfGM as well as other public service organisations, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust will recognise your previous service for sickness and maternity/paternity/adoption entitlement and also for annual leave purposes (providing there has been no break in service). If you currently work for one of the above organisations and successfully apply for a post with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, please ensure the Recruitment team are aware so that this service is reflected in your contract of employment.
Our Values:
We Care
About each other
Our patients and their families
The communities we serve
The environment
We support them and deliver on their promises
We Respect
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We are kind and helpful, and we expect the same in return
We Listen to
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We act and learn from what we hear
Job overview
Stockport Pharmaceuticals is a purpose built facility at Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, incorporating sterile and non-sterile manufacture and aseptic preparation units.
We offer an expert, professional service developing and manufacturing pharmaceutical unlicensed medicines to NHS, community pharmacy, private health care and industry organisations.
We are licensed to operate under
- MHRA Manufacturer’s “Specials” Licence (MS 13523)
- MHRA Manufacturer’s Importers Authorisation “MIA” Licence (MIA 13523)
- MHRA Investigational Medicinal Products licence (MIA(IMP) 13523)
An opportunity has a risen for an enthusiastic individual to join the Stockport Pharmaceuticals Quality Assurance team based at Stockport NHS Foundation trust. The position available is for a Quality Assurance Technical Officer.
Main duties of the job
Job Summary: |
- To assist the Quality Assurance team in the maintenance of the Pharmaceutical Quality System
- Develops and maintains specialist knowledge of processes, procedures and standards pertinent to aseptic services and pharmaceutical manufacturing
- To adhere to the principles of cGMP, and Good Clinical Practice (GCP) as applied to licensed activities within aseptic services
Working for our organisation
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital and community health services for children and adults across Stockport and the High Peak. Stepping Hill Hospital treats over 500,000 patients per year and community health services are run across 24 sites in Stockport.
There are many great reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you’ll see in yourself.
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focussed workforce.
We are constantly improving how we work with staff and this is reflected in the awards we have been awarded, which can be seen on our website.
We care
We respect
We listen
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification to support your application for this post. Please refer to the essential criteria in the person specification which will highlight the skills, knowledge and experience you will need to demonstrate in your application, by way of example, to give yourself the best opportunity to be shortlisted.
Person specification
Education and Qualification
Essential criteria
- Degree in Pharmacy or a related scientific/healthcare discipline OR equivalent experience
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Wide knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practice applied to the manufacture of medicines.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of legislation applied to “Specials” manufacture
- Knowledge of the principles associated with quality control analysis of starting materials and finished products
- Knowledge of Cleanroom design
- Knowledge of the principles of audit.
- Knowledge of legislation applied to the manufacture of Investigational Medicinal Products
Skills
Desirable criteria
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- The ability to contribute to problem solving and troubleshooting
- Keen eye for attention to detail
- Good IT Skills
- Ability to receive and process complex information for onward verbal and/or written communication to Quality Control and pharmaceutical colleagues
Experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within a licensed manufacturing facility
- Experience in the quality assurance of batches manufactured in licensed facilities (Specials and/or Investigational Medicinal Products/commercial products)
- Analytical experience within a Quality Control laboratory
- Experience of environmental monitoring
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Emma-Joy Wraith
- Job title
- Head of Quality Assurance
- Email address
- [email protected]
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