Lloyds Clinical

Principal Pharmacist Aseptic Quality and Stability

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Job summary

Are you passionate about ensuring excellence in aseptic quality and stability within the pharmaceutical industry? Do you have the expertise to oversee clinical dimensions, regulatory compliance, and drive innovation in compounded medication protocols? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you!

Key Responsibilities

In this influential role, you will:

Ensure Compliance:Maintain the highest standards of patient safety and product quality by ensuring all aseptic processes and compounded medications comply with UK regulatory standards, including Yellow Cover Documents (YCD), MHRA guidelines, and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)

Drive Efficiencies: Review, update, and enhance stability protocols, prescription processes, and associated standards for compounded medications to ensure safe, effective, and patient-centred outcomes.

Innovate: Lead research and development initiatives to advance compounded medication stability and implement innovative practices.

Quality Assurance:Deliver a robust pharmacy quality assurance framework by conducting risk assessments, managing incidents and non-conformances, and driving continuous improvement.

Build Capability:Act as the subject matter expert, providing guidance and training to colleagues and customers on aseptic quality and stability.

Foster Relationships:Work closely with internal stakeholders to deliver the highest standards of service, support commercial opportunities, and build customer relationships.

Main duties of the job

  • The ideal candidate for the Principal Pharmacist Aseptic Quality and Stability role will possess the following key skills and experience:

  • Advanced Understanding: Expertise in aseptic processes, including sterility assurance and quality control.

  • Strong Communication: Ability to engage with internal and external stakeholders effectively.

  • Analytical Skills: Proficiency in identifying process inefficiencies and implementing improvements.

  • Attention to Detail: High accuracy in monitoring and maintaining quality standards.

  • Project Management: Skills to plan and oversee aseptic quality initiatives effectively.

  • Qualifications

  • Vocational Master's degree in Pharmacy.

  • Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.

  • Post-graduate diploma or MSc in clinical pharmacy or equivalent.

  • The successful candidate will be adept at managing competing priorities, collaborating across departments, and ensuring that both short-term goals and long-term business growth objectives are met

About us

Why Lloyds Clinical?

We have a lot to offer to not only the 100,000 patients we support, but also to our valued employees. Lloyds Clinical has a wide range of exciting opportunities for passionate professionals across nursing, patient services, compounding, pharmacy and warehousing. These roles come with fantastic benefits including:

  • 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
  • Company bonus scheme
  • Outstanding training & development programmes
  • Up to £1200 refer a friend bonus
  • Full support from our employee assistance programme including a health and well-being app
  • Savings and discounts at multiple retailers through our rewards portal

Details

Date posted

18 February 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£75,000 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

E0258-25-0031

Job locations

Lloydspharmacy Clinical Homecare

4 The Spire Green Centre

Harlow

Essex

CM19 5TR


Job description

Job responsibilities

Are you passionate about ensuring excellence in aseptic quality and stability within the pharmaceutical industry? Do you have the expertise to oversee clinical dimensions, regulatory compliance, and drive innovation in compounded medication protocols? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you!

Key Responsibilities

In this influential role, you will:

Ensure Compliance:Maintain the highest standards of patient safety and product quality by ensuring all aseptic processes and compounded medications comply with UK regulatory standards, including Yellow Cover Documents (YCD), MHRA guidelines, and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)

Drive Efficiencies: Review, update, and enhance stability protocols, prescription processes, and associated standards for compounded medications to ensure safe, effective, and patient-centred outcomes.

Innovate: Lead research and development initiatives to advance compounded medication stability and implement innovative practices.

Quality Assurance:Deliver a robust pharmacy quality assurance framework by conducting risk assessments, managing incidents and non-conformances, and driving continuous improvement.

Build Capability:Act as the subject matter expert, providing guidance and training to colleagues and customers on aseptic quality and stability.

Foster Relationships:Work closely with internal stakeholders to deliver the highest standards of service, support commercial opportunities, and build customer relationships.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Are you passionate about ensuring excellence in aseptic quality and stability within the pharmaceutical industry? Do you have the expertise to oversee clinical dimensions, regulatory compliance, and drive innovation in compounded medication protocols? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you!

Key Responsibilities

In this influential role, you will:

Ensure Compliance:Maintain the highest standards of patient safety and product quality by ensuring all aseptic processes and compounded medications comply with UK regulatory standards, including Yellow Cover Documents (YCD), MHRA guidelines, and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)

Drive Efficiencies: Review, update, and enhance stability protocols, prescription processes, and associated standards for compounded medications to ensure safe, effective, and patient-centred outcomes.

Innovate: Lead research and development initiatives to advance compounded medication stability and implement innovative practices.

Quality Assurance:Deliver a robust pharmacy quality assurance framework by conducting risk assessments, managing incidents and non-conformances, and driving continuous improvement.

Build Capability:Act as the subject matter expert, providing guidance and training to colleagues and customers on aseptic quality and stability.

Foster Relationships:Work closely with internal stakeholders to deliver the highest standards of service, support commercial opportunities, and build customer relationships.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • The ideal candidate for the Principal Pharmacist Aseptic Quality and Stability role will possess the following key skills and experience:
  • Advanced Understanding: Expertise in aseptic processes, including sterility assurance and quality control.
  • Strong Communication: Ability to engage with internal and external stakeholders effectively.
  • Analytical Skills: Proficiency in identifying process inefficiencies and implementing improvements.
  • Attention to Detail: High accuracy in monitoring and maintaining quality standards.
  • Project Management: Skills to plan and oversee aseptic quality initiatives effectively.
  • Qualifications
  • Vocational Master's degree in Pharmacy.
  • Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
  • Post-graduate diploma or MSc in clinical pharmacy or equivalent.
  • The successful candidate will be adept at managing competing priorities, collaborating across departments, and ensuring that both short-term goals and long-term business growth objectives are met
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • The ideal candidate for the Principal Pharmacist Aseptic Quality and Stability role will possess the following key skills and experience:
  • Advanced Understanding: Expertise in aseptic processes, including sterility assurance and quality control.
  • Strong Communication: Ability to engage with internal and external stakeholders effectively.
  • Analytical Skills: Proficiency in identifying process inefficiencies and implementing improvements.
  • Attention to Detail: High accuracy in monitoring and maintaining quality standards.
  • Project Management: Skills to plan and oversee aseptic quality initiatives effectively.
  • Qualifications
  • Vocational Master's degree in Pharmacy.
  • Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
  • Post-graduate diploma or MSc in clinical pharmacy or equivalent.
  • The successful candidate will be adept at managing competing priorities, collaborating across departments, and ensuring that both short-term goals and long-term business growth objectives are met

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Lloyds Clinical

Address

Lloydspharmacy Clinical Homecare

4 The Spire Green Centre

Harlow

Essex

CM19 5TR


Employer's website

https://lloydsclinical.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Lloyds Clinical

Address

Lloydspharmacy Clinical Homecare

4 The Spire Green Centre

Harlow

Essex

CM19 5TR


Employer's website

https://lloydsclinical.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

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Details

Date posted

18 February 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£75,000 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

E0258-25-0031

Job locations

Lloydspharmacy Clinical Homecare

4 The Spire Green Centre

Harlow

Essex

CM19 5TR


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