Job overview

Production Manager – Pharmacy Technical Services 

Full Time – Average of 37.5 hours/week across a 7 day working rota (with a maximum weekend commitment of 1 in 4)

We are looking to recruit a highly motivated Pharmacy Production Specialist to join our well-established team in Technical Services. As a department we constantly strive to re-engineer our services to improve our delivery of patient focused pharmaceutical care and customer satisfaction. 

The MHRA licenced ‘Specials’ pharmacy manufacturing unit is based at the Royal Stoke University Hospital and is a purpose-built unit within the hospital.  The service encompasses aseptic, chemotherapy, over labelling and re-packaging products, supplying both the Trust and external organisations. We are currently scoping out an isolator replacement programme. 

As Production Manager you will be expected to have recent extensive experience of working in a Pharmacy aseptic unit and be eligible to be named Head of Production under the MHRA Licence.

Main duties of the job

Working with the other Production Manager you will proactively contribute to the further development of the service. 

• Be responsible and accountable for leading and the delivery of the sterile manufacturing services at UHNM including systemic anticancer therapies (SACT), adult and paediatric nutrition, CIVA’s services, over labelling and repackaging service under the MHRA Manufacturer’s ‘Specials’ Licence together with the other Production Manager
• Be Pharmacy lead for Intra-Thecal Chemotherapy
• Ensure the delivery of a safe, effective, and high-quality service, including prioritising activity during periods of constraint and negotiating with internal and external stakeholders to optimise productivity
• Support the strategic oversight and continuous development of the Pharmaceutical Quality System (PQS), including review and approval of data trends and critical documentation
• Act as a senior point of contact for regulatory bodies, overseeing responses to inspections, complaints, errors, and incidents, including the implementation of appropriate corrective
  and preventative actions (CAPA)

This is a great time to be a part of the Pharmacy Technical Services Team at UHNM.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential. 

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.