Quality Control Officer

Pharmaxo Pharmacy Services Ltd.; Corsham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A pharmaceutical company in Corsham is seeking a Quality Control Officer to perform Environmental Monitoring as part of their Quality Team. Responsibilities include conducting quality checks on incoming goods and validating equipment. Candidates should have at least 1 year of laboratory experience and familiarity with analysis techniques such as UV Spectrometry and Gram staining. The position offers a supportive work environment with opportunities for career development and is ideal for those pursuing a degree in a relevant field.

Benefits

Annual leave of 25 days + bank holidays

Annual company bonus scheme

Pension with employer contribution

Generous Life Assurance package

Access to counselling service and virtual GP

Shopping discounts and benefits

Qualifications

• 1 year of laboratory experience with analysis techniques.
• Experience with UV Spectrometry or Gram staining.
• Pursuit of relevant Degree can fulfill experience requirements.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with the Quality team for Environmental Monitoring.
• Conduct QC checks on incoming goods.
• Validate and verify equipment as necessary.

Skills

Laboratory experience

UV Spectrometry

Gram staining

Education

Degree in relevant field

Job description

Overview

The Pharmaxo Group is an award winning, market leading pharmaceutical and healthcare business that serves customers, patients and medical professionals across the UK.

We are located in a modern manufacturing and office facility in Corsham Science Park in Wiltshire, just 5 miles from Chippenham and 8 miles from Bath. The Pharmaxo Group comprises of:

• Bath ASU which produces thousands of aseptically (sterile) compounded injectable pharmaceutical products each day for hospitals and patients who are fighting cancer, living with chronic disease or in need of pain relief.
• Pharmaxo Healthcare which is a growing clinical homecare provider in an expanding market offering greater convenience to patients whilst delivering efficiencies to the NHS.
• Pharmaxo Scientific which develops the innovations in biotechnology, data and information technology that drive our businesses.

Your role

The Quality Control Officer has primary responsibility for Environmental Monitoring as part of the Quality Team at BathASU. Supplementary responsibilities include QC checks on incoming goods and validation and verification of equipment. This role requires the Quality Control Officer to co-ordinate with the wider Quality team and to work closely with Engineering and Production.

The goal of this position is to successfully monitor the facility and to investigate and risk assess results that are out of limits or have breached action limits.

We want everyone to have an equal opportunity to apply for this role. If you require any adjustments, or would prefer to apply in an alternative format, please contact us and we will be happy to support you through the process.

Benefits

• Annual leave of 25 days + bank holidays (increasing to 27 days after 3 years’ service)
• Annual company bonus scheme (subject to scheme eligibility)
• Pension - you will be auto-enrolled after 3 months of employment at 5% (with an employer contribution of 4%). You can also opt to increase your contribution to 6% to which the employer will contribute 8%.
• Generous Life Assurance package
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme, counselling service and virtual GP service
• Pharmaxo Engage is our Reward & Recognition intranet which includes shopping discounts and benefits.

1 year of laboratory experience (1 year laboratory experience with the use of one or more of the stated analysis techniques; UV Spectrometry, Gram staining.) This can be attained through pursuit of Degree.