Quality Assurance Officer (Maternity Cover)

Alliance Medical; Preston; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is looking for a Quality Assurance Officer to join their Radiopharmacy Quality Team on a 12-month fixed term role. You will support the QA Manager, ensuring GMP compliance and the effectiveness of Quality Management Systems. Candidates should have experience in Quality Assurance within a GMP environment, strong organisational skills, and a problem-solving mindset. An educational background in pharmacy, chemistry, or biology is required. This role provides a chance to enhance patient care and contribute to innovative imaging technologies.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a GMP environment is essential.
• Previous experience in Quality Assurance is preferred.
• Validation and auditing experience are desirable but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Support the QA Manager in overseeing GMP compliance.
• Ensure the effectiveness of the Quality Management Systems.
• Participate in the production and release of radiopharmaceutical products.

Skills

Problem solving

Report writing

Microsoft Windows (Word, PowerPoint)

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

Regulatory knowledge (GMP)

Education

Degree or higher in a relevant scientific area (pharmacy, chemistry, or Biology)

Job description

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Quality Assurance Officer to join our Radiopharmacy Quality Team to cover maternity leave.

If you have experience in Quality Assurance within a GMP environment; good organisation skills; proactive with a can‑do attitude; detail‑focused and time‑oriented; an excellent grasp of problem solving and report writing skills; good at both working on tasks in a team and independently; then this may be the opportunity you are looking for.

The Quality Assurance Officer will be an active member of the Quality Assurance Team, responsible for supporting the QA Manager in overseeing GMP compliance and the effectiveness of the Quality Management Systems supporting the manufacturing, testing and release of the product.

Experience in Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) is essential. Prior experience within a radiopharmaceutical setting is desirable. Validation experience and auditing experience are desirable but not essential.

Please note this is a 12‑month fixed term role.

Please note that we will be interviewing throughout the duration of this advert. Therefore, if you are interested in this role an early application is advised as we may close the advert prior to the advertised date.

Minimum Qualification

• Degree or higher in a relevant scientific area (pharmacy, chemistry, or Biology) or equivalent experience in a pharmaceutical setting.

Previous Experience

• A strong background in Quality Assurance, preferably with experience in Quality Assurance to produce Sterile injectable products and/or radiopharmaceuticals but is not essential.
• Ideally has a practical experience in activities of quantitative and qualitative analyses of active substances and of the necessary testing and checking to ensure the quality of medicinal products or associated relevant experience.
• Experience of other roles such as Production/QC or QA in a radiopharmaceutical setting would be advantageous but not essential.

Skills / attributes

• Experienced in Microsoft Windows products (Word Power).
• First‑class written and communication skills. Good listening skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills; personable.
• Excellent organisation skills.
• Good time‑keeping.
• Good attention to detail.
• Self‑motivated.
• Able to work on own; proactive including both defining and executing tasks. Leads by example.
• Good regulatory knowledge (GMP as applicable to sterile manufacture and radiopharmaceuticals).

Alliance Medical are Europe’s leading independent provider of imaging services.

We combine service excellence and innovative imaging technologies to improve patient care and support NHS and independent organisations with their ongoing imaging requirements. Our approach has delivered consistent company growth for more than 30 years.

We live by our company values to ensure the highest level of patient care:

Leaders, managers, and supervisors have a particular responsibility to be role models in terms of how they demonstrate these values themselves and how they engage their teams to work in this way.

Collaboration: We work together and in partnership for all our patients. We respect expertise and combine it to achieve more.

Excellence: We never compromise. We strive to deliver the very best in everything we do to ensure the highest quality of care. We treat our patients and each other with compassion, dignity and respect.

Learning: Knowledge and understanding comes from learning. At Alliance Medical we are committed to ensuring that each and every one of us keeps on learning and that we continuously look for improved ways of working.

Efficiency: Efficiency in healthcare means more patients get better care. We constantly seek new ways to use the scarce resource of healthcare more intelligently so that more people can live longer, fuller lives.

Openness: We act with transparency and honesty in everything we do, where staff are encouraged to speak up to ensure a safe and secure environment for our patients.