About

• Company Description
• Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.
• Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.
• Job Description
• Band 3: £24,937 - £26,598
• Hours: Full and part-time options welcome, with weekday (Mon–Fri) commitment essential
• Location: Railway Triangle, Walton Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO6 1TH.
• Contract: Permanent
• Are you passionate about pharmacy quality and eager to grow your skills? We would love to hear from you if so! We’re recruiting to our Senior Manufacturing Assistant Quality Control role to join our warm, collaborative team at the Pharmacy Manufacturing Unit in Drayton. If you thrive in a dynamic environment and take pride in ensuring patient safety, we’d love to hear from you.
• About our team
• We’re a small and lovely team who are dedicated quality professionals committed to delivering aseptic services. Our focus is always on patient safety, service excellence, and continuous improvement.

As a Senior Assistant Technical Officer, you will

• Support day-to-day operations in the Quality Assurance department, working in line with GMP and departmental procedures
• Enforce quality management systems through accurate documentation and maintenance of quality indicators
• Liaise with senior production colleagues to schedule and complete all monitoring and checks on time
• Inspect raw materials, components, and finished products to ensure full compliance with specifications
• Who we’re looking for

You’ll be an enthusiastic, highly motivated individual who

• Communicates confidently with all team members and stakeholders
• Multitasks effectively in a fast-paced environment
• Embraces high standards and attention to detail
• Is eager to learn, and contributes to service development
• Development and training

We invest in our people. Over time, you’ll receive

• Comprehensive Quality Assurance training to build your technical expertise
• Ongoing coaching and mentoring to boost your confidence and competence
• Opportunities to propose improvements and help future-proof our facilities
• What we offer
• Supportive leadership and a friendly team culture
• NHS Pension Scheme and a generous staff benefits package
• Modern facilities at our Drayton site, with opportunities for career progression
• For additional information please see attached Job description
• If you'd like an informal chat or to arrange a visit, feel free to get in touch with our Quality Control Pharmacist Anna Drys on 02392 389078 – we'd love to hear from you.
• Please note this role does not offer sponsorship.
• Qualifications
• Essential
• GCSE level C or above including maths, English and a science or equivalent qualifications or previous work experience that demonstrates comparable ability within a GMP/Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) environment
• Experience
• Essential
• Completion of in-house or equivalent training packages and proven competence.
• Demonstrated ability to work to set procedures and follow written instructions
• Desirable
• Minimum 2 years working in an aseptic preparation / GMP / GLP environment in a Pharmacy Support worker post equivalent or above
• Completion of external training packages relating to GMP
• Competence in Microsoft excel / word and report monitoring experience
• Additional Information
• The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.
• We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.