Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy / Radiopharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 391-RFL-7129183
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- All trust site locations
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £62,215 - £72,293 Per annum inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/07/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 07/08/2025
Employer heading

Band 8B Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance Specialist (Radiopharmacy)
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
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Job overview
This is a new role and an exciting opportunity for the successful candidate to become a vital member of two teams within the Trust.
The post holder will be a member of the Quality Team, which supports manufacturing in accordance with MS and MIA(IMP) licences in Pharmacy and in Radiopharmacy (based in Nuclear Medicine).
The post holder will be named as the Quality Controller for the Radiopharmacy licences.
The post holder is responsible for management and implementation of the QMS in Pharmacy and Radiopharmacy.
The post-holder is responsible for supporting the development of the strategic direction, leadership and the development of Quality Assurance and Quality Control to the Trust, to meet local, regional and nationally agreed requirements and priorities.
The post-holder is required to work to high standards of accuracy, detail and safety, and able to make informed decisions when under pressure and when information is scarce.
Main duties of the job
The post holder would ideally have > 4 years working in Quality Assurance in a licensed Pharmaceutical and / or Radiopharmaceutical manufacturing environment.
The post holder should have significant experience using a variety of Pharmaceutical Quality System and service optimisation tools including those listed below:
The post holder should have expertise in management, development and implementation of continuous improvement strategies, identified through use of quality and risk management tools.
The postholder will release manufactured radiopharmaceutical products & IMPs under regulation 37 Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004, and support the QP with QA and IMPs for clinical trials.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Person specification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential criteria
- • Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Pharmacist or relevant Science degree
Desirable criteria
- Full membership of a relevant Professional Body
- Further qualification in relevant technical or management area
- Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice
- Diploma in Radiopharmacy or Pharmaceutical Technology & Quality Assurance
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Proven experience of good performance in previous jobs
- • Extensive experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing, including experience in a licensed facility
- • Experience of managing & motivating staff
- • Experience of training and supervising staff
- • Demonstrated experience & ability to successfully supervise and undertake a range of technical projects
- • Demonstrated expert technical knowledge covering Pharmaceutical QA, Production and / or Radiopharmacy
- • Knowledge of all aspects of cGMP, and current legislation and regulations and ability to apply this knowledge to support QA services
- • Demonstrated knowledge of principals and practices of aseptics / parenteral products e.g. formulation, stability, administration, legal issues
- • Knowledge of COSHH, health and safety at work
- • An understanding of current national standards, guidelines and service delivery issues relevant to Technical Services and ability to apply these to Quality Services
- • Demonstrated knowledge of cGMP, G(QC)LP and PQS
- • Demonstrated knowledge of Validation requirements of (Radio)pharmaceutical facilities and Audit
- • Demonstrated knowledge of Pharmaceutical microbiology and Contamination Control
- Eligible to act as an authorised releasing officer
- Experience in a MHRA Licensed Pharmacy Manufacturing Unit and / or Radiopharmacy
- • Experience of service provision management
Desirable criteria
- • Previous experience in the design, development and undertaking of stability studies
- • Previous experience in validation of pharmaceutical / Radiopharmaceutical manufacturing processes
- • Knowledge of IRMER, ARSAC and radiation safety requirements
- • Experience in developing new clinical services and novel products.
- • Experience in clinical trial activities.
skills and aptitudes
Essential criteria
- • Demonstrated ability to identify problems, analyse root cause and propose solutions for complex problems
- • Demonstrated expert technical knowledge of G(QC)LP and GMP, and a proven ability to apply this knowledge to maintain, develop and validate quality systems
- • Demonstrated Project Management Skills
- • Demonstrated ability to manage out of specification results and incidents and develop and review action plans to resolve these
- • Able to communicate effectively with all healthcare professionals and colleagues orally and in writing.
- • Able to identify and manage risk
- • Able to solve difficult and ambiguous problems by advanced reasoning and sound technical judgement
- • Able to deliver and validate staff training
- • Able to manage non compliances and incidents and develop and review action plans to resolve them
- • Able to prepare and complete documentation accurately with attention to detail, even when under pressure
- • Able to work effectively in stressful situations
- • Demonstrated ability to perform complex calculations accurately
- • Able to plan, prioritise and organise self
- • Able to plan, prioritise and organise the work of others
- • Able to meet deadlines
- • Able to work unsupervised
- • IT skills including use of email, word processing, spreadsheets, databases, accurate data entry and use of specialist computer programmes
- • Demonstrated effective customer service skills
- • Good team worker
- • Demonstrated ability to deliver lectures, workshops and formal presentations
- • Critical Appraisal skills
- • Able to follow local Manual Handling procedures
- • Demonstrated evidence of the safe handling of hazardous materials
Other
Essential criteria
- • Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills suitable for a range of audiences.
- • Experienced in giving presentations to diverse audiences.
- • Able to act as an Ambassador for the Service
- • Able to perform the duties of the post with any aids and adaptations
- • Required to wear specialised clean room clothing and safety equipment
- • Effective time management
- • Effective team worker
- • Positive approach & a ‘can-do’ attitude
- • Able to work on own initiative, be innovative and develop the role
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Pei San Chan
- Job title
- Head of Radiopharmacy
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02078302474
- Additional information
Generally available Monday - Friday, 08.00 - 16:00.
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