Production Manager Pharmacy Technical Services: Sponsorship Available

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

Job summary

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 correctiveand preventative actions (CAPA)

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

Person Specification

Essential Qualifications

Essential

  • Master’s degree in pharmacy (MPharm), BSc, MSc, Level 3 or SMT
  • Significant experience in pharmaceutical preparation activities
  • Professional registration
  • Postgraduate Qualification
  • Releasing Officer in a MHRA Licensed Unit or eligible to undertake this training
  • Eligible to be named as Head of Production on the MHRA Licence

Desirable

  • Good Clinical Practice (GCP) certification
  • Formal management and / or leadership qualification

Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience

Essential

  • Extensive hospital pharmacy experience post registration
  • Recent, extensive experience of working at a senior level within a pharmacy manufacturing unit or a related industry
  • Experience of external inspections including MHRA and CQC
  • Management experience and / or experience of staff recruitment and appraisal
  • Demonstrates a knowledge of current Good Manufacturing Practice for medicinal products, particularly in regard to aseptic facilities and operations
  • Experience of managing and developing a service

Desirable

  • Experience of writing business cases
  • Knowledge, experience and understanding the clinical trials process
  • Evidence of involvement in pharmacy practice-based research and / or audit

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 16 August 2026

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