Job description Posted 25 April 2024

Role Title: Quality Assurance Co-ordinator

Duration: 8 months (possible extension)

Location: GSK Harlow

Rate: £23.64 per Hour – PAYE FT

Who Are We - GSK?

We are a science-led global healthcare company with a special purpose: to help people do more, feel better, live longer. GlaxoSmithKline plc was formed in 2000 as a result of a merger between Glaxo Wellcome plc and SmithKline Beecham plc, although our history can be traced back more than 300 years to London’s Plough Court Pharmacy in the 1700s.

Our goal is to be one of the world’s most innovative, best performing and trusted healthcare companies. Our strategy is to bring differentiated, high-quality and needed healthcare products to as many people as possible, with our three global businesses, scientific and technical know-how and talented people. Our values and expectations are at the heart of everything we do and form an important part of our culture:

• Our values are Patient focus, Transparency, Respect, Integrity

• Our expectations are Courage, Accountability, Development, Teamwork

Role purpose / summary

An opportunity has arisen for a QA Coordinator to join the Clinical Supply Chain Quality Assurance Operations group within Research and Development based at Harlow, UK.

The successful candidate will have a critical role in ensuring quality and compliance of Investigational Medicinal Products used worldwide. In addition, the job holder will have the opportunity to develop expertise and to gain experience within an R&D environment.

In this role you will:

• Review GMP Manufacturing and/or Packaging Documentation for a range of dosage form batches and finished clinical trial packs of Investigational Medicinal Products in accordance with GMP/GSK requirements.

• Provide advice and support to business partner areas relating to quality matters and process improvement.

• Review and assessment of Temperature excursions for IMP shipments.

• Act as a Customer Complaint Coordinator to ensure complaints are progressed

• Continually improve processes and practices

Key Skills/ requirements

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

Ideally either a graduate with 6 to 18 months experience in Pharma Industry or a more experienced individual would also be suitable for this role.

• Experience of Batch Review in a pharmaceutical environment

• Good communication skills with the ability to build relationships and trust; and to be able to make decisions based on GMP principles

• Experience working in high pressure environments where there are likely to be conflicting priorities

• Recent experience of review of GMP Manufacturing and/or Packaging Documentation of a range of pharmaceutical dosage forms including sterile products within a Quality Assurance role would be an advantage e.g.

• Proven experience of knowledge of GMP principles and being a decision maker using this knowledge

• Strong attention to detail, problem solving skills and ability to learn new skills and apply them.

All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!

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