Head of Production

An exceptional opportunity has arisen to provide Production leadership as Head of Production within the purpose built Medicines Manufacturing Centre (MMC). Based in Seaton Delaval, Northumberland, the MMC will produce sterile injectable medicinal products in line with MHRA Good Manufacturing Practice on behalf of the North East and North Cumbria Provider Collaborative. The post holder will act as Head of Production, you will provide strategic, professional and operational leadership for all pharmaceutical production activities at the centre.

You will be responsible for establishing and maintaining safe, effective and efficient manufacturing operations that meet patient needs and comply with the requirements of Good Manufacturing Practice, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and the centre's pharmaceutical quality system. This is a rare opportunity to lead production within a new NHS medicines manufacturing facility. You will shape the operating model, build and develop the production workforce, implement robust production systems and lead the transition from facility commissioning and validation into routine licensed manufacture.

Working closely with the Managing Director, Head of Quality and senior leadership team and regional partners, you will ensure the reliable manufacture and supply of high-quality medicines for patients throughout North East and North Cumbria.

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for all pharmaceutical production activities within the Medicines Manufacturing Centre.
• Ensure that medicines are manufactured safely, consistently and in accordance with the product specification, MHRA specials manufacturing licence and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Lead the development, implementation and continuous improvement of production policies, procedures, standard operating procedures and manufacturing documentation.
• Establish a safe, compliant and high-performing aseptic production service.
• Support the commissioning, qualification and validation of the facility, clean rooms, utilities, equipment, computerised systems and manufacturing processes.
• Lead production readiness activities and the transition from project delivery into routine operation.
• Develop capacity, demand and production plans that meet the requirements of NHS organisations across North East and North Cumbria.
• Lead the introduction, scale-up, validation and transfer of new products and manufacturing processes.
• Ensure that production activities comply with current Good Manufacturing Practice and relevant medicines legislation.
• Recruit, lead, develop and retain a competent multidisciplinary production workforce.
• Manage delegated budgets, workforce resources, equipment and production assets effectively.
• Represent the Medicines Manufacturing Centre during regulatory inspections, audits and assurance reviews.

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England.

Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep.

Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way!