Production Pharmacist

Planning and Procedures

• Plan and prioritise daily, weekly and monthly activities
• Determine, request and use resources/assets optimally

• Verify schedule 5 products
• Verify certified clean status of rooms and equipment
• Verify, review and approve verification of measuring equipment performance, calibrations and sampling, and dispensing of materials

• Perform, review and approve line sign‑on’s, closures and clearance authorisations
• Perform, review and approve batch reconciliations to product specifications and quality
• Ensure production process adherence to standards and specifications

• Manage, review and approve change control programs and deviations/ concessions comply to standards and specifications
• Manage and resolve customer complaints
• Optimise processes and identify gaps in policies/ procedures
• Drive CAPA investigations in area of focus

• Perform and review shift GMP checks, environmental checks, and agent expiry dates, and ensure continued compliance
• Verify good document practice as per SOP and regulation
• Verify the identity of bulk product and printed packaging materials, and conduct intermix checks to assess uniformity
• Verify IPCs are in line with product quality and specifications
• Review and approve preliminary batch records
• Audit logbooks and systems

• Investigate deviations and concessions, and assess risk
• Raise deviations and implement corrective action
• Raise maintenance notifications as and when required

• Train new Pharmacists and PMAs on SOPs in transition period
• Identify refresher or awareness training needs

• Complete batch records and labels
• Complete deviation forms as required
• Query documents and sign off declarations
• Perform and verify calculations in BMR
• Maintain and update records and systems as required
• Retrieve supporting documentation and records to facilitate and support query resolution

• BPharm Degree
• 1-3 years’ related experience
• Pharmaceutical manufacturing experience

• Comprehensive knowledge of pharmaceutical manufacturing, standards and compliance requirements
• Ability to interpret and implement policies, processes and objectives

• Information gathering
• Interrogating information
• Meeting deadlines
  
  Finalising output
• Taking action