Quality and Safety
Auckland - New Zealand
Contract or Temp
Slade Health
Dynamic, Collaborative and Supportive Work Environment
Progressive and Far-Reaching Career Opportunities
Full Training is Provided on the Job and Development Support is Ongoing
12 Month Contract Position – Auckland, NZ Location
Shifts are rostered across Monday to Friday and weekends, within the operating hours of 6:00 am to 7:00 pm.
About Slade Health:
Slade Health, a division of ICON Group, is one of Australia’s largest providers of sterile compounding services, including chemotherapy, analgesics, antibiotics, LAF and TPN products.
Slade Health supplies over one million infusions per annum to more than 200 hospital partners via its five compounding facilities. Currently, we have an exciting opportunity for a 12-month position within the organisation in New Zealand.
Slade Health New Zealand:
Slade Health is a new world-class Medsafe licensed compounding facility capable of producing chemotherapy, antibiotics, analgesics, and nutritional products.
Slade Health supplies compounded products for public hospitals in NewZealand, which represent approximately 40% of New Zealand’s cancer patients.
About the role:
As an integral member of the Quality team, the Quality Associate Releaser will report to the Site Quality Manager and work closely with Operations to ensure that Avondale’s compounding center operates in compliance with regulatory and GMP requirements and that the products compounded are released to the highest quality. This is a fantastic opportunity to expand your current skill set and support the Quality processes we have in place. This is a 12-month contract position working a minimum of 80 hours a fortnight.
Key Responsibilities:
Responsibilities include but are not limited to.
Releasing of compounded batches.
Ensure all products are compounded appropriately according to product specifications and documentation in order to obtain the required quality.
Ensure all quality management systems and procedures are adhered to
Participate in preparation of new Quality Documents and revision/update of existing documents.
Manage First time receipt of stock and approvals for Avondale site
Ensure all product non-conformances are evaluated and rejected and/or escalated to quality management in a timely manner
Ensure all incidents, deviations and complaints are reported appropriately and investigate, document in the QMS in a timely fashion
Participating in risk assessment, change control, validation, internal audits, document reviews, CAPA, and recall activities.
Liaising with relevant stakeholders to complete action items related to the above.
Conducting and coordinating training on Quality procedures and requirements.
Other Quality tasks as needed
In addition, you may support the team with Environmental Monitoring activities and perform quality assessments quarantined incoming goods as required.
You will drive ongoing continuous improvement in Quality performance across the site and the business. This means identifying key areas of focus and implementing improvements to raise compliance and efficiency and engaging with stakeholders to promote the Quality culture.
What we are looking for:
Work history (minimum of 2years) in a GMP-compliant, sterile pharmaceutical manufacturing environment.
Experience in the development and application of Quality Systems and continuous quality improvement
Experience with regulators of pharmaceutical manufacture (eg TGA, Medsafe)
Competency in common IT software (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Visio)
Competent in time and task management
Preferable - tertiary qualification in a Science discipline
The successful candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment where quality is paramount. You will have a proactive approach, exceptional communication skills and be a strong leader/role model.
How to apply:
If you think you have the skills we are looking for, then we want to hear from you! Please apply by clicking on the link below – a covering letter and resume must be attached.
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