Production Pharmacist Assistant

Overview

• Monitor and report on manufacturing compliance to GMP and statutory requirements
• Monitor adherence to guidelines, procedures and document controls
• Related support and administrative tasks

Responsibilities Inspections and Verifications

• Perform visual inspections of rooms, machine parts and equipment
• Verify that rooms and equipment are certified clean as per SOP
• Verify scale and measuring equipment performance and daily calibration as per SOPs, protocols and schedules
• Verify daily sampling, dispensing of materials and its mass/ volume
• Perform housekeeping of rooms and equipment

Line and Production Processing

• Perform line sign-on and closure
• Check and authorise packaging line clearance
• Order and maintain substance materials
• Perform batch reconciliations to product specifications and quality
• Monitor production process in line with standards and specifications

Process and Systems Improvement

• Manage change control programs and deviations/ concessions in line with SOPs, standards and product quality and specifications
• Manage and resolve customer complaints
• Optimise processes and identify gaps in policies/ procedures

Compliance and Auditing

• Conduct shift GMP checks and ensure continued compliance
• Conduct environmental checks and check expiry dates of agents
• 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
• Check preliminary batch records
• Audit logbooks and systems

Troubleshooting

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

Training and Technical Expertise

• Train new PMAs on SOPs
• Identify refresher or awareness training needs

Administration and Record Keeping

• 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

Requirements Background/experience

• Post Basic registration as Pharmacist Assistant with Pharmacy Council
• 1-3 years’ Pharmacist Assistant experience
• Pharmaceutical manufacturing experience advantageous

Specific Job Skills

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

Competencies

• Interrogating information
• Meeting deadline
• Finalising outputs
• Maintaining accuracy

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