Job summary
Join the SPS Quality Assurance Team and help shape medicines quality across the NHS.
We are seeking a motivated, enthusiastic and forward-thinkingindividualto join the nationalSpecialist Pharmacy Service (SPS) Quality Assurance Team. The successful candidate will have a degree in a relevant scientific or technical subject or significant experience working in pharmaceutical technical services. Experience relating to the manufacture, preparation, storage and supply of medicines is required.
This is a complex role, requiring excellent communication, presentation, investigational and analytical skills.
Main duties of the job
As a Quality Assurance Technical Officer, the successful candidate will support the quality assurance of medicines procurement, formulation and stability, providing expert advice and support to healthcare professionals to help ensure that medicines supplied across the NHS are evidence-based, safe and of the highest quality.
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit their careers page.
Details
Date posted
14 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£39,959 to £48,117 a year
per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time,
Home or remote working
Reference number
287-PPU-10-26
Job locations
Pharmacy Practice Unit
70 Pembroke Place
Liverpool
L69 3GF
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
To deliver a range of Quality Assurance duties as part of the SPS Quality assurance team including:
Supporting the programme of unlicensed asepticunits audits
Supporting licensed and unlicensed medicines contracting
Medicines formulation and stability assessment
Supporting the provision of advice and support
Facilitating discrete quality improvement projects
Assisting in the development of resources, audit tools and training materials
Delivery of training to groups of technical services staff on a range of subjects.
Reviewing and assessing reports of defective medicines from Trusts
Maintenance of the SPS website
Development and maintenance of the QA services quality system
For full details, please refer to the attached job description and person specification
Job responsibilities
To deliver a range of Quality Assurance duties as part of the SPS Quality assurance team including:
Supporting the programme of unlicensed asepticunits audits
Supporting licensed and unlicensed medicines contracting
Medicines formulation and stability assessment
Supporting the provision of advice and support
Facilitating discrete quality improvement projects
Assisting in the development of resources, audit tools and training materials
Delivery of training to groups of technical services staff on a range of subjects.
Reviewing and assessing reports of defective medicines from Trusts
Maintenance of the SPS website
Development and maintenance of the QA services quality system
For full details, please refer to the attached job description and person specification
