Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, highly motivated Quality Control Assistant to join our Pharmacy team.
You will be part of a team with responsibility for the management of Quality Control services at Sherwood Forest Hospitals. The Quality Control department supports the Aseptic Dispensing and Pre-Packing Medicines activities carried out at Sherwood Forest Hospitals, aswell as carrying out inspections of Unlicensed Medicines received by the Trust.
You will be required to undertake operational activities within the Quality Control Section, inclusive of environmental monitoring, document control and validation of equipment to ensure medicines are manufactured safely and efficiently.
Apply now to join our team!
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
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Details
Date posted
16 January 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
24,937 to 26,598 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
214-CSTO-7697470
Job locations
King's Mill Hospital
Mansfield Rd
Sutton-In-Ashfield
NG17 4JL
Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification. Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential

• Experience of quality control and quality assurance (equivalent to NVQ level 3)
• Knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word

Desirable

• Knowledge within a specialism of QC
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical/production
• Basic understanding of GMP principles

Qualifications
Essential

• GCSE Science, Maths and English Grade C or equivalent.
• Qualification e.g. NVQ Level 2 in Pharmaceutical Science or Quality Assurance

Further Training
Essential

• Able to complete documentation accurately with attention to detail
• Able to follow written procedures
• Able to work alone and in a team
• Able to work to deadlines

Desirable

• Interest in technical aspects of Quality Control

Experience
Essential

• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Knowledge of COSHH and Health and Safety at work

Desirable

• Experience of product checking or associated quality control/assurance practices
• Experience of working in a GMP environment

Contractual Requirements
Essential

• Regular attendance

Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential

• Experience of quality control and quality assurance (equivalent to NVQ level 3)
• Knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word

Desirable

• Knowledge within a specialism of QC
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical/production
• Basic understanding of GMP principles

Qualifications
Essential

• GCSE Science, Maths and English Grade C or equivalent.
• Qualification e.g. NVQ Level 2 in Pharmaceutical Science or Quality Assurance

Further Training
Essential

• Able to complete documentation accurately with attention to detail
• Able to follow written procedures
• Able to work alone and in a team
• Able to work to deadlines

Desirable

• Interest in technical aspects of Quality Control

Experience
Essential

• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Knowledge of COSHH and Health and Safety at work

Desirable

• Experience of product checking or associated quality control/assurance practices
• Experience of working in a GMP environment

Contractual Requirements
Essential

• Regular attendance

Skills Required