Senior Quality Assurance Specialist

Recruiter
Confidential
Location
York
Salary
Competitive
Posted
12 Jun 2021
Closes
10 Jul 2021
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
As part of the Quality Team, the Senior Quality Assurance Specialist promotes and supports a culture of audit readiness. They are part of a team that collaborate with business partners to foster a high standard of regulatory compliance that contributes towards delivering actionable clinical insights that lead to therapies and treatments that provide health, healing and hope to patients around the world.

Qualifications & Experience

* Bachelor's Degree in scientific discipline required or equivalent experience.

* Minimum 5 years' experience in Quality Assurance, preferably within GCP Laboratory

* Knowledge of, and demonstrated experience with application of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidance is required

* Knowledge of, and demonstrated experience with application of, regulatory agencies Knowledge of applicable regulations and standards such as, ISO15189, NEQAS, CAP and CLIA is preferred

* Good organizational/time management skills

* Good written and verbal communication skills

* Analytical and problem solving skills

* Comfortable achieving results while working on multiple & divergent tasks

Job Summary

Responsible for performing the following duties:

* Ensure the Quality System is efficient for the business while maintaining compliance (Quality Issues, Change Controls, CAPAs, etc.).

* Ensure validation activities are appropriate and meet current industry requirements.

* Provide leadership and support of all external audits,

* Review and approve relevant documentation as required

* Provide appropriate QA consultation to ACM personnel.

* Lead and perform a wide range of activities to support the QA Department including quality improvement projects leading to a harmonized Quality Management System.

* Serve as a QA contact for customers as required.

* Provide consultation & interpretation of regulations, guidelines, corporate standards & policies.

* Participate in development and implementation of Quality training.

* Perform wide range of QA activities to support the quality program eg CAPAs, audits, change control, document reviews.

* Maintain current awareness of all required standards, laws & guidelines.

* Participate in Continuous Professional Development.

Accrediting Agency/Standards applicable to this role include (but not limited to):

International Council of Harmonisation Good Clinical Practice (ICH-GCP), New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH), College of American Pathologists (CAP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Medicine and Health Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), Ministry of Health (MOH) Singapore, State Food & Drug Administration China (SFDA), European Medicine Agency (EMA) and other local state/country specific requirements as relevant to the position as identified by management