Job Description

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

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 & Production processing

• Perform line sign on and closure
• Check and authorize 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 system improvements

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

Compliance & 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 & 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

Skills RequiredBackground/experience

• Post Basic registration as Pharmacist Assistant with Pharmacy Council
• 1-3 yearsxe2x80x99 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
• Finalizing outputs
• Maintaining accuracy

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