Quality Associate

**Pharmaceutical Compounding**

**Sydney**

**Full Time**

**Slade Health**

**QUALITY ASSOCIATE - RELEASER - SLADE HEALTH, MOUNT KURING GAI SYDNEY - NSW**
- Dynamic, Collaborative and Supportive Work Environment
- Progressive and Far-Reaching Career Opportunities - State of the Art Facility
- Permanent Full-Time Position (8AM to 4PM)

**About Us**:
Slade Health is a provider of sterile compounding services from its TGA licenced manufacturing facilities based in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and New Zealand. As a well-established and respected industry name, Slade has been producing aseptically compounded pharmaceutical products including chemotherapy, analgesic, nutrition and antibiotic drugs for use by patients in hospitals for over 50 years.

Our focus on quality, service and productivity has enabled opportunities for Slade to expand significantly. This is evidenced by our first international facility opening in New Zealand in September 2022, with our new site in Woodville SA. With growth comes career opportunities

**Part of something bigger**
Being part of Icon Group, Australia’s largest dedicated cancer care provider, with a global presence in Singapore, Mainland China, Hong Kong and New Zealand. The Group is built on a strong but simple vision - to deliver the best care possible, to as many people as possible, as close to home as possible.

**Here’s why our people choose us**
**Purpose, at Pace**: We remain focused on continually expanding our services and making them accessible to more people across Australia and internationally.

**Impact, at Scale**: We have a global reach and are growing every day. Here you’ll know your work is making a difference.

**Connection, at Heart**: Our work isn’t easy but it’s extremely important. Our secret ingredient is our incredible, connected, and talented people. And their secret ingredient is each other.

**Opportunity, at Hand**: We’re continually innovating. Every week brings changes, growth and new opportunities.

**The Opportunity**
As an integral member of the Quality team, you will report to the Quality Pharmacist Supervisor and work closely with Operations to ensure that the compounding centre operates in compliance with regulatory and GMP requirements and that the products compounded are released to the highest quality. This is a fantastic opportunity to expand your current skill set and support the Quality processes we have in place. This is a permanent full-time position working a minimum of 76 hours a fortnight, Monday to Friday and some weekends, work on shifts to support operations.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Releasing of compounded batches.
- Participate in investigation and root cause analysis of non-conformances, supplier and customer complaints.
- Participating in risk assessment, change control, validation, internal audits, document reviews, CAPA and recall activities.
- Liaising with relevant stakeholders to complete action items related to the above.
- Conducting and coordinating training on Quality procedures and requirements.

In addition, you may support the team with Environmental Monitoring activities and perform quality assessments quarantined incoming goods as required.
You will drive ongoing continuous improvement in Quality performance across the site and the business. This means identifying key areas of focus and implementing improvements to raise compliance and efficiency and engaging with stakeholders to promote the Quality culture.

**About You**
- Experience in a GMP compliant pharmaceutical manufacturing environment
- Experienced in a sterile compounding environment
- Experience with regulators of pharmaceutical manufacture (eg TGA) desired
- Experience in continuous quality improvement
- Competency in common IT software (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Visio)
- Competent in time and task management
- Tertiary qualification in a Science or relevant discipline
- Good communication skills

You will know that a successful person in this role is someone who can thrive in a fast-paced environment where quality is paramount, whilst displaying a proactive approach, exceptional communication skills, strong leadership and role modelling capabilities.

**Excited to join us?