Validation Associate

**Quality and Safety**

**Melbourne**

**Full Time**

**Slade Health**
- Wonderful Opportunity to Develop Your Career in a Far Reaching Organisation
- Fantastic Position in a Collaborative Team
- Full-Time (Mon-Fri 76-hour f/n) Permanent Position - Mt Kuring-gai (Sydney) or Mt Waverley (Melbourne) Location
- On-site role with occasional travel as required to other Slade Heath Compounding Facilities

Slade Health provides a complete range of sterile compounding services, including Chemotherapy, Analgesics, Antibiotics and TPN compounding. With facilities based in Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales and New Zealand, quality is embedded into every stage of the compounding process.

**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**
Due to current Slade Health expansion, we are currently seeking a tertiary qualified Validation Associate to join our innovative and dynamic team based at our Mt Kuring-gai, NSW or Mount Waverley site. For an exceptional applicant, this role could be based at any Slade Health facility.

You will be heavily involved the validation programs at Slade Health to ensure that the validated state of facilities, utilities, equipment, IT infrastructure, devices and the compounding process are maintained at all times.

This role is offered as a full-time permanent position (Mon-Fri).

**Key Responsibilities**
- Perform validation activities to maintain compliant status of Processes, Products, Facility and Equipment
- Maintain Validation Master Plan.
- Establish good technical knowledge of the equipment or processes to be validated and associated GMP requirements.
- Prepare Validation and Technical protocols and reports as required.
- Train staff on validated equipment and processes.
- Initiate new and update existing Standard Operating Procedures etc. as required.
- Provide technical support to Operations and QA.

**About You**
- Bachelor's Degree in a scientific or related discipline.
- Previous experience in a similar or related position (essential).
- Thorough understanding of validation lifecycle principles.
- Experience in developing, executing, monitoring, and managing validation activities,
- Demonstrated knowledge of qualification and validation and risk analysis requirements within the pharmaceutical industry.
- Proven time management skills
- Demonstrated ability to effectively and independently solve problems
- Demonstrated excellent verbal and written communication skills in successfully dealing with customers and difficult situations.
- Demonstrated report writing skills

**Excited to join us?