Production Manager Pharmacy Technical Services
The closing date is 16 August 2026

Job Summary
Production Manager - Pharmacy Technical Services

Full Time - Average of 37.5 hours/week across a 7 day working rota (with a maximum weekend commitment of 1 in 4)

We are looking to recruit a highly motivated Pharmacy Production Specialist to join our well-established team in Technical Services. As a department we constantly strive to re-engineer our services to improve our delivery of patient focused pharmaceutical care and customer satisfaction.

The MHRA licenced 'Specials' pharmacy manufacturing unit is based at the Royal Stoke University Hospital and is a purpose-built unit within the hospital. The service encompasses aseptic, chemotherapy, over labelling and re-packaging products, supplying both the Trust and external organisations. We are currently scoping out an isolator replacement programme.

As Production Manager you will be expected to have recent extensive experience of working in a Pharmacy aseptic unit and be eligible to be named Head of Production under the MHRA Licence.

Main duties of the job

• Working with the other Production Manager you will proactively contribute to the further development of the service.
• Be responsible and accountable for leading and the delivery of the sterile manufacturing services at UHNM including systemic anticancer therapies (SACT), adult and paediatric nutrition, CIVA's services, over labelling and repackaging service under the MHRA Manufacturer's 'Specials' Licence together with the other Production Manager
• Be Pharmacy lead for Intra-Thecal Chemotherapy
• Ensure the delivery of a safe, effective, and high-quality service, including prioritising activity during periods of constraint and negotiating with internal and external stakeholders to optimise productivity
• Support the strategic oversight and continuous development of the Pharmaceutical Quality System (PQS), including review and approval of data trends and critical documentation
• Act as a senior point of contact for regulatory bodies, overseeing responses to inspections, complaints, errors, and incidents, including the implementation of appropriate corrective and preventative actions (CAPA)

About us
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by our staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Job Description
For more information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager Nicky Stringer
Nicky Stringer, Deputy Director of Pharmacy - Technical Services, Cancer and Research on 01782 674508 nicky.stringer@uhnm.nhs.uk

Person Specification
Essential Qualifications

• Master's degree in pharmacy (MPharm), BSc, MSc, Level 3 or SMT
• Significant experience in pharmaceutical preparation activities
• Professional registration
• Postgraduate Qualification
• Releasing Officer in a MHRA Licensed Unit or eligible to undertake this training
• Eligible to be named as Head of Production on the MHRA Licence

Desirable Qualifications

• Good Clinical Practice (GCP) certification
• Formal management and / or leadership qualification

Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience
Essential:

• Extensive hospital pharmacy experience post registration
• Recent, extensive experience of working at a senior level within a pharmacy manufacturing unit or a related industry
• Experience of external inspections including MHRA and CQC
• Management experience and / or experience of staff recruitment and appraisal
• Demonstrates a knowledge of current Good Manufacturing Practice for medicinal products, particularly in regard to aseptic facilities and operations
• Experience of managing and developing a service

Desirable:

• Experience of writing business cases
• Knowledge, experience and understanding the clinical trials process
• Evidence of involvement in pharmacy practice-based research and / or audit

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).