Quality Control Assistant

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 01 February 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, highly motivated Quality Control Assistant to join our Pharmacy team.

You will be part of a team with responsibility for the management of Quality Control services at Sherwood Forest Hospitals. The Quality Control department supports the Aseptic Dispensing and Pre-Packing Medicines activities carried out at Sherwood Forest Hospitals, as well as carrying out inspections of Unlicensed Medicines received by the Trust.

You will be required to undertake operational activities within the Quality Control Section, inclusive of environmental monitoring, document control and validation of equipment to ensure medicines are manufactured safely and efficiently.

Apply now to join our team!

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other.

We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

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Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

• Experience of quality control and quality assurance (equivalent to NVQ level
  3)
• Knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word
• Knowledge within a specialism of QC
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical/production
• Basic understanding of GMP principles

• GCSE Science, Maths and English Grade C or equivalent.
• Qualification e.g. NVQ Level 2 in Pharmaceutical Science or Quality Assurance

• Able to complete documentation accurately with attention to detail
• Able to follow written procedures
• Able to work alone and in a team
• Able to work to deadlines
• Interest in technical aspects of Quality Control

• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Knowledge of COSHH and Health and Safety at work
• Experience of product checking or associated quality control/assurance practices
• Experience of working in a GMP environment

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.

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust