QA Projects Officer
Qualities Needed
Job summary
We are seeking a QA Projects Officer to provide quality and validation support across Alliance Medical Radiopharmacy’s UK operations. Reporting to the Validation & Project QA Manager, this role sits within the wider Quality function and works closely with site QA, QC, Operations and Project teams across the UK network.
The QA Projects Officer plays a key role in supporting both routine commercial operations and development activities, helping to ensure consistent quality standards, robust GMP systems and ongoing inspection readiness in a highly regulated radiopharmacy and sterile manufacturing environment.
Please note that we will be interviewing throughout the duration of this advert. Therefore if you are interested in this role an early application is advised as we may close the advert prior to the advertised date.
Responsibilities of the Role
As QA Projects Officer, you will support quality and validation activities across multiple sites, acting as a key interface between Quality Assurance, Operations, Quality Control and project teams. You will provide hands‑on QA support while contributing to continuous improvement, compliance and inspection readiness across the business.
Key responsibilities include:
- Providing QA and validation support across all UK Radiopharmacy facilities
- Supporting inspection readiness and participating in client audits and regulatory inspections
- Acting as an advisor to site teams on validation, projects and quality continuous improvement activities
- Supporting commercial and IMP project activities from a QA perspective
- Ensuring consistent application of GMP, GDP and MHRA requirements across sites
- Supporting regulatory interactions with the MHRA and other authorities, including audit responses and ongoing compliance actions
- Managing and harmonising project documentation, including deviations, CAPAs, change control and risk management
- Reviewing and approving quality and regulatory documentation, including SOPs, batch documentation and validation protocols
- Providing QA input into product development, technology transfer and validation activities within sterile and radiopharmacy environments
- Supporting project teams in driving continuous improvement and quality culture across the UK network
- Delivering or supporting quality and validation training when required
- Acting as a role model for quality, compliance and best practice
Skills and experience
This role is suited to a quality professional with strong validation or QA experience who enjoys working across projects and multiple sites. You will be confident working in a regulated environment, able to build strong relationships and comfortable balancing hands‑on delivery with broader quality objectives.
You will bring:
- A degree in a scientific discipline (or equivalent experience) within a pharmaceutical or regulated manufacturing setting
- A strong background in QA, validation, qualification or quality systems, ideally with 5+ years’ experience
- Experience working within radiopharmacy, nuclear medicine, sterile manufacturing or aseptic processing environments
- Demonstrable experience supporting commercial products and IMP development activities
- Strong working knowledge of UK and EU GMP, MHRA requirements and GxP compliance
- Experience supporting audits, inspections and regulatory authority interactions
- Experience working across multi‑site operations and engaging multiple stakeholders
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong organisational skills with a high level of attention to detail
- Ability to work proactively and independently while contributing effectively to team objectives
- Confident, collaborative approach with the ability to lead by example in quality and compliance
About us
Alliance Medical are Europe’s leading independent provider of imaging services.
We combine service excellence and innovative imaging technologies to improve patient care and support NHS and independent organisations with their ongoing imaging requirements. Our approach has delivered consistent company growth for more than 30 years.
We operate a robust pre-employment screening process for all roles which includes proof of professional registration and qualifications, DBS checking and occupational health assessments.
We live by our company values to ensure the highest level of patient care:
Our Values
Leaders, managers, and supervisors have a particular responsibility to be role models in terms of how they demonstrate these values themselves and how they engage their teams to work in this way.
Collaboration:
We work together and in partnership for all our patients. We respect expertise and combine it to achieve more.
Excellence:
We never compromise. We strive to deliver the very best in everything we do to ensure the highest quality of care. We treat our patients and each other with compassion, dignity and respect.
Learning:
Knowledge and understanding comes from learning. At Alliance Medical we are committed to ensuring that each and every one of us keeps on learning and that we continuously look for improved ways of working.
Efficiency:
Efficiency in healthcare means more patients get better care. We constantly seek new ways to use the scarce resource of healthcare more intelligently so that more people can live longer, fuller lives.
Openness:
We act with transparency and honesty in everything we do, where staff are encouraged to speak up to ensure a safe and secure environment for our patients.