Quality Assurance Pharmacist

SUMMARY:
Quality Assurance Pharmacist 📍 Location: Midrand, Gauteng 💰 Salary: R65 000 per month, depending on experience

POSITION INFO:

We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Quality Assurance Pharmacist to join our team in Midrand, Gauteng. The successful candidate will oversee all key elements of the Quality Management System (QMS), ensuring compliance with GxP regulations and driving a culture of continuous improvement in quality standards across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

Quality Assurance

• Review, revise, and authorize all departmental SOPs.
• Manage QA functions including document control, Site Master File, Quality Manual, and Quality Policy.
• Implement and maintain the Validation Master Plan and approve/manage supplier lists.
• Oversee internal and external audits and ensure deviations are followed up.
• Manage non-conformances, deviations, OOS, ADRs, RCA, CAPA, and Change Controls.
• Conduct process and method validations, Product Quality Reviews, and Quality Management Reviews.
• Ensure effective pest control programs and technical quality agreements with third-party contractors.
• Implement Stability and Quality Risk Management plans.

Complaints & Recalls

• Ensure all product quality complaints are properly identified, investigated, and resolved.
• Maintain full batch traceability for all distributed medicines and ensure invoices include batch numbers.

Returned / Rejected Goods

• Ensure returned and rejected goods are handled, recorded, and resolved in line with procedures.
• Authorize the re-analysis, re-packing, or destruction of returned/rejected goods.

GMP / GWP / GHP

• Conduct inspection audits to ensure compliance with GMP and manufacturing procedures.
• Confirm that product quality meets specifications and is maintained during storage and transport.
• Oversee proper destruction or disposal of medicines to prevent health hazards.
• Ensure pest control, temperature control, and maintenance logs are in place and monitored.
• Perform internal audits and ensure deviations are addressed.
• Audit all external service providers per the relevant procedures.
• Oversee quarantine, sampling, and product release processes.
• Approve release of final packaged products for distribution.
• Ensure ongoing GMP training for all employees.

Training

• Monitor and ensure all departments are fully trained in GxP and approved SOPs relevant to their roles.

Qualifications & Experience

Education:

• B. Pharm degree
• Registered with the South African Pharmacy Council

Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years’ Quality Assurance experience
• Strong background in SOP and QA documentation control
• Thorough understanding of the South African regulatory environment

Knowledge & Skills:

• Excellent computer literacy
• Knowledge of cGxP regulations
• Bilingual: English and Afrikaans
• Strong communication and analytical skills
• Ethical, detail-oriented, and deadline-driven
• Customer-focused and able to work under pressure
• Team player with strong organizational skills

To Apply

Please email your updated CV in Word format, along with a copy of your Qualification/s, ID, Reference letters or contactable referees, and a profile picture of yourself to:
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Only candidates who meet the minimum requirements will be considered for this position.