Senior Document Controller
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours
- Posted
- 03/09/2026
- Closes
- 16/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Document Controller to join the new Medicines Manufacturing Centre (MMC), a cutting-edge NHS pharmaceutical production facility in Seaton Delaval. The role involves contributing to a GMP compliant manufacturing facility and supporting QA activities to ensure compliance with MHRA and NHS standards. You will provide administrative QA resource for GMP compliance and be part of a pioneering team committed to quality, innovation, and patient care. This position offers a chance to shape the systems and values of a modern NHS manufacturing unit.
Key responsibilities
- Manage and maintain the electronic Quality Management System (eQMS) document management module, including issuance, compatibility checks, and controlled copy management.
- Manage document storage and archiving processes, ensuring compliance, traceability, and accessibility.
- Collaborate with the QA Computerised Systems Validator to execute system validation protocols and escalate data integrity issues.
- Set up and maintain the Asset, Supplier, and Audit modules on the eQMS, including data entry and supporting related processes.
- Provide administrative support across additional PQS modules like CAPA and Incidents & Occurrence, ensuring accurate data entry and tracking.
- Support the development of training materials, assist with complaints management, and track Quality Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
Essential criteria
- NVQ Level 3 Science Manufacturing Technician or equivalent qualification
- Knowledge of organisational policies and procedures and experience of dealing with non-routine issues
- Experience of working in a regulated environment.
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience in similar roles
- Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
- Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods
- Experience of performing audits and recording findings
- You may also need to travel between Trust premises as required for the performance of your duties. You may also be expected to work at any of the trust sites. The Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
This advert: £28,392 – £31,157 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 4d ago · Closes in 10d
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Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Document Controller
The closing date is 16 September 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a proactive and passionate Senior Document Controller to join the Medicines Manufacturing Centre (MMC)--a cutting-edge NHS pharmaceutical production facility based in Seaton Delaval, Northumberland. The MMC is in its final design stages. This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a pioneering NHS manufacturing facility, supporting a leadership team committed to quality, innovation, and patient care. Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
All employees of the Medicine Manufacturing Centre (MMC) are currently employed by Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, under Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions. Should the service be transferred into alternative ownership, those employees with start dates prior to the transfer date, will be protected under Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE). Therefore, employees will transfer to the new employer on the same terms and conditions, which are protected and the employees' continuity of employment is preserved
Main duties of the job
- To contribute to the delivery of a GMP compliant manufacturing facility
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