Sciensus
Senior Compounding Unit Operator
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Why this role?
The Compounding Unit Senior Operator is a position where quality truly matters — every action directly impacts patient safety, product integrity and regulatory compliance. As a senior operator, you will be instrumental in maintaining aseptic standards, ensuring uninterrupted production flow, and supporting both colleagues and supervisors to deliver medicines that patients rely on every single day.
This role is essential to keeping the compounding unit running safely, efficiently and compliantly, while also driving continuous improvement and setting the standard for GMP and aseptic practice across the team.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Preparing, assembling and aseptically manufacturing medicinal products in line with GMP and departmental procedures
- Generating and checking batch manufacturing and packing records, formulations and labels to ensure accuracy and compliance
- Leading by example on aseptic technique, carrying out in-person observation, coaching and feedback to maintain the highest standards
- Ensuring a constant, uninterrupted flow of product through the cleanroom environment
- Supporting planning and organisation of prescriptions and operators alongside supervisors and senior operators
- Deputising for Production Supervisors when required, helping to keep operations running smoothly
- Managing stock availability, ordering materials, and resolving discrepancies efficiently
- Completing documentation clearly, accurately and in real time
- Supporting SOP training, suggesting improvements to quality and productivity
- Contributing to audits, Gemba walks, 5S activities, NCRs and CAPAs
- Monitoring environmental conditions and supporting validation activities
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Who We’re Looking For
- Proven experience working in a regulated production or GMP environment
- Hands-on aseptic manufacturing or preparation experience
- Strong attention to detail with a commitment to “right first time” working
- Confident working independently while also supporting and guiding others
- Organised, proactive and comfortable taking ownership in a senior role
- Experience in pharmaceutical or hospital pharmacy settings is desirable
- GPhC registered Pharmacy Technician or equivalent GMP experience is desirable
What’s In It For You
- A critical, highly trusted role with real impact on patient outcomes
- The opportunity to act as a technical and quality role model within the compounding unit
- Regular involvement in continuous improvement and operational decision-making
- Exposure to leadership responsibilities, including deputising and mentoring
- A chance to further develop your GMP, aseptic and leadership expertise
- Being part of a team driven by patient safety, quality and professional pride
Who we are?
Sciensus is a life sciences business specialising in patient access, engagement and insight solutions. We provide healthcare to patients with long-term conditions, rare diseases and cancer.
For 30 years, we’ve supported patients to access the life-changing treatment they need, in the comfort and convenience of their own homes across the UK and Europe. Today, we combine our clinical experience from over 70 million patient interactions with the latest technology to help over 200,000 patients a year make the most of their medicine.
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What we offer?
We work hard to make sure colleagues feel motivated, developed, and recognised for the great work they do.
- Additional to a salary £35,360.00 we can also offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Professional fees reimbursed
- Yearly pay reviews
- Annual company event
- Refer a friend scheme
- Contribution based pension scheme
- Life insurance
- Paid volunteer day
- Electric Car Scheme
- Extensive wellness initiatives
- Discount & cashback portal
- Private medical (subject to grade or service)
- Ongoing learning and development opportunities
At Sciensus we are committed to developing and engaging a diverse workforce representative of the customers and communities we serve, to maintain our status as a leader in pharma services and deliver to the best possible health outcomes for patients. #togetherwewin
What happens next?
One of our recruiters will reach out to successful applicants for an initial telephone call before face-to-face or teams interviews are arranged.
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