CAPS QC Coordinator-Process Control

Company: Central Admixture Pharmacy
Job Posting Location: Allentown (6580 Snowdrift Rd), Pennsylvania, United States
Functional Area: Other Areas
Working Model: Onsite
Requisition ID: 4031

Description

B. Braun Medical Inc., a leader in infusion therapy and pain management, develops, manufactures, and markets innovative medical products and services to the healthcare industry. Other key product areas include nutrition, pharmacy admixture and compounding, ostomy and wound care, and dialysis. The company is committed to eliminating preventable treatment errors and enhancing patient, clinician and environmental safety. B. Braun Medical is headquartered in Bethlehem, Pa., and is part of the B. Braun Group of Companies in the U.S., which includes B. Braun Interventional Systems, Aesculap® and CAPS®.

Globally, the B. Braun Group of Companies employs more than 64,000 employees in 64 countries. Guided by its Sharing Expertise® philosophy, B. Braun continuously exchanges knowledge with customers, partners and clinicians to address the critical issues of improving care and lowering costs. To learn more about B. Braun Medical, visit www.bbraunusa.com

Position Summary:

Ensure site-specific compliance with CAPS Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

Responsibilities: Essential Duties

• Perform and review the Daily Compliance Verification Checklist, document results, and report to immediate supervisor.
• Perform and/or coordinate completion of:
• Environmental monitoring and documentation e.g. personnel monitoring, air bioburden, surface bioburden, temperatures, and particle counts
• Collect Environmental Monitoring samples as necessary
• New staff training
• Sterility tests, aseptic technique qualifications, and media fill process validations.
• Perform Document review of anticipatory and as appropriate non-sterile to sterile compounding batch records:
• Verify that raw materials meet specification limits
• Verify accuracy of labeling
• Perform final disposition of Batch
• Verify that product test results meet specification limits
• Verify that all documentation is complete
• Document non-compliance and evaluate if further investigation is needed
• Submit samples to the appropriate labs for chemical assay and microbial tests.
• Track vendor equipment calibration and maintenance records and assess for deviations.
• Enter test results or summaries into the pharmacy specific monthly and quarterly Quality Assurance report template.
• Under the direction of supervisor, document results of deviation and complaint investigations, causal analysis, corrective actions and preventive actions
• Support Internal & External audits.
• Maintain quality records (equipment calibration and maintenance, training, deviation and complaint investigation, environmental monitoring, Certificate of Analysis, clean room certification etc.).
• Participate in Director of Pharmacy’s staff meetings

Expertise: Knowledge & Skills

• Knowledge of pharmacy operations and regulatory guidelines.
• Ability to perform pharmacy calculations.
• Responsibilities: Other Duties
• As assigned by immediate supervisor.

Expertise: Qualifications - Experience/Training/Education/Etc

Required:

• Bachelors degree required or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Minimum of 2 years experience in a QC/QC department of a pharmaceutical or Allied Health Science.

Desired:

• Minimum of 2 years experience in pharmacy preparation.
• Pharmacy Technician Certification.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands to handle or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.

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The targeted range for this role takes into account a range of factors that are considered when making compensation and hiring decisions; included but not limited to: skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. The range provided is a reasonable estimate.

B. Braun offers an excellent benefits package, which includes healthcare, a 401(k) plan, and tuition reimbursement. To learn more about B. Braun and our safety healthcare products or view a listing of our employment opportunities, please visit us on the internet at www.bbraunusa.com.

Through its “Sharing Expertise®” initiative, B. Braun promotes best practices for continuous improvement of healthcare products and services.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate applications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected characteristic. Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal, click here.

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