Production Head

Our vision is to be the best place for healthcare anywhere and the best place to work in healthcare.

We believe that every life deserves world class healthcare.

Job Summary

Salary: £75,000 - £82,000

Hours: 37.5 hours a week

Location: 33 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1X 7HY

Contract: Full time, Permanent

What are we looking for?

Cleveland Clinic London are looking to recruit a Production Head to join our Pharmacy Team with a salary up to £82,000.

This is a full-time, permanent role. Our Pharmacy Department operate 24/7, so although this role is expected to be predominantly Monday to Friday, 8-4 or 9-5, there will be a requirement to flex outside of these core hours for oversight of processes.

What makes us different?

Cleveland Clinic London offers a brand-new high-acuity environment with the very latest equipment, where caregivers are encouraged to grow their expertise across multiple specialties, and in collaboration with expert clinicians. Our Mission, ‘Caring for life, researching for health, and educating those who serve’, assures our unwavering commitment to professional development.

As Production Head, you will lead one of the UK's most innovative hospital pharmacy manufacturing services. Cleveland Clinic London is among the few hospitals in the country to operate a fully integrated, closed-loop unit-dose medication system, combining advanced automation, robotic dispensing, individual barcode identification, and electronic prescribing to deliver the highest standards of medication safety. This is a unique opportunity to shape and develop a cutting-edge production service at the forefront of pharmacy practice in the UK.

What will your duties include?

Act as a named Head of Production (MS, MIA(IMP)), ensuring compliance with MHRA and Home Office regulations.

Provide strategic leadership for manufacturing services, ensuring alignment with organisational priorities.

Lead the delivery of a high-quality unit dose production service.

Lead Production responsibilities within the Quality Management System (QMS).

Hold delegated responsibility for production budgets and resources.

What we need from you?

Master’s degree (or equivalent experience) in Pharmaceutical Science, Technology, or Quality Assurance (Essential)

Significant experience in GMP-Compliant Pharmaceutical Manufacturing (Essential)

Named Head of Production experience on an MHRA licence (Essential)

Quality Improvement or training qualification (Essential)

GPhC Registration as Pharmacy Technician or Pharmacist (Desirable)

Accredited Product Approver / releasing officer status (Desirable)

What We Offer

As a private hospital with no shareholders, we reinvest all profits back into our organisation. This allows us to provide meaningful, tailored support and development opportunities for our caregivers - alongside a range of benefits, including:

25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays

Double-matched salary exchange pension – contribute 5% and we’ll contribute 10%

Private Medical & Dental Insurance

Life Assurance

Season Ticket Loan & Cycle to Work schemes

Workplace Nursery Scheme

Wellbeing Hub with mental health, coaching and EAP support

Earned Wage Access - get early access to part of your pay when needed

Access to discounts on food, retail, and more

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Who we are?

Cleveland Clinic is one of the leading providers of specialised medical care in the world, providing clinical excellence and superior patient outcomes for almost 6 million patient visits per year across more than 200 locations. We employ over 80,000 caregivers worldwide and continue to drive innovation in healthcare.

With over 100 years of history, our “Patients First” philosophy is at the heart of everything that we do.

If you would like to know more, please email [email protected]. ‎

Applicant shortlisting and interviews may take place whilst the advert is live, so it may close sooner than expected - please submit your application as soon as possible. Due to the volume of applications, we are not always able to provide individual feedback.

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check

This role may be subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order (as amended) and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

“Let’s deliver World Class care together!”

As an equal opportunities employer, we aspire to work together to promote a more inclusive work environment, which represents our commitment to celebrate diversity.

CCL is committed to applying its Equal Employment Opportunity/Workforce Diversity and Inclusion Policy at all stages of recruitment and privileging. Shortlisting, interviewing and selection will always be carried out without regard to any Protected Characteristics. When aware of the need to do so and when required, CCL will make reasonable adjustments to its arrangements for interviews and to conditions of employment/engagement for disabled applicants to ensure, so far as practicable, that they do not place such applicants at a substantial disadvantage in comparison to non-disabled applicants.