Principal Scientist

Pharmaceutical Compounding Sydney Full Time Slade Health

Pharmaceutical Compounding Sydney Full Time Slade Health
Principal Scientist - Slade Health

• Dynamic and Supportive Work Environment
• Be Part of An Exciting Team
• Manage a Laboratory and Team of Scientists
• Play an Instrumental Role in Defining the On-going Program of Works
• Permanent Full-Time Position - Mt Kuring-gai, NSW Location

About Slade:

Slade Health is a national provider of aseptically compounded chemotherapy, antibiotics and analgesic medicines. It operates TGA Licensed manufacturing facilities in Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales.
About the Role:

The Principal Scientist will lead a key strategic initiative to develop in-house analytical testing capability. In consultation with senior leadership you will be instrumental in establishing market trends and priorities and then deliver on a program of works to ultimately provide a superior stability offering of our compounded medicines to our customers. The laboratory you will manage will also provide enhanced internal capability to support the requirements of our operations, quality and sales teams.
Key Responsibilities:

The role will be instrumental in:

• Overseeing operation of SLH Laboratory ensuring compliance to procedures and GMP requirement
• Overseeing qualification and validation all key laboratory equipment
• Management, training and support to scientists and laboratory technicians
• Development and validation of physical and chemical methods for analysis of:
  
  • Monoclonal antibodies and antibody drug conjugates
  • Antibiotics
  • Small chemical drug molecules
  • Drug infusion devices
• Designing and conducting required experimental work
• Preparation of protocols and reports as per SLH and ICH guidelines
• Investigation of non-conformances, OOSs and deviations as required.
• Management of stability study program
• Management of validation activities

What we are looking for:

You will ideally be Ph.D. qualified, commercially focussed, familiar with the strict requirements of cGMP and able to prioritise workloads to ensure that desired outcomes are achieved to challenging deadlines. You will be an independent thinker and innovator with previous experience in various analytical techniques including:

• HPLC (SEC, HIC, CIEX, RP)
• CZE and SDS CE
• ELISA
• UV/VIS
• Cell based assays
• Physical analysis techniques including sub visible particles/ microscopy

This role is offered on a permanent full-time basis working 76 hours per fortnight (Mon-Fri). Slade Health Mt Kuring-gai is a good location to consider if you would like a commute to work that doesn't involve CBD traffic!
How to Apply:

Have you ticked the above boxes? Are you ready for a new challenge? If you think you have the qualities we are looking for, then we want to hear from you! Please apply by clicking on the Apply link. A covering letter and resume must be attached.
Further information on our business can be found on our website