Role Information

Sciensus are seeking a Responsible Person (RP) to join our Quality team. Its a hybrid working role, coming into our Burton office at least 2 days a week, with travel to our other UK sites as and when required.

As our Responsible Person (RP), you’ll play a critical role in safeguarding patient safety by ensuring the highest standards of Good Distribution Practice (GDP) across our operations.

This is your opportunity to shape quality standards, influence key stakeholders, and drive continuous improvement in a fast-paced, patient-focused organisation.

What You’ll Do

Champion Quality & Compliance

Ensure our Quality Management System (QMS) is fully implemented, effective, and continually improved.
Oversee GDP training programmes, documentation accuracy, and operational compliance.
Approve suppliers, customers, and subcontracted partners relevant to GDP.

Protect Patient Safety

Lead recall operations in collaboration with the Chief Pharmacist and internal stakeholders.
Manage and approve the disposition of returned, rejected, recalled or falsified products.
Investigate, sign off, and advise on temperature excursions and incidents.

Drive Audit Excellence

Conduct internal GDP audits and external supplier audits.
Support third-party inspections and regulatory assessments (MHRA, GPhC, clients).
Ensure corrective actions are effective and timely.

Build Strong Relationships

Work closely with external regulators and client partners.
Collaborate with internal teams across Operations, Compliance, and Commercial.
Influence and guide senior stakeholders to uphold GDP and patient safety standards.

What You’ll Bring

Experience in GDP environments and operational leadership.
Strong analytical, conceptual, and decision-making skills.
Excellent communication—written, verbal, and interpersonal.
Experience delivering change projects and improving services.
The ability to juggle multiple priorities while maintaining high standards.
A relevant degree or professional qualification.

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Who we are?

Sciensus is a proven life sciences solutions partner with more than 30 years' experience navigating and unlocking the complex European healthcare ecosystem.
We maximise patient access to medicines, accelerate product launches and drive long-term commercial success for our partners.
Through a skilled team of over 500 licensed clinical staff and 1,650 colleagues globally, we work at the intersection of clinical excellence, patient experience and healthcare innovation. We support patients living with cancer, chronic conditions and rare diseases ‒ helping them access the life-changing treatments they need, wherever they are.

What do we offer our people?

We work hard to make sure colleagues feel motivated, developed, and recognised for the great work they do. Additional to a competitive salary, we also offer a comprehensive benefits package including:

- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Yearly pay reviews
- Contribution based pension scheme
- Life assurance
- Employee benefits platform (retailer discounts and much more)
- Private medical (after qualifying period)
- Ongoing learning and development opportunities
- Annual company event
- In the Burton Upon Trent office we have an onsite gym, canteen, prayer room, and quiet room

Optional:
Car allowance
Overtime
Professional fees reimbursed

Our Values

We are a Disability Confident Committed Employer and we have also successfully gained the National Equality Standard (NES is the UK’s leading Equity, Diversity and Inclusion standard which was developed by the UK Government and the CBI). We are committed to the fair treatment of all candidates, regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age or disability. We welcome applications from all and we select candidates based on skills, qualifications, and experience. Please talk to us during the application process to discuss any reasonable adjustments you may require.

We are committed to achieving Net Zero and reducing our ecological footprint. We are constantly working on new initiatives, some of our more recent ones include working towards Level 2 in the Greener Pharmacy Toolkit and replacing many of our vans with lower CO2 emission models. For information on other projects and our wider approach to sustainability please visit our corporate website.