The TCP Group is a healthcare service provider, specialising in ‘direct to patient services’ which include the dispensing and distribution of pharmaceutical products, homecare nursing services and sharps waste management, facilitating a unique turnkey solution for the delivery of hospital care in the patient’s home.
TCP Homecare is currently recruiting for a Quality Manager position based in their Head Office in Dublin. The role of the Quality Manager/Responsible Person will be to develop and maintain a QMS whilst meeting the requirements of regulatory and quality standards for GDP/PSI/Nursing services. For further information, see the job description TCP Quality Manager position
Posted 5th June 2019
Join the PIER committee for the annual BBQ in D Two, 60 Harcourt St, Dublin 2 on Thursday 27th June 2019 from 6.30pm.
Dr Gerard (Ger) Clarke from the School of Psychiatry & APC University College Cork will present on 'The Microbiome and Stress' – Related Psychiatric Disorders - A prescription for therapeutic targeting of the gut/brain axis.
Further information will be available re registration in the near future.
TCD are currently taking applications for the Postgrad Diploma/MSc in Pharmaceutical Medicine. This course has been developed to provide medical and science graduates with specialist knowledge and skills in the area of clinical pharmacology and pharmaceutical medicine. Many pharmacists who have transitioned to industry in recent years have undertaken this course. Components of the course include principles of:
The course involves completion of taught modules and the additional undertaking of a research project. The modules consist of formal teaching and personal assignments and are run over five terms on a part-time basis (approximately two modules per term). Some of the modules are undertaken by way of distance learning. In addition, the students are assigned a research project (including field work), to be submitted as a dissertation for the MSc degree only.
Closing date for applications is 31st July 2019.
See course flyer TCD Pharmaceutical Medicine flyer.
PIER is organising a career information event for pharmacists interested in making the transition to an industry role in RCSI on Wed evening 15th May 2019 from 7pm PIER Career Transition Information Evening RCSI_15th May 2019.
The outline agenda is as follows:
18.30-19.00 Registration & Refreshments
19.00-19.10 Welcome: RCSI
19.10-19.30 Welcome & Overview of the Life Sciences Industry: PIER Committee
19.30-20.00 Creating Your Future Vision: Leonie Clarke, IMVO
20.00-20:30 Practical Advice about CVs, Interviews: Fionnuala Rahilly, RCSI Career Development Manager
20.30-21.20 Panel discussion with pharmacists who have recently transitioned into industry roles: Chaired by Leonie Clarke
21.20-21.30 Closing Remarks
21.30 Networking (retire to local hostelry).
To register, email piercareerevents@gmail.com. Non-PIER members welcome.
The support of the RCSI Career Development Manager Fionnuala Rahilly in organising this event is acknowledged.
GSK are recruiting for a number of quality roles based at their Citywest office.
Two of the roles are LOC (Market Affiliate) Quality roles:QA Manager (WD206231) and Quality Executive (WD206232) will act as RP and Deputy RP on the GlaxoSmithKline (Ireland) Ltd. WDA and manage/support all MAH GxP activities.
The third role is a Quality Specialist role (WD204069), supporting the new Trading Partners Quality function based in Dublin.
Previous GDP experience desirable.
Applications to be made via GSK Job portal https://ie.gsk.com/ie/careers/search-jobs-and-apply/ and search for the Job ID as above.
Posted 26th April 2019
The first PIER CPD meeting of 2019 will take place in the Houston Lecture Theatre, RCSI on Wednesday evening 1st May 2019 from 7.00pm. The theme of the CPD meeting is 'Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs)'. The speakers include:
Register before Monday 29th April 2019 via https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cpd-event-on-advanced-therapy-medicinal-products-atmps-pharmacistspharmacy-students-tickets-59794300362?aff=ebdssbdestsearch. Attendance at this meeting is free for PIER members. If any HPAI member is interested in this meeting, they would be most welcome to attend.
PIER in collaboration with EIPG is delighted to organise a webinar on 3D printing on Tuesday 30th April 2019 at 4pm. Our speaker is pharmacist Dr Alice Melocci from Milan who was selected as one of the "Inspiring Fifty -Italy" , i.e. the 50 women of greatest inspiration in technology in Italy in 2018.
See flyer for further information 3D printing webinar_30th April 2019.
The Baxter Healthcare Ltd Compounding Facility in Dublin operates to a Manufacturing Authorization awarded by the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA). Sterile batch and patient specific products are manufactured using isolator technology in a clean room environment. Baxter provides a broad portfolio of essential renal and hospital products, including home, acute and in-centre dialysis; sterile IV solutions; infusion systems and devices; parenteral nutrition.
Baxter Healthcare are currently recruiting for both a Quality Specialist and a Quality Batch Releaser at their Deansgrange site.
For more details on these roles, visit https://jobs.baxter.com/ListJobs/All/Search/Job-Country/Ireland/?lang=en
Continuing on with the PIER Career Focus webinars highlighting some of the careers that pharmacists hold in industry, Dr Fran Quilty (Conjura) will present on 'Entering the World of Data Analytics as a Pharmacist' on Tuesday 23rd April 2019 at 7.30pm. See event flyer for further details
