Staff Pharmacist - West Chester, Pennsylvania

A Specialty Compounding Pharmacy is seeking an experienced Senior Quality Assurance Specialist for a 13-week contract-to-hire assignment in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. This role plays a critical part in maintaining quality standards across sterile and nonsterile compounding, cleanroom operations, dispensing, fulfillment, and packaging.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain an active Quality presence on the floor, ensuring alignment of actual practices with SOPs, training, and established controls
• Conduct routine observations to identify procedural drift, documentation issues, inconsistent practices, and potential compliance or patient-safety risks
• Provide real-time Quality guidance and coaching to pharmacists, technicians, supervisors, and operational staff
• Lead and support deviations, investigations, root-cause analysis, CAPAs, risk assessments, and change controls
• Detect recurring quality trends and recommend sustainable corrective actions
• Support inspection readiness and continuous improvement initiatives
• Partner closely with Operations, Compliance, Training, and Quality leadership teams
• Escalate significant quality concerns and pause activities if necessary for evaluation

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday, Day Shift (typically 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM or similar)
• Hybrid schedule discussion during interview; consistent weekly schedule required

Qualifications and Desired Experience:

• Strong background in pharmaceutical Quality, sterile drug production, or high-volume compounding pharmacy environments preferred
• Hands-on experience with deviations, investigations, CAPA, root-cause analysis, and Quality Management Systems (QMS)
• Knowledge of sterile compounding and regulatory/quality requirements
• Experience in 503A compounding pharmacies, 503B outsourcing facilities, or sterile pharmaceutical manufacturing is highly desirable
• Familiarity with USP standards, state Board of Pharmacy regulations, and federal expectations
• Bachelors degree in pharmacy, pharmaceutical sciences, chemistry, microbiology, biology, engineering, quality, or related field preferred; equivalent relevant experience may be considered

This position offers a valuable opportunity to contribute to quality assurance in a specialized pharmacy setting with potential for permanent employment. Candidates with strong quality assurance expertise in pharmaceutical environments are encouraged to apply and discuss fit for this contract-to-hire role.