CAPS QC Coordinator – Microbiology Job in Phoenix, AZ – Apply Now!
Are you passionate about microbiology and quality control? B. Braun Medical’s Central Admixture Pharmacy Services (CAPS) is hiring a QC Coordinator – Microbiology in Phoenix, Arizona. This full-time, onsite position plays a vital role in ensuring pharmacy compliance, sterility testing, environmental monitoring, and documentation. With a legacy of pharmaceutical excellence and a mission to improve patient safety, CAPS offers a unique opportunity for science graduates with quality control experience to build a meaningful career in a cleanroom-based, highly regulated setting.
About the Company:
B. Braun Medical Inc. is a leader in infusion therapy, pain management, and pharmacy compounding. With its U.S. headquarters in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, B. Braun is part of a global network with over 64,000 employees in 64 countries. CAPS® (Central Admixture Pharmacy Services), a division of B. Braun, is the largest provider of sterile compounding services in the United States, delivering high-quality, same-day admixtures for over 28 years. Guided by the philosophy of Sharing Expertise®, B. Braun focuses on reducing medical errors, improving safety, and delivering patient-centered care.
Job Details:
- Job Title: CAPS QC Coordinator – Microbiology
- Job Posting Location: Phoenix, Arizona, United States
- Functional Area: Quality
- Working Model: Onsite
- Days of Work: Friday, Wednesday, Tuesday, Monday
- Shift: 5X8
- Relocation Available: No
- Requisition ID: 4075
- Salary Range: USD $26.41/Hr.
Responsibilities: Essential Duties
- Perform and review the Daily Compliance Verification Checklist, document results, and report to immediate supervisor.
- Perform and/or coordinate completion of:
- Environmental monitoring and documentation e.g. personnel monitoring, air bioburden, surface bioburden, temperatures, and particle counts
- Collect Environmental Monitoring samples as necessary
- New staff training
- Sterility tests, aseptic technique qualifications, and media fill process validations.
- Perform Document review of anticipatory and as appropriate non-sterile to sterile compounding batch records:
- Verify that raw materials meet specification limits
- Verify accuracy of labeling
- Perform final disposition of Batch
- Verify that product test results meet specification limits
- Verify that all documentation is complete
- Document non-compliance and evaluate if further investigation is needed
- Submit samples to the appropriate labs for chemical assay and microbial tests.
- Track vendor equipment calibration and maintenance records and assess for deviations.
- Enter test results or summaries into the pharmacy specific monthly and quarterly Quality Assurance report template.
- Under the direction of supervisor, document results of deviation and complaint investigations, causal analysis, corrective actions and preventive actions
- Support Internal & External audits.
- Maintain quality records (equipment calibration and maintenance, training, deviation and complaint investigation, environmental monitoring, Certificate of Analysis, clean room certification etc.).
- Participate in Director of Pharmacy’s staff meetings
Expertise: Knowledge & Skills
- Knowledge of pharmacy operations and regulatory guidelines.
- Ability to perform pharmacy calculations.
- Responsibilities: Other Duties
- As assigned by immediate supervisor.
Expertise: Qualifications – Experience/Training/Education/Etc
Required:
- B.S. or B.A. degree in Science (Biology, Microbiology, Chemistry, Pharmacy)
- Minimum of 2 years experience in a QC/QC department of a pharmaceutical or Allied Health Science.
- As assigned by Supervisor.
Desired:
- Minimum of 2 years experience in pharmacy preparation.
- Pharmacy Technician Certification.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands to handle or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
Responsibilities: Other Duties:
The preceding functions have been provided as examples of the types of work performed by employees assigned to this position. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed in this description are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Management reserves the right to add, modify, change or rescind the work assignments of different positions due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons.
Physical Demands:
- Some travel may be required.
- Ability to stand and/or sit for long periods of time.
- Ability to reach, grasps, stoop, pull and perform repetitive motion procedures.
- Ability to lift up to 20 lbs.
Work Environment:
- Indoors, cleanroom, working environment limited to a small area, wearing protective cleanroom attire, tolerating controlled temperatures and loud noise.
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