Onboarding and Probation for Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences
A first day that is the same for the fifth joiner as the first.
What this looks like in pharmaceuticals and life sciences
The parts of onboarding and probation that are specific to this sector, rather than general.
Induction Into the Quality System
Where training is a record before it is a courtesy.
What this coversHide
Induction Into the Quality System
Where training is a record before it is a courtesy.
What this coversHideOnboarding in a regulated manufacturer is training with documentary consequence. What the person was trained on, by whom, and when, becomes part of the quality record.
- Joining
- GMP and quality induction
- Role-specific SOP training
- Qualification assessed
- Authorised working
- Quality system and GMP induction before area access
- Role-specific procedure training, recorded per document
- Qualification assessment before independent working
- Signature and initials register entry created
- Clean-room and area authorisation issued
- Gowning and hygiene training where applicable
- Data integrity and documentation practice training
- Probation aligned to qualification milestones
The general method — what onboarding and probation covers, the questions it answers and what an engagement produces — is the same whatever the sector, and is set out on the employee onboarding and induction page. What is above is the part that differs for pharmaceuticals and life sciences.
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Where to start
Most engagements begin with a review of how this runs in your business today, then a written process and the sequence to implement it.
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