Senior Pharmacy Technician - Production Pharmacy

Job description

Job summary

NEWLY QUALIFIED TECHNICIANS ARE WELCOME TO APPLY - FULL TRAINING WILL BE PROVIDED

We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic person to support the Pharmacy Aseptic Services in the provision of chemotherapy to patients within the Trust.

We are looking for a qualified technician with experience to join our small friendly team. You will have recent hospital or aseptic experience, good communication skills, and a good knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practice. You will also have experience of teamwork, staff supervision, training others and work planning.

The Department is hugely supportive and actively encourages creative thinking to improve services, patient experience and to develop new roles, drawing on strengths and experiences of the team.

Main duties of the job

Please see the Job Description and the Persons Specification for further details about the job role. If you are unable to access the PDF, the details of the job description can also be found in the 'Detailed Job Description and Main responsibilities' section.

About us

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trustbelieves that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Job description

Job responsibilities

NEWLY QUALIFIED TECHNICIANS ARE WELCOME APPLY - FULL TRAINING WILL BE PROVIDED

Keytasks will include the following:

To assist and supervise, to a high quality, the provision of a chemotherapy compounding service and ensure the safe accurate provision of supportive medication. To support the roles of and work under the supervision of the Chief Technician & Accountable Pharmacist.

Mainduties

1. To assist in the provision of a safe, efficient and high-quality aseptic pharmacy service to the Trusts patients.
2. To assist in the provision of a safe, efficient and high-quality dispensing service of supportive medication.
3. To actively encourage the adherence to all procedures relating to aseptic services and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP).
4. To have an excellent working knowledge of all procedures, guidelines, and legislation.
5. To participate in the writing, review and update of Standard Operating Procedures and other Quality Assurance (QA) documentation.
6. To liaise with pharmacists, production staff and ward staff on a daily basis, to help regulate and manage workflow efficiently.
7. Participate in Pharmacy Team meetings as required.
8. To problem solve at short notice such as stock supply, staff issues, equipment failures, capacity planning whilst maintaining the day-to-day service efficiently and safely.

See Job Description and the Persons Specification for further details about the job role.

Job description
Job responsibilities

NEWLY QUALIFIED TECHNICIANS ARE WELCOME APPLY - FULL TRAINING WILL BE PROVIDED

Keytasks will include the following:

To assist and supervise, to a high quality, the provision of a chemotherapy compounding service and ensure the safe accurate provision of supportive medication. To support the roles of and work under the supervision of the Chief Technician & Accountable Pharmacist.

Mainduties

1. To assist in the provision of a safe, efficient and high-quality aseptic pharmacy service to the Trusts patients.
2. To assist in the provision of a safe, efficient and high-quality dispensing service of supportive medication.
3. To actively encourage the adherence to all procedures relating to aseptic services and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP).
4. To have an excellent working knowledge of all procedures, guidelines, and legislation.
5. To participate in the writing, review and update of Standard Operating Procedures and other Quality Assurance (QA) documentation.
6. To liaise with pharmacists, production staff and ward staff on a daily basis, to help regulate and manage workflow efficiently.
7. Participate in Pharmacy Team meetings as required.
8. To problem solve at short notice such as stock supply, staff issues, equipment failures, capacity planning whilst maintaining the day-to-day service efficiently and safely.

See Job Description and the Persons Specification for further details about the job role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NVQ3
• Professional registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC (by start date)

Desirable

• ACPT and/or PAAP accreditation

Skills

Essential

• Able to work well in a team
• Able to train others
• Problem solving skills
• Computer/IT skills
• Clear and literate writing skills
• Attention to detail

Experience

Essential

• Recent hospital or aseptic unit experience
• Knowledge of cytotoxic handling
• Knowledge of efficient stock control e.g. stock rotation, ordering

Desirable

• Experience of manufacturing aseptically prepared products in an isolator, including validations
• Experience of working in a large multidisciplinary team

Knowledge

Essential

• Good knowledge of GMP
• Good knowledge of QA
• Awareness of the dangers associated with handling hazardous products

Desirable

• Understands the importance of quality issues

Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

• NVQ3
• Professional registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC (by start date)

Desirable

• ACPT and/or PAAP accreditation

Skills

Essential

• Able to work well in a team
• Able to train others
• Problem solving skills
• Computer/IT skills
• Clear and literate writing skills
• Attention to detail

Experience

Essential

• Recent hospital or aseptic unit experience
• Knowledge of cytotoxic handling
• Knowledge of efficient stock control e.g. stock rotation, ordering

Desirable

• Experience of manufacturing aseptically prepared products in an isolator, including validations
• Experience of working in a large multidisciplinary team

Knowledge

Essential

• Good knowledge of GMP
• Good knowledge of QA
• Awareness of the dangers associated with handling hazardous products

Desirable

• Understands the importance of quality issues

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
Address

Whittington Health NHS Trust

Magdala Avenue

London

N19 5NF

United Kingdom

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