Aseptic Operational Technician

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust; England; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

East Kent University NHS Foundation Trust EKHUFT is seeking an Aseptic Operational Technician to join the Aseptic Team. You will dispense stock, assemble aseptic products, supervise staff, and ensure GMP compliance across three hospital sites and the mobile unit.

You will train colleagues, maintain isolators and cleanrooms, and participate in process improvements while prioritising patient care and safety.

Responsibilities

• Dispense stock products using the CMM system.
• Organise workloads on the Patient Tracker List (PTL) and liaise with pharmacists about late prescriptions.
• Assemble and prepare aseptic products under supervision of technical staff.
• Supervise Assistant Technical Officers, ensuring GMP standards and procedures are followed.
• Train future colleagues and Pre-Registration Pharmacists with clear guidance on procedures and GMP.
• Clean and monitor isolators and cleanrooms; document work undertaken.
• Perform transfer disinfection into aseptic rooms and isolators and maintain validations.
• Attend courses and training to develop aseptic skills as identified.
• Contribute to quality development and service improvement of the unit.
• Manage workload according to patient priority.
• Pack and distribute finished treatments to correct destinations per SOPs.
• Provide day-to-day supervision of Aseptic team members.
• Conduct Pre-In-process checking (PIPC).

Job description

East Kent University NHS Foundation Trust EKHUFT has an exciting opportunity for a challenging role for an appropriately qualified person to join the Aseptic Team as an Aseptic Operational Technician. You will be part of a brilliant team supporting the delivery of chemotherapy to all of our Three Hospital Sites plus the mobile chemotherapy unit.

• Dispense stock products using the CMM system.
• Work the Patient Tracker List (PTL) organising workloads, communicating with pharmacists regarding prescriptions not received by deadlines.
• Assemble and prepare aseptic products under the supervision of technical staff.
• Directly supervise Assistant Technical Officers preparing medicines and have responsibility to ensure compliance with all standards of GMP and procedures are maintained.
• Take part in training future colleagues and Pre-Registration Pharmacists, using close supervision and good communication to ensure that the trainee has understood and carries out their duties according to procedures and GMP.
• Clean and monitor the isolators and cleanrooms according to procedures and to document any work undertaken.
• Undertake transfer disinfection of all items into the aseptic rooms and isolators according to local procedures and to maintain validations for this process.
• Will attend courses and undertake any training identified to develop expertise in aseptic skills, where training needs have been identified.
• To contribute to the quality development and service improvement of the unit by continuous review of processes.
• Manage workload according to patient priority.
• Pack up and distribute finished treatments to correct destinations following local SOP’s.
• Day to day supervision of Aseptic team members.
• Pre-In-process checking (PIPC).

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for roles Band 5 and above.